Love Chronicles
Love Chronicles

Love Chronicles easy guitar chords by Al Stewart

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  • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    can 
    remember 
    the first 

    girl 
    that 
    did 
    love 

    It was 
    Stephanie 

    In kindergarten 
    arith
    metic 

    classes 
    she 
    used 
    to 

    Sit 
    next 
    to 
    me 

    I'd 
    pass 
    her sticky 
    sweets 

    under 
    the table 

    Where 
    the teacher 
    couldn't 
    see 

    Although 
    she 
    wouldn't 

    remem
    ber 
    me now 

    Sometimes 
    wonder 
    where 
    she 

    Interlude 1
    can 
    be 



    Verse 2
    I can 
    remember 
    the first 
    girl 
    I kissed 

    It was 
    Christine 
    when 
    I was 
    ten 

    I'd 
    been 
    told 
    we were 
    mov
    ing 
    away 

    I thought 
    I'd 
    never 
    see 
    her 
    again 

    Verse 3

    Oh 
    don't 
    forget 
    me 

    I'll 
    be 
    back 
    when 
    they let 
    me 

    Before 
    you learn 
    how 
    to 
    lie 

    when 
    you're 
    leaving 

    Love 
    is 
    so 
    much 
    easier 
    then 


    Verse 4

    And 
    at school 
    would 
    you 
    believe 

    three 
    hundred 
    boys 

    And 
    no 
    girls 
    at all 

    But 
    you're 
    a fool 
    if 
    you should 
    leave 

    Just 
    think 
    of 
    the joys 
    of 
    rugby 
    football 

    And 
    Verse 5
    prep 
    in 
    the morn
    ing 

    and 
    Brylcreem and 
    acne 

    And 
    cross-
    country 
    running 

    running 
    to 
    kill 
    evil 
    thought

    I'm 
    surprised 
    that 
    I survived 

    ran 
    ten 
    thousand 
    miles 
    with 
    my 

    back 
    to 
    the wall 

    Interlude 2


    I can 
    remember 
    Verse 6
    the first 

    girl 
    that 
    made 
    love 
    to 

    It 
    was 
    in a park 

    In 
    the 
    lower 
    pleasure 
    gar

    dens 
    in 
    Bournemouth 

    In sum
    mer 
    just 
    after 
    dark 

    My 
    mind 
    Verse 7
    was 

    reeling: Oh 
    what 
    feel
    ing. 

    missed 
    the bus 
    and walked 

    twelve 
    miles 
    home 

    And 
    it really 
    didn't 
    seem 

    far 

    Interlude 3


    And 
    all 
    through 
    Verse 8
    my 

    seventeenth 
    sum
    mer 

    Running 
    togeth
    er from 

    crowds 
    and 
    ties 

    Taking 
    our clothes 
    off 

    and feeling 
    each 
    oth
    er 

    With 
    fingers 
    and senses 

    and mouths 
    and 
    eye

    In
    curring 
    the glances 
    Verse 9

    of 
    old 
    disap
    proval 

    From 
    elderly 
    loc
    al 
    inhab
    itant's 
    eye

    Oh 
    time, 
    time 
    we hardly 

    even 
    knew 
    you 

    You didn't 
    touch 
    us 
    with 

    your 
    lies 

    Verse 10

    In 
    the halcyon 
    days 
    of 
    my 

    late 
    adoles
    cence 

    My 
    goal 
    seemed 
    clearly 
    in 
    sight 

    Playing 
    electric 
    guitar 
    with 
    beat 
    group 

    We 
    set 
    the 
    ballrooms 
    alight 

    Verse 11

    Camping 
    it 
    up 
    for 
    the dyed 

    blonde 
    receptionists 

    Who 
    told 
    us 
    we were 
    al-ri-yi-yight 

    On On 
    On 
    an 
    ego 
    trip 
    for 

    teen
    age 
    su
    perstar 

    On 
    thirty 
    shillings 
    a nigh-yight 

    Interlude 4


    Verse 12
    And 
    so 
    it fell 
    that I 
    came 
    up 
    to 
    London 

    To 
    look 
    for 
    fortune 
    and 
    fame 

    Starry 
    eyed 
    in 
    my 
    sea
    side 
    suc
    cesses 

    And 
    much 
    too 
    sure 
    of 
    the 
    game 

    Verse 13

    First 
    girl 
    met 
    thereI thought 

    I'd 
    get 
    there 

    But 
    the first 
    girl 
    was 
    nearly 
    the 
    last 
    girl 

    She 
    left 
    my 
    eyes 
    in 
    the 
    drain 

    She 
    sat 
    on my 
    floor 
    in 
    the 
    dead 
    of 
    the night 

    Rolling 
    a joint 
    and 
    looking 

    round 
    for 
    a light 

    Her clothes 
    were 
    so 
    black 
    and 
    her 

    face 
    was so 
    white 

    How could 
    know 
    what 
    was 
    right? 

