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D7I see young girls with old faces
I see Ggood girls in bad pD7laces
I see plain girls in finery
And Gevery one be the death of D7me
Chorus:
D7Needle and thread, needle and thread
Hand me down my needle and thread
AHey, GHey, D7Hey, AHey, GHey, D7Hey
FGoing to thread up my needle and thCen
Gonna Gsew my soul back together aD7gain
 Am   G   Am    G   D7(3X) 
Now pretty Caitlin she went too far
Shaking all she had at the topless bar
Right in the face of Ben and Bob
Put a little too much into the job
Chorus
Now sweet Myfanwy she took a shine
Dumped me for Dai worked down the mine
I was a temp, Dai was a keeper
He knew how to dig that little bit deeper
Chorus
Now Bonnie Jean meant everything
But she threw back my hard-earned ring
Said she had other men who dig her
She was holding out for something bigger 
Chorus

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Needle And Thread

by Richard Thompson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

I see young girls with old faces

G D7

I see good girls in bad places

I see plain girls in finery

G D7

And every one be the death of me

Chorus:

Needle and thread, needle and thread

Hand me down my needle and thread

A G D7 A G D7

Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey

F C

Going to thread up my needle and then

G D7

Gonna sew my soul back together again

Am G Am G D7

(3X)

Now pretty Caitlin she went too far

Shaking all she had at the topless bar

Right in the face of Ben and Bob

Put a little too much into the job

Chorus

Now sweet Myfanwy she took a shine

Dumped me for Dai worked down the mine

I was a temp, Dai was a keeper

He knew how to dig that little bit deeper

Chorus

Now Bonnie Jean meant everything

But she threw back my hard-earned ring

Said she had other men who dig her

She was holding out for something bigger

Chorus

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