The Last Time I Saw Richard

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G
The last time I saw Richard was Detroit in '68
Em7 Am A7
And he told me all romantics meet the same fate someday
Em Em7 Am G
Cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark café
G
You laugh he said you think you're immune
Em7 Am A7
Go look at your eyes they're full of moon
Em Em7 Am G
You like roses and kisses and pretty men to tell you all those pretty lies
C F
Pretty lies when you gonna realize they're only pretty lies
G Am A7 D7
Only pretty lies just pretty lies
G
He put a quarter in the Wurlitzer and he
Em7 Am A7
Pushed three buttons and the thing began to whirr
Em Em7 Am
And a bar maid came by in fishnet stockings and a bow tie
G
And she said "Drink up now it's getting' on time to close"
G
"Richard, you haven't really changed" I said
Em7 Am A7
It's just that now you're romanticizing some pain that's in your head
Am Em G
You got tombs in your eyes but the songs you punched are dreaming
C
Listen, they sing of love so sweet, love so sweet
F
When you gonna get yourself back on your feet?
G Asus G
Oh and love can be so sweet Love so sweet
G
Richard got married to a figure skater
A7
And he bought her a dishwasher and a coffee percolator
Em Am
And he drinks at home now most nights with the TV on
G
And all the house lights left up bright
G
I'm gonna blow this damn candle out
Em7 Am
I don't want nobody comin' over to my table I got nothing to talk to anybody about
Em Am
All good dreamers pass this way some day
G C
Hidin' behind bottles in dark cafes, dark cafes
F G
Only a dark cocoon before I get my gorgeous wings and fly away
Am G Asus
Only a phase these dark café days

The Last Time I Saw Richard Chords by Joni Mitchell

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