King of Bohemia Richard Thompson
King of Bohemia
by Richard Thompson
copyright (c) 1994 Beeswing Music
I leant out my copy of Mirror Blue, so this is pretty much guaranteed
to be inaccurate. Still I think it gives a feel for the style and
could be useful in conjunction with the recording on the album Mirror
Blue.
[G/D]Let me rock you [D]in my arms
And [G/B]hold you safe and [D]small,
A [G/D]refu[D/A]gee from the [Bm]sera[D]phim
In your [G/D]rich girl rags and [D]all.
Did your [Bm]dreams die [Asus9]young
Were they [G]too hard [D/F#]won
Did you [Em]reach too [A5]high and [G]fall
And there [Bm]is no [Asus9]rest
For the [G]ones God [D/F#]blessed
And he [Em]blessed [D/F#]you [G]best [A5]of [G/B]all.[D]
for lyrics to other verses see the album...
Verse accompaniment: First 8 measures are flexible: keep the bass notes
on the important beats, change the rest each verse. Mm9-16 are played
pretty much the same each time except m12 which changes each verse.
1 G/D 2 D 3 G > 4 D
E-----------------|---------2-------|-----------------|-----------------| B-3---3-----------|-----3-----3-----|---3-------3---3-|-------3---------| G-------0---------|---2---2-----2---|---0---0-----0---|-----2---2-------| D-----0---0-------|-----------------|-----0---0-------|-----------0-----| A---2-------2-0---|---------------0-|-0-2-------------|---0---------0-0-| D-0-------------5-|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
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5 G D 6 Bm D 7 G 8 D
E-----------------|-----2-------2-0-|-----------------|-------------5-2-| B-0---0---------3-|-3-----3---------|---------------3-|-------3---------| G-0-----0-----2-2-|-4---------------|-----0-------0-0-|-----2-----2-----| D-----0-----0-----|---0---------0---|-------0---0-----|---------0-------| A-2-2-----0-------|-2---------0-----|---2-----2-------|---0-------------| D-0---------------|---------0-------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
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9 Bm Asus9 10 G D/F# 11 Em A 12 G
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------5-2-| B-3-----3-3-------|-3---------------|---------------2-|----------3-------| G-4-----4-4-------|-4-------2-------|-----0-------2-2-|-0--0---0-0-------| D---0-------2---2-|---0---0---0---0-|---2---2---------|---4--4-----0-----| A-2---2---0---0---|-----------------|(2)------2-0-----|------------------| D-----------------|-5---5---4---4---|-2---------------|-5--------5-------|
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[13] [14] [15] [Em] [D/F#] [G] [A] [16] [G/B] [D]
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------2---| B-3-----3-3-------|-3---------------|---------0-------|---------------3-| G-4-----4-4-------|-4-------2---4---|---4-----4-------|-----0-----2-----| D---0-------2---2-|---0---0---0---0-|-----------0-----|---0---0---------| A-2---2---0---0---|-----------------|-2---0-0-5-----0-|-2---------------| D-----------------|-5---5---4---4---|-2---4---5---7---|---------0-------|
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Interlude 1 and end tag. For end:
[16] [1] [Em] [D6/F#] [G] [A9] [2] [D] [2]
E-----2---|-----------------|-----------------||------------5-|| B-------3-|-0---0---0---0---|-3---------------||--3---5-----7-|| G---2-----|-0---2-----------|-2---2-00-/2---2-||--2---7-----7-|| D---------|---2---0---0-----|-4-----------0---||--4---7-----0-|| A---------|-2-----------7-7-|-5---------------||--5---7-----0-|| D-0-------|-2---4---5---7---|---0-------0-----||----0----0--0-||
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Interlude 2
[16] [1] [F#m6] [2] [G9] [F#m] [3]
E-----0---|-------------0---|-----------------|---------2-------| B-------2-|---------------2-|-------2-2---2---|-------2-------2-| G---------|-2-----2-2-------|-2-----2-2-----2-|---1-2-------2---| D---0-----|-----0-----0-----|---0-0-----------|-4---------4-----| A---------|---4-----4-------|-----------4-----|-----------------| D-0-------|-4-------4-------|-5-------4-------|-4-------4-------|
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[4] [C#m] [4] [E] [5] [Bm/F#] [Bm/E]
E---------0-------|---------------0-|-----------------| B-5-----5-----0---|-------0-----0---|-3-----2-3-----2-| G-----6-----1---1-|-----------1-----|-4---4---4---4---| D---6-------------|-----2---2-------|---4-------4-----| A-4-------4-------|---2-------------|-----------------| D-----------------|-2---------------|-4-------2-------|
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