Read About Love chords by Richard Thompson
Skip chords and lyricsGet now
Intro 1
(G major)
Verse 1
(G major) Asked my daddy when
I was thirteen
"Daddy, can you tell me (D major) what
a lover really means?"
His eyes (G major) went glassy, not a word was said
He poured another beer (D major) and
New- Play with audio & scroll
Upgrade to play 20,000+ songs ads free, and enjoy playing with music.
Verse 2
his face turned red
(G major) Asked my mother, she (C major) acted the same
She (G major) never looked up,
she seemed (D major) so ashamed
(G major) Asked my teacher,
he (C major) reached for the cane
He said (G major) "Don't mention that
subject (D major) again"
Verse 3
(E minor)
(Read (C major) about love)
I read it in a magazine (E minor)
(C major) (Read about love)
Cosmo and Seventeen
(Read about love)
In the back of Hustler, Hustler, Hustler
Verse 4
So (G major) I know (E minor) what (E flat major) makes girls sigh (G major) (E minor) (E flat major)
And (G major) I (E minor) know (E flat major) why girls (G major) cry (E minor)
So (G major) don't tell (E minor) me I don't (C major) under (D major) stand
(G major) What makes a (E minor) woman and
(C major) what makes a (D major) man
I've (G major) never been to (E minor) heaven
But at (C major) least I've read (D major) about (F major) love
Interlude 1
(F major) (C major) (D major)
Verse 5
My (D major) big (G major) brother told me
when I was fourteen
It's time I showed you (D major) what
a lover really means
(G major) Girls like kissing and romance too
But a boy's got to know (D major) what
a man's got to do (C major) (D major)
Verse 6
He (G major) gave me a book,
the cover (C major) was plain
(G major) Written by a doctor with a (D major) German name
It (G major) had glossy pictures, serious (C major) stuff
I (G major) read it seven times,
then I (D major) knew it well enough
Verse 7
(E minor)
(Read (C major) about love)
And now I've got you
(E minor) (Read about (C major) love)
Where I want you (E minor)
(C major) (Read about love)
I got you on the test bed, test bed, test bed
Verse 8
So (G major) why (E minor) don't you moan (C minor) and sigh? (G major) (E flat major)
(G major) And why (E minor) do you sit (D major) there (C minor) and cry? (G major) (E minor)
(G major) I do everything (E minor) I'm sup
(C major) posed to (D major) do
If something's (G major) (D major) wrong,
(E minor) then it (C major) must be (D major) you
(G major) I know the (E minor) ways of a (C major) wo man
I've read (D major) about love (F major)
Verse 9
Well, well, (F major) well
(G major) When I touch you (E minor) there it's
sup (C major) posed to feel nice (D major)
(G major) That's what it (E minor) said in
read (C major) er's advice (D major)
I've (G major) never been to (E minor) heaven
But at (C major) least I've read (D major) about love (F major)
Outro 1
(C major) (D major)
More songs by Richard Thompson
Discover chords for more songs to play
