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