    Verse 14
    And I sat 
    all 
    huddled 
    upon 
    my 
    bed 

    Watching 
    her 
    in 
    my 
    inno
    cence 

    And it was 
    no 
    sense 
    at all, 

    but 
    too 
    much 
    sense 

    That 
    took 
    me 
    to 
    the bridge 

    of 
    impotence 

    Oh 
    Artaud's
    anthology 
    lay 

    spread 
    on 
    the floor 

    Verse 15
    And the thoughts 
    that 
    she 
    gave 
    me, 

    I'd not 
    met 
    before 

    And stranded 
    half 
    hypnotised, 

    watched 
    her 
    in awe 

    Of 
    everything 
    that 
    she 
    stood 
    for 

    Verse 16
    And I wanted 
    more 
    than 
    anything 

    to 
    be like 
    her 
    with 
    every 
    sense 

    But 
    it was 
    no 
    sense 
    at all, 

    but too 
    much 
    sense 

    That 
    took 
    me 
    to 
    the bridge 

    of 
    impotence 

    She 
    came 
    over 
    to 
    me 
    an
    d kissed 
    me in 
    play 

    Verse 17
    Taking 
    my 
    hand 
    between 

    her legs 
    as she 
    lay 

    And she 
    looked 
    in my 
    eyes 
    but 

    I turned 
    them 
    away 

    Finding 
    no 
    words 
    fit 
    to say 

    Verse 18
    And 
    I hated 
    myself, 

    but 
    could not 
    move 

    Shattered 
    in 
    my 
    con
    fidence 

    But 
    it was 
    no 
    sense 
    at all, 

    but 
    too 
    much 
    sense 

    That 
    took me 
    to 
    the bridge 
    of 

    impotence 

    Verse 19

    Now 
    the stare 
    of 
    the 

    lightbulb tore 
    holes 
    in 
    my 
    brain 

    As 
    she got 
    up 
    in 
    the silence 

    that hung 
    like 
    a stain 

    And I wanted 
    to speak, 

    or 
    to call 
    out 
    her 
    name 

    Verse 20
    But how 
    could 
    begin 
    to 
    explain? 

    And 
    my prosecuting 

    room 
    still 
    hold

    A strand 
    of her 
    hair 
    in 
    evidence 

    But 
    it was 
    no 
    sense 
    at 
    all, 

    but 
    too 
    much 
    sense 

    That 
    took 
    me 
    to 
    the bridge 

    of 
    impotence 

    Verse 21

    Oh I 
    still 
    think 
    about 
    her 
    when 
    the 

    night 
    fills 
    with 
    rain 

    And speaks 
    in its 
    voices 
    uneasy 
    and 
    vain 

    And I 
    think 
    were 
    may
    be 

    to find 
    her 
    again 

    Oh 
    I'd 
    probably 
    see 
    her more 

    plain 

    Verse 22
    And I should 
    have 
    known 
    she 

    was 
    just 
    like 
    me 

    It was 
    af
    ter 
    all 
    only 
    com
    mon-sense 

    But 
    But 
    it was 
    no 
    sense 
    at all, 

    but 
    too much 
    sense 

    That took 
    me 
    to 
    the bridge 

    of impotence 

    But it was 
    no 
    sense 
    at all, 

    but 
    too 
    much 
    sense 

    That 
    took 
    me 
    to 
    the bridge 
    of 
    impotence 

    Interlude 5



    Verse 23
    At 
    first 
    I didn't 
    go 
    out 
    much 
    at all 

    just 
    stayed 
    at 
    home 
    in 
    my 
    chains 

    Picking 
    over 
    the thread

    s of 
    my 
    con
    fidence 

    An
    d searching 
    for 
    the remain

    Verse 24
    And 
    when 
    couldn't 
    stand 
    any 
    more 
    of 
    it 

    Going 
    down 
    to 
    a club 

    Mixing 
    in 
    with 
    the sound

    s and 
    the crowd

    let 
    the mu
    sic 
    cover 
    me up 

    Verse 25

    An
    only, 
    lonely, 

    the harle
    quins 
    and 
    painted 
    phonies 

    Pick 
    their 
    ways, 
    through 
    the 
    haze 

    Of 
    high
    and 
    lows 
    and 
    blues 

    And all 
    that I 
    could 
    do 
    was 

    to pick 
    my 
    way 
    to you 

    Verse 26
    Though 
    I didn't 
    tell 
    you 

    You 
    were just 
    a thing 
    to prove 

    was 
    hungry 
    when 
    found 
    you, 

    but 
    I'm 
    al
    right 
    now 

    Verse 27

    They sigh, 
    they 
    lie, 

    the 
    refugees 
    and 
    su
    per
    her
    oes 

    On 
    ice, 
    so 
    nice 
    to see 
    you, 

    what's 
    your name? 

