Richard Thompson : You? Me? Us?

Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)

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| ... After the death of a thousand kisses Comes the catacomb of tongues Who can spit the meanest venom From the poison of their lungs? Cruelest dance is the razor dance Circle in and circle around He said, she said, she said, he said Fail to put the other one down The razor dance The razor dance

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This time, gone too far

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Bm

This time, can't heal the scar

C/g

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Asus2

I want to break out of this spin

C/g

D

Asus2

But gravity's pulling me in

Em

The razor dance The razor dance What flies straighter than an arrow? What cuts deeper than a lance? Your wit may shine on the withering line Cruelest dance is the razor dance The razor dance The razor dance Blood boils, tears burn Some people never learn If time could crawl back in its shell And mischievous tongues could un-tell

C/g

D

F

But that's not the meaning of Hell

C

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Take your partners for the razor dance Take your partners for the razor dance Take your partners for the razor dance

E

The razor dance The razor dance The razor dance

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Bm

Em

F

Becky loved me and I let her

G

Bm

Em

F

Wish I could have loved her better

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Em

D#

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C

On the day we pulled apart she primed a time-bomb in my heart

G

Bm

Em

F

Now there's a shadow hiding

G

Bm

Em

F

Now there's a horseman riding

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Em

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Bb

Lover of all broken things, standing waiting in the wings

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G#

Sometimes I wonder why I love and let it die

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Can't give, can't live just to hold back, hold back

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Dm

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Dm

There's a dark hand, there's a dark hand

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There's a dark hand over my heart There's a dark hand, there's a dark hand There's a dark hand over my heart You call me fraud and faker You call me user, taker You say I throw you scraps, prove my strength by holding back But I shine my honour brightly Swear my allegiance nightly But through my hands it slips, the same old demons paint their lips Sometimes I wonder why I love and let it die Can't give, can't live just to hold back, hold back There's a dark hand, there's a dark hand There's a dark hand over my heart There's a dark hand, there's a dark hand There's a dark hand over my heart

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Old friend, it's been so long, and it's been so real

Em

Am

C

D

And if I helped you once it was no big deal

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B

Too bad I can't be there when they call your name

Em

Am

F#

B

They're going to write you down in the hall of fame

Am

You really got what you wanted, I'm thrilled as pie

B

Am

It really couldn't happen to a nicer guy

Em

Am

Em

Am

Put it there pal, put it there

G

G/gb

Em

C

Now and then just throw me a crumb

Em

Am

Em

Am

Put it there pal, put it there

C

G/gb

Em

C

Thanks for the help when I needed it, chum

D

Am

You saw me drowning, you said I was a fake and laughed

D

Am9/g#

Then you jumped right in and used me for a raft

Em

Am

Em

Am

You shot me down with friendly fire

Em

Am

Em

Am

You were all dressed up to play Gun For Hire

Em

Am

Em

Am

The rope you threw me was made of barbed wire

C

D

Bm

But put it there pal, put it there, pal

Em

Put it there

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D

I know you mean well, call me a sentimental fool

Em

Am

C

D

I know sometimes you've got to be kind to be cruel

G

B

When you pat me on the back, that was quite some slap

Em

Am

F#

B

That kind of compliment, it could kill a chap

Am

B

So I'll drink your health, oh this emotion's given me a thirst

Am

B

But maybe I'll have my food-taster drink it first

Em

Am

Em

Am

Put it there pal, put it there

G

Em

C

You deserve everything you got coming

Em

Am

Em

Am

Put it there pal, put it there

G

Em

C

Call me up if you want to come slumming

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Am

Some say you're a rattlesnake in the grass

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Am9/g#

But I say the sun shines out of your arse

Em

Am

Em

Am

So it's no hard feelings, live and let live

Em

Am

Em

Am

With a gift like yours, you're born to give

Em

Am

Em

Am

You're so full of love it leaks out like a sieve

C

D

Bm

So put it there pal, put it there, pal

Em

Put it there Put it there Put it there Put it there, pal Put it there, pal Put it there, pal

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Got a bank vault in heaven, got my name on the door

Am

Gm

D

Every day I get richer, add a little bit more

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D

Come you tellers and lenders and lend me some more

Am

Gm

D

Got a bank vault in heaven and it's mine for evermore

Dm

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Am

Dm

And the angels sing "Fly, fly, fly"

