Beeswing Richard Thompson
Intro:
(The intro is based around the following chords with a walk down from G to A via the F# and E bass notes)
[D] [G] [Asus2] [A] [Asus4] [Bm]
[D] [G] [Asus2] [A] [Asus4] [Bm] [G]
Verse 1:
I [D]was nine[D/B]teen when I [D/A]came to [D]town
They [D]called it the [D/B]summer of [D/A]love[D]
They were [D/A]burning [D/B]babies, [D/A]burning [D/G]flags
The [A]Hawks a[A]gainst the [G]Doves[G] [G] [G]
Verse 2:
[D]I took a [D/B]job in the [D/A]steamie[D]
[D]Down on [D/B]Caldrum [D/A]Street[D]
I [D]fell in [D/B]love with a [D/A]laundry [D/G]girl
Who was [A]working [A]next to [G]me[G] [G]
Chorus:
[G] She was a [Em9/B]rare thing, fine as a [D]Beeswing
So [Bm7]fine a [A]breath of [G]wind might [A]blow her [G]away
She was a [Em9/B]lost child, she was [D]running wild
She said, as [Bm7]long as [A]there's no [G]price on [A]love I'll [G]stay[D/F#]
And you [Em]wouldn't [D/F#]want me [G]any [D/A]other [G/D]way[A] [Asus4] [D]
Verse 3:
[D]Brown hair [D/B]zigzagged a[D/A]round her [D]face
And a [D]look of [D/B]half sur[D/A]prise[D]
Like a [D]fox caught [D/B]in the [D/A]headlights[D/D]
There was [A]animal [A]in her [G]eyes[G] [G] [G]
Verse 4:
She [D]said young [D/B]man, oh [D/A]can't you [D]see
[D]I'm not the [D/B]factory [D/A]kind[D]
If [D]you don't [D/B]take me [D/A]out of [D/G]here
I'll [A]surely [A]lose my [G]mind[G] [G]
Chorus:
[G] She was a [Em9/B]rare thing, fine as a [D]Beeswing
So [Bm7]fine a [A]breath of [G]wind might [A]blow her [G]away
She was a [Em9/B]lost child, she was [D]running wild
She said, as [Bm7]long as [A]there's no [G]price on [A]love I'll [G]stay[D/F#]
And you [Em]wouldn't [D/F#]want me [G]any [D/A]other [G/D]way[A] [Asus4]
SOLO:
(The solo starts the same as the intro and then moved up the neck picking notes from the B minor
pentatonic scale (relative to capo). It ends with an Em chord over which his picks the notes
B D F# E and D on the 1st and 2nd strings before returning the the D chord of the verse.)
Verse 5:
We [D]busked a[D/B]round the [D/A]market [D]towns
And [D]picked fruit [D/B]down in [D/A]Kent[D]
And [D]we could [D/B]tinker [D/A]lamps and [D/G]pots
And k[A]nives wher[A]ever we [G]went[G] [Gmaj7] [Gmaj7]
Verse 6:
And I [D]said that [D/B]we might [D/A]settle down[D]
[D]Get a few [D/B]acres [D/A]dug[D]
[D]Fire [D/B]burning [D/A]in the [D/D]hearth
And [A]babies [A]on the [G]rug[G] [G] [G]
Verse 7:
She [D]said oh [D/B]man, you [D/A]foolish [D]man
That [D]surely [D/B]sounds like [D/A]hell[D]
You [D]might be [D/B]lord of [D/A]half the [D/D]world
You'll [A]not own [A]me as [G]well[G] [G]
Chorus:
[G] She was a [Em9/B]rare thing, fine as a [D]Beeswing
So [Bm7]fine a [A]breath of [G]wind might [A]blow her [G]away
[G]She was a [Em9/B]lost child, she was [D]running wild
She said, as [Bm7]long as [A]there's no [G]price on [A]love I'll [G]stay[D/F#]
And you [Em]wouldn't [D/F#]want me [G]any [D/A]other [G/D]way[A] [Asus4] [D]
Verse 8:
We was [D]camping [D/B]down the [D/A]Gower one [D]time
[D] The work was[D/B] pretty[D/A] good[D]
She [D]thought we [D/B]shouldn't [D/A]wait for the [D/G]frost
And [A]I thought [A]maybe we [G]should[G] [Gmaj7] [Gmaj7]
Verse 9:
We was [D]drinking [D/B]more in [D/A]those days[D]
[D]Tempers [D/B]reached a [D/A]pitch[D]
And [D]like a [D/B]fool I [D/A]let her [D/G]run
[A]With the [A]rambling [G]itch[G]
(Repeat first half of intro)
Verse 10:
Oh the [D]last I [D/B]heard she's [D/A]sleeping [D]rough
[D]Back on the [D/B]Derby [D/A]beat[D]
D D/B D/A D/D > C#
White horse in her hip pocket
And a [A]wolfhound [A]at her [G]feet [G] [G]
Verse 11:
[G]And they [D]say she [D/B]even [D/A]married [D]once
A [D]man named[D/B] Romany [D/A]Brown[D]
But [D]even a [D/B]gypsy [D/A]cara---[D/D]van
Was [A]too much [A]settling [G]down[G] [G]
Verse 12:
[G]And they [D]say her [D/B]flower is [D/A]faded [D]now
[D]Hard weather [D/B]and hard [D/A]booze[D]
But [D]maybe that's [D/B]just the [D/A]price you [D/D]pay
For the [A]chains [A]you [G]refuse[G]
Modified chorus:
[G] Oh [G]she was a [Em9/B]rare thing, fine as a [D]Beeswing
(So [Bm7]fine that [A]I might [G]crush her [A]where she [G]lay*)
And I [Bm7]miss her [A]more than [G]ever [A]words could [G]say
[G] If I could [Em9/B]just taste, all of her [D]wildness now
If [Bm7]I could [A]hold her [G]in my [A]arms to[G]day[D/F#]
Then I [Em]wouldn't [D/F#]want her [G]any [D/A]other [G/D]way [A] [Asus4] [D]
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