Beeswing chords by
Richard Thompson

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Key: F major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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I

was nineteen when I came to town

They called in the Summer of Love

They were burningba

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bies, burn ing flags

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The Hawks against the Doves

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I took a job in the

Verse 2

STeamie

Down on Cauldrum Street

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I fell in love with a laundry girl

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Was working next to me

Verse 3

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She was a rare thing

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Fine as a beeswing

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So fine a breath of wind

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might blow her away

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She was a lost child

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She was running wild, she said

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As long as there's no price on love,

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I'll stay

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And you wouldn't want me any other

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way

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Verse 4

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Brown hair zig-zag round round her face

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And a look of half-surprise

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Like Like a fox caught in the

headlights

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There was an animal in her eyes

Verse 5

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She said, young man, O can't you see

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I'm not the factory kind

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If you don't take me out of here

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I'll surely lose my miind

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Verse 6

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She was a rare thing

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Fine as a beeswing

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So fine a breath of wind might

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blow her away

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She was a lost child

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She was running wild, she said

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As long as there's no price on love,

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I'll stay

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And you wouldn't want me any other way

Interlude 1

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We busked around the

Verse 7

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market

towns

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And picked fruit down in Kent

And we could tinker lamps and pots

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And knives wherever we went

Verse 8

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And I said that we might settle down

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Get a few acres dug

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Fire burning in the hearth

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And babies on the rug

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She said O man, you

Verse 9

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foolish man

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It surely sounds like hell

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You might be lord of half the world

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You'll not own me as well

Verse 10

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She was a rare thing

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Fine as a beeswing

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So fine a breath of wind

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might blow her away

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She was a lost child

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She was running wild, she said

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As long as there's no price on love,

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I'll stay

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And you wouldn't want me

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any other way

Verse 11

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We was camping down

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the Gower one time

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The work was pretty good

She thought we shouldn't wait for frost

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And I thought maybe we should

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We were drinking more in

Verse 12

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those days

And tempers reached a pitch

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Like a fool I let her run

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With the rambling itch

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Verse 13

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Last I hear she's sleeping out

Back on Derby beat

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White Horse in her hip pocket

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And a wolfhound at her feet

Verse 14

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And they say she even marriend once

A man named Romany Brown

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But even a Gypsy caravan

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Was too much settliing down

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And they say her flower is

Verse 15

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faded now

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Hard weather and hard booze

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But maybe that's just

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hte price you pay

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For the chains you refuse

Verse 16

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She was a rare thing

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Fine as a beeswing

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And I missher more than ever

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words could say

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If I could just taste

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All of her wildness now

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If I could hold her in my

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arms today

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Then I wouldn't want her any other way

Outro 1

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Beeswing by Richard Thompson is F major.

The primary chords used in Beeswing are C, Bb, Gm, Dm, F.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 3 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like C, Bb, Gm, Dm, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Beeswing is approximately 70 beats per minute.

You can easily change the key of Beeswing using our Transpose button located in the toolbar. This will automatically update all chord diagrams on the page to match your new key.

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