Old Thames Side chords by Richard Thompson
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Intro 1
(A minor)
I (F major) (A minor) found
Verse 1
your picture
in a corporal's pocket
His (G major) cold fingers
depressed it to his chest (E minor)
(B minor) Sniper's bullet took his eyes
and his breath away
(F major) Now he lies out in the
forest to the rest (A minor)
You look shy in your grandmother's
wedding dress
(G major) Feet set wide like a farm girl's stance
Too (A minor) (B minor) young to love, too young to lose
In a (F major) cracked picture frame,
in a dead man's hand (A minor) s
(D minor) I kept it with me, for the luck,
for the magic
Maybe fate (A minor) wouldn't strike
in the same place twice
But something (E minor) stirred,
and I dared to dream of you
And I knew I'd (B flat major) look for you
if I (D minor) should survive (A minor)
When we stood down at last,
it was easy to find you
And (G major) mine was the shoulder
you cried on that day (Asus2)
(B minor) Just an old comrade doing his duty
Bring (F major) ing the news from the
woods of Darnay (A minor)
(D minor) I showed (C major) (C minor) you the (C major) picture,
perhaps I felt jealousy
As (F major) your (G major) tears welled up
with each reminisce
And my hands (D minor) may be rougher,
and my tongue may be coarser
But I (A minor) knew I could give you
a love as good as his (F major)
(G major) (F major)
(G major) (F major)
(D minor)
(A minor) Now we lie (Asus2) in
the dark (A minor) ness together
Often (G major) we lie without speaking this way
As (B minor) you stare in the dark,
do you see a young copra
Who nev (F major) er came back
from the woods of Dane?
Is it him (A minor) that you see
when we make love together?
Is it (G major) him that you see
when war fills the sky?
Was (A minor) he (B minor) there as you stood,
in your grandmother's wedding dress
As (F major) we made our own vows, you and I
Now the (D minor) bugle calls,
they say this is the big one
A (A minor) curse on the life of a soldier, you say
(E minor) But don't you know,
that's a soldier's small comfort
For the (B flat major) bugle to sound
and to hear and obey (A minor)
And I'll carry your picture,
the one that he carried
(G major) I'll wear your no sense,
and take my chance
On (B minor) a frozen field
In a far -flung war to win back
(F major) What we lost in a field in France
And it's (A minor) many a soldier
who goes into battle
Your (G major) corporal and I,
we just hear and obey
(B minor) Perhaps we'll lie in the
darkness together
With (F major) your love to bind us
Outro 1
in the woods of done it.
(A minor) (C major)
(A minor) (F major) (G major) (F major)
(G major) (F major)
(D minor)
Old Thames Side
Richard Thompson
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