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'Reciprocity' by Loudon Wainwright III.
This is tabbed from a live version performed on the BBC TV show 'The Old Grey Whistle 
Test' in 1977 (footage of which I found on YouTube). The song first appeared on the 1976 
album 'T-shirt'.
 G/B= x20010
 Am7/G= 302010
D7sus4/ F#= 200213
  CThey got G/Bdrunk last Amnight
Had a Cknockdown, G/Bdrag-out Amfight
DShe was determined and Ghe saw it his way
DHe threw a tantrum and Gshe threw an ashtray
          C          G/B       Am   Am7/G  D7sus4/F#  
  They got drunk last night
How's this for a "How do you do?"
He's unfaithful, she's untrue
They're their own masters and they're their own bosses
They reserve the right to employ double crosses
How's this for a fine "How do you do?"
You'd need a chair and a whip
To control their relationship
Once they were lovers and practically best friends
Now he's into bondage and she's into revenge
You would need a chair and a whip
And if one of them should die
I suppose that the other would cry
There would be tears of sorrow and great grief
Or else there would be tears of release and relief
If one of them should die

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Reciprocity

by Loudon Wainwright III

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G/B

Am7/G

D7sus4

'Reciprocity' by Loudon Wainwright III.

This is tabbed from a live version performed on the BBC TV show 'The Old Grey Whistle

Test' in 1977 (footage of which I found on YouTube). The song first appeared on the 1976

album 'T-shirt'.

G/B

= x20010

Am7/G

= 302010

D7sus4 F#

/ = 200213

C G/B Am

They got drunk last night

C G/B Am

Had a knockdown, drag-out fight

D G

She was determined and he saw it his way

D G

He threw a tantrum and she threw an ashtray

C G/B Am Am7/G D7sus4 F#

They got drunk last night

How's this for a "How do you do?"

He's unfaithful, she's untrue

They're their own masters and they're their own bosses

They reserve the right to employ double crosses

How's this for a fine "How do you do?"

You'd need a chair and a whip

To control their relationship

Once they were lovers and practically best friends

Now he's into bondage and she's into revenge

You would need a chair and a whip

And if one of them should die

I suppose that the other would cry

There would be tears of sorrow and great grief

Or else there would be tears of release and relief

If one of them should die

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