F

Am

Dm

The angels sing "Fly, fly, fly"

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C

Gm

Fly from the darkness that covers you all

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Fly to the sky where the only wall is infinity, infinity Going to shine down from heaven right into your room Take the minds of your children right off to the moon Every mud hut and igloo, every penthouse and farm I'll shine down from heaven and I'll do my snake charm And the angels say "Sing, sing, sing", "Sing, sing, sing" Oh the whole world is singing the same happy tune Something so low even hound dogs can croon to insanity, insanity Oh there's a signpost in heaven, in the firmament blue You can run to the wastelands, but it points straight at you I've got a bank vault in heaven, what joy will it bring All you Punches and Judys, I'll be pulling your strings

Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)

Capo:

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Dadd9#11 00213x

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Dadd9#11

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If that was our goodbye kiss

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Dadd9#11

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Seems a habit too good to miss

Em7

D6

Once more for the memory Hit the heights too well that time To leave it there would be a crime Seems more like a beginning to me

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E7

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C#7

At least we tried

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Took the biggest bite

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C#7

At least we did it right

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A#

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With all our souls and all our might

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Ebm

Blue murder on the dance floor

B/eb

Ebm

French kisses in the rain

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Ebm

Blood wedding in the water

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F#

Till I see you again

B/f#

C#7

F#

Dutch courage is the game

B/f#

C#7

F#

And the ghost of you walks

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C#7

F#

The ghost of you walks

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C#7

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The ghost of you walks

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The ghost of you walks right through my head Sleepwalks at the foot of my bed Sends old shivers over my skin Love like that, won't let go It's got some kind of a mind of its own I can't break out and I can't break in At least we lived Took it all at a rush At least we loved too much Felt too much, cared too much Blue murder on the dance floor French kisses in the rain Blood wedding in the water Until I see you again Dutch courage is the game And the ghost of you walks The ghost of you walks The ghost of you walks

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Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)

Capo:

II

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Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself

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Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself

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She might wipe her tears on a rusty nail

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Cmaj7

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Rest her cheek on a cold steel rail

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Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself I said baby, she don't know what to do with herself When trouble comes down, it comes in threes Catches her breath and she falls to her knees Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself

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And I gaze on, gaze on And I gaze on, gaze on |

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| Ah baby, she don't know what to do with herself Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself She presses her lips on the window pane Cries "God in Heaven" again and again Oh baby, she don't know what to do with herself And I gaze on, gaze on And I gaze on, gaze on And I gaze on, gaze on

Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)

Capo:

II

F6 3x323x Gm 555333

F6/a x0323x C/e 232010

D

Midnight in her room

D/f#

G

D

There was music and incense and mirrors all round

Bm

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By the light of the moon

Em

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Asus2

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Her silver dress slipped to the ground

D

Then she knelt like St Joan

D/f#

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D

And invisible armies attended her there

Bm

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And her knife brightly shone

Em

A

D

G/d

D

As she cut off her long silken hair

F#m

Bm

Trapped, I suppose

F#m

C#

C#7

Lied for my sake

Em

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F#7

Crushed like the rose

Bm

Em

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That somebody picked by mistake Oh I knew it would come I knew she would leave me for some better start Oh I knew it would come She was too well rehearsed in her part And I measured my life And my heart fairly broke with the sorrow and care As she took down the knife And she cut off her long silken hair Oh there's some who believe Oh there's some who believe there are reasons to lie And there's some who deceive And the truth is right there in their eyes Oh but I don't see why In all of my life I've seen nothing so fair And I don't see why She cut off her long silken hair

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I don't see why

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Em7b5

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I don't see why

Capo:

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Aadd9 x0242x

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Aadd9

Am7

I sigh when people pass by and I hide it away

Aadd9

Am7

I wipe a tear from my eye and I hide it away

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B7

Am7

When I need you the most, I hold the ghost of you inside

D/a

Am7

D/a

Am7

So I keep the flame, and go on my way

D/a

Am7

D

Aadd9

Laugh at the game and I hide it away

Am7

D/a

Aadd9

Hide it away

Am7

D/a

Am

Hide it away I break down in the street and I hide it away Can't speak, can't move my feet and I hide it away I smile through the mask of my face But deep and wide is the hurt inside So I live to love some other day Laugh at the game and I hide it away Hide it away Hide it away When I need you the most I hold the ghost of you inside So I keep the flame, and go on my way Laugh at the game and I hide it away Hide it away Hide it away Hide it away