    And all 
    that I 
    could 
    do 
    was 

    to 
    say 
    the same 
    to you 

    Take 
    you 
    for 
    the mo
    ment, 

    though 
    the mo
    ment 
    wasn't 
    true 

    But 
    was 
    hungry 
    when 
    found 
    you 

    and I'm 
    al
    right 
    now 

    Verse 28
    Though 
    the street 
    lamp 
    cut 

    through 
    the curfew 

    It shed 
    no 
    light 
    on 
    our 
    mind 

    It 
    would 
    have been 
    so 
    easy 
    to 
    love 
    you 

    At 
    any 
    other 
    time 

    Verse 29

    Only, 
    lonely, 
    you came 
    to 
    me 

    the 
    night 
    hun
    g coldly 

    In 
    your 
    eyes, 
    some 
    other 
    time 

    might 
    have stayed 
    with 
    you 

    But all 
    that I 
    could 
    do 
    was 

    to turn 
    around 
    to you 

    Thanks 
    for 
    what 
    you 
    gave 
    me 
    now 

    it's 
    time 
    to 
    say 
    "Adieu" 

    I was 
    hungry 
    when 
    found 
    you 

    but I'm 
    al
    right 
    now. 

    Ba 
    ba 
    ba 
    Verse 30
    al
    right 

    Interlude 6
    now 



    Verse 31
    And 
    so 
    it came 
    that 
    I stood 
    disillu
    sioned 

    By 
    everything 
    I'd 
    been 
    told 

    just 
    didn't 
    believe 
    love 
    ex
    isted 

    They 
    were 
    all 
    just 
    digging 
    for 
    gold 

    Verse 32
    Widows 
    and 
    bankers 
    and 
    typ

    ists 
    and 
    businessmen 

    Loved 
    each 
    other 
    they 
    said 

    But all 
    it 
    was 
    though 
    was 

    just 
    a man
    oeuvre 

    The 
    quickest 
    way 
    into 
    bed 


    Verse 33

    And 
    so 
    I followed 
    the 
    oth
    ers' 
    ex
    ample 

    And 
    jumped 
    into 
    the mel
    ee 

    In the 
    hunting 
    grounds 
    of 
    Earls 

    Court 
    and 
    Swiss 
    Cottage 

    did 
    my 
    best 
    to get 
    laid 

    Verse 34

    Beer 
    cans 
    and 
    parties, 

    deb 
    girls 
    and 
    arties 

    Bouncing 
    around 
    in 
    the so
    cial 
    confu
    sion 

    Missing 
    and making 
    the grade 

    Interlude 7



    Verse 35
    The very 
    first 
    time 
    must 
    confess 

    I thought 
    you'd 
    be 
    like 
    all 
    of 
    the 
    rest 

    And 
    we'd 
    be strangers 
    once 
    again 

    By 
    the time 
    we 
    were dressed 

    Verse 36
    But 
    when 
    you'd 
    smoked 

    your 
    cigarette 

    And 
    talked 
    of some 
    people 
    that 
    we'd 
    me 

    found 
    myself 
    ask
    ing 
    was 
    it 
    set, 

    did 
    you have 
    to 
    go 
    yet 

    Verse 37
    And 
    so 
    you 
    laughed 
    and 

    then 
    kissed 
    me 

    And stayed 
    for the 
    whole 
    weekend 

    Al
    though 
    the bed 
    was so 
    nar
    row 

    We had 
    to sleep 
    end 
    to 
    en

    Verse 38

    And 
    so the 
    week
    passed 

    through 
    my 
    brain 

    In 
    their 
    dadaistic
    chain 

    I found 
    myself 
    seeing 
    you 
    again, 

    and 
    again 
    and 
    again 

    And 
    all 
    you 
    gave 
    you 
    gave 
    it 
    free 

    Asking 
    for nothing 
    back 
    from 
    me 

    Verse 39
    You 
    gave 
    your
    self 
    unselfishly 

    as a 
    part 
    of 
    me 

    And 
    where 
    thought 

    that just 
    plucking 

    The fruits 
    of the 
    bed 
    was 
    enough 

    It 
    grew 
    to 
    be 
    less 
    like 
    fuck
    ing 

    And 
    more 
    like 
    making 
    love 

    Verse 40

    Of 
    all 
    the girls 
    ever 
    knew 

    some 
    loved 
    and 
    some 
    denied 
    me 

    And 
    all 
    the words 
    ever 
    said 

    have 
    been 
    no 
    use 
    to hide 
    me 

    Verse 41
    And 
    all 
    the songs 
    ever 
    sung 

    each 
    one 
    of 
    them 
    un
    tied 
    me 

    And 
    all 
    the 
    girls 
    ever 
    loved 

    have 
    left 
    them
    selves 
    inside 
    me 

    Outro 1


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