Love Is Bad for Business chords by Richard Thompson

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Intro 1

What time of day is this?

Verse 1
C 
 (C major) 
Dm 
O you really  (D minor) look a mess
C 
Dm 
C 
 (C major) Clean down the tables  (D minor)  (C major) and
help out on the door
It’s just no good to me if
Dm 
C 
you’re in ec (D minor) stasy  (C major) 
G 
C 
Running all  (G major) night with  (C major) that

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Verse 2

boyfriend of yours

Love is bad for business

Empties the tills

And it don’t pay the bills

It’ll do you no good

Love

Verse 3
G 
is bad for  (G major) business
C 
G 
 (C major) Love is bad for  (G major) business
C 
G 
Love  (C major) is bad for  (G major) business
Em 
Dm 
 (E minor) Runs down your stocks  (D minor) 
C 
Bb 
And it  (C major) leaves you on the  (B flat major) rocks
D 
C 
G 
 (D major) It’ll do you  (C major) no  (G major) good

Interlude 1

Verse 4
C 
You better  (C major) wipe that Mona
Lisa smile off your face
Clean up those broken dishes,
scrub down the floor
Wipe the stars out of your eyes,
F 
there’s a job  (F major) to do
C 
G 
And  (C major) you’ve been  (G major) dreaming
C 
 (C major) for three weeks or more

Verse 5
G 
Love is bad for  (G major) business
C 
G 
 (C major) Love is bad for business  (G major) 
C 
G 
Love  (C major) is bad for  (G major) business
Em 
Dm 
 (E minor) Drives you in (D minor) sane
C 
Bb 
But  (C major) you’re doing it again  (B flat major) 
D 
 (D major) It’ll do you no good
C 
 (C major) Love is bad for

Verse 6
G 
 (G major) business
C 
G 
 (C major) Love is bad for  (G major) business
C 
G 
Love  (C major) is bad for  (G major) business
Em 
C 
Dm 
 (E minor) Pawn  (C major) everything  (D minor) 
C 
Cm 
Bb 
Just to  (C major) buy  (C minor) her a  (B flat major) ring
Dm 
G 
C 
G 
 (D minor) It’ll do you no  (G major) good  (C major)  (G major) 

Interlude 2

Verse 7
C 
G 
Love  (C major) is bad for  (G major) business
C 
G 
 (C major) Love is bad for  (G major) business
C 
G 
Love  (C major) is bad for business  (G major) 
Em 
Dm 
 (E minor) Empties the tills  (D minor) 
C 
Cm 
Bb 
And it  (C major)  (C minor) don’t pay the  (B flat major) bills
Dm 
D 
 (D minor) It’ll do you  (D major) no good
C 
 (C major) Love

Verse 8
G 
is bad for  (G major) business
C 
G 
 (C major) Love is bad for  (G major) business
C 
G 
Love  (C major) is bad for  (G major) business
Em 
D 
 (E minor) Runs down your stocks  (D major) 
C 
Cm 
Bb 
 (C major) And it leaves you  (C minor) on  the  (B flat major) rocks
D 
 (D major) It’ll do you no good