Tuning: DADGBE (Drop D)

F#m(b9) 4440xx

Gadd9#11 5x022x

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Em

Here I am in your room, going through your stuff

D/f#

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D

Em

Said you'd be gone five minutes, that's time enough

Em

Here in your drawer there's lacy things

D/f#

G

D

Em

Old credit cards, beads, bangles and rings

Am

G

But I think I've found what I'm looking for

Am

G

Hidden away at the back of the drawer

D/f#

Em

Here's the life that you led before

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| Old photographs of the life you led Arm-in-arm with Mr X, Y and Z Old boyfriends, big and small Got to see how I measure up to them all

Bm

A

Gadd9#11

There is a place we all must start, love

Bm

A

Gadd9#11

Em

Who were you holding in that fond embrace?

Bm

A

Gadd9#11

I've found a door into your heart, love

Em

D

Csus2/e

Em

And do you still feel the warmth of cold kisses? Here I am behind enemy lines Looking for secrets, looking for signs Old boyfriends big and small Got to see how I measure up to them all This one's handsome, not too bright This one's clever with his hands alright Tougher than me if it came to a fight This one's a poet, bit of a wet A bit of a gypsy, a bit of a threat I wonder if she's got over him yet Old passions frozen in the second Who were you holding in that fond embrace? Hearts have a past that must be reckoned And do you still feel the warmth of cold kisses?

Em

Time to put the past away

D/f#

G

D

Em

That's your footstep in the street I'd say

Em

Tie the ribbon back around it

D/f#

G

D

Em

Everything just the way I found it I can hear you turn the key And my head's buried when you see me In a Margaret Millar mystery

Em

D

C

Em

And do you still feel the warmth of cold kisses?

Em

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C

Em

Do you still feel the warmth of cold kisses?

Capo:

III

Am

I found your picture in a corporal's pocket

Gadd9

His cold fingers still pressed it to his chest

Bm

Sniper's bullet took his eyes and his breath away

F

Now he lies out in the forest with the rest You looked shy in your grandmother's wedding dress Feet set wide like a farm girl stands Too young to love and too young to lose In a cracked picture frame in a dead man's hands

Dm

I kept it with me for the luck, for the magic

Am

Maybe fate wouldn't strike in the same place twice

Em

But something stirred and I dared to dream of you

Bb

And I knew I'd look for you if I should survive When we stood down at last it was easy to find you Mine was the shoulder you cried on that day Just an old comrade doing his duty Bringing the news from the Woods of Darney

C

When I showed you the picture perhaps I felt jealousy

Gadd9

As your tears welled up with each reminisce

Dm

And my hands may be rougher and my tongue may be coarser

Am

But I knew I could give you a love good as his

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G

F

Dm

Now we lie in the darkness together Often we lie without speaking this way As you stare in the dark do you see your young corporal Who never came back from the Woods of Darney Is it him that you see when we make love together Is it him that you see when war fills the sky Was he there as you stood in your grandmother's wedding dress As we made our own vows, you and I

Dm

Now the bugle calls, they say this is the big one

Am

A curse on the life of a soldier you say

Em

But don't you know that's a soldier's small comfort

Bb

For the bugle to sound, and to hear and obey And I'll carry your picture the one that he carried I'll wear your innocence and take my chance On a frozen field, in a far-flung war To win back what we lost in a field in France And it's many a soldier who goes into battle Your corporal and I, we just hear and obey Perhaps we'll lie in the darkness together With your love to bind us, in the Woods of Darney

Richard Thompson : You? Me? Us?
1996

Razor Dance

Dark Hand Over My Heart

Put It There Pal

Bank Vault In Heaven

The Ghost Of You Walks

Baby Don't Know What To Do With Herself

She Cut Off Her Long Silken Hair

Hide It Away

Cold Kisses

Woods Of Darney

Richard Thompson : You? Me? Us? 1996

Razor Dance

Dark Hand Over My Heart

Put It There Pal

Bank Vault In Heaven

The Ghost Of You Walks

Baby Don't Know What To Do With Herself

She Cut Off Her Long Silken Hair

Hide It Away

Cold Kisses

Woods Of Darney

Richard Thompson : You? Me? Us?
1996