Pour Down Like Silver Chords by Richard Thompson

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DmThe tears fall down like whiskey, the tears fall down like wine

COn an island made of cocaine in a sea of turpentine

GWe all need some assistance but won't that day be fine

When we're Cwalking down the Fstreets of paraCdise

Tar brush on the corner, I've never seen him before

He drank ten fingers of what they had, now his feet don't touch the

floor

He can't see me or this dirty old town, he's got nothing to look for

He's a-walking down the streets of paradise

FWalking down the streets of parCadise

FWalking C/Edown the Dmstreets of Cparadise

I'd trade my silver mansion with a guard on every door

I'd trade my wealth and treasure and the sash my father wore

I'd trade my little sister and my brother who went before

To be walking down the streets of paradise

Walking down the streets of paradise

I asked you for a racehorse, now don't hand me no mule

I asked you for a fast car, don't you take me for a fool

Just hand me down my telescope and a bullet I can chew

I'll be walking down the streets of paradise

Walking down the streets of paradise

FOR SHAME OF DOING WRONG

(Intro Chords)

E D A E Asus4* A (* Asus4 could also be D/A (no third))

EIt seems like a Dlifetime Asince I Esaw AyoAsus4u A

ELover, lover, I've Dbeen aAway too Elong

When AI see lovers holding hands and Esighing

I Ahang my head for shame of doing Ewrong

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Bus wheels spinning, songbirds singing, break my heart

Take me back to old remembered days

Remind me of the times we spent together

Times before we went our separate ways

I Awish I was a fool for you aEgain

I'm sorry for the things I've said, the things I've done

I'm sorry for the restless thief I've been

Please don't make me pay for my deceiving heart

Just turn up your lamp and let me in

I wish I was a fool for you again

(repeat)

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THE POOR BOY IS TAKEN AWAY

CGold-haired poor boy, you took him for fun

He Fdressed for the Gtinkering Ctrade

Now the Fpoor boy is taC/Eken Dma-wCay

No use waiting like a ghost in a dream

The world has no comfort to bring

He left you to get everything

No use standing, waving adieu

The penny won't drop in your mind

The old flame's left you behind

No use crying in a room full of memories

You never will find yesterday

And the poor boy is taken away

NIGHT COMES IN

A7sus4Night comes in, like some cool rEmiver

How can there Dbe, Cbe another A7sus4day?

A7sus4Take my hand, oh real compEmanion

And we'll Ddance, Cdance till we fade aA7sus4way

Oh, the sands pour down like silver

They can only, only break my heart

Drink the wine, the wine of lovers

Lovers tired of being apart

F♯mDancing till my feet don't touch the Aground

F♯mI lose my mind and Gdance forever

F♯mLose my mind and Gdance forever

CTurn my world aDround

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Oh, this night is like no other

And this room is ringing in my ears

And these friends will never leave me

And these tears are like no other tears

Dancing till my feet don't touch the ground

I lose my mind and dance forever

Lose my mind and dance forever

Turn my world around

JET PLANE IN A ROCKING CHAIR

Jet plane in a rocking chair

Roller coaster roll nowhere

Deaf and dumb ?or dance it there?

I'll change this heart of mine

This time, this time

Sea cruise in a diving bell

Run a mile in a wishing well

?Soft soap? and nothing to sell

I'll change this heart of mine

This time, this time

Here comes the real thing

I've been waiting for so long, for so long

I've been looking for a love like you

Crossed line on a telephone

Crossed lies on a . . .

Crossed fingers and head for home

I'll change this heart of mine

This time, this time

They sink in a feather bed

?Got cool when you're stoned and dead?

I'm a fool with a size one head

I'll change this heart of mine

This time, this time

Here comes the real thing

I've been waiting for so long, for so long

I've been looking for a love like you

Jet plane in a rocking chair

Roller coaster roll nowhere

Deaf and dumb ?or dance it there?

I'll change this heart of mine

This time, this time

BEAT THE RETREAT

Beat my retreat, back home to you

I'm burning all my bridges

I'm running back home to you

Trailing my colours, back home to you

This world is filled with sadness

I'm running back home to you

Follow the drum, back home to you

There was no sense in my leaving

I'm running back home to you

HARD LUCK STORIES

They say running into you is like running into trouble

Bend my ear and I see double

You're everybody's idea of a waste of time

You still come around 'cause I used to listen

I run a steamship, I don't run a mission

Don't be mistaken in thinking you're a friend of mine

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Those hard luck stories, it's all I ever get from you

Hard luck stories, you're gonna drive me out of my mind

Those hard luck stories, it's all I ever get from you

Hard luck stories, you're gonna drive me out of my mind

Well, cops won't give you change of a penny

Everybody's got money but you haven't any

If I cared about you I'd say it was a crying shame

Your wife ran away, left you on a Sunday

She cried when she left, she was laughing on Monday

She should have known better and never gone and changed the name

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Why don't you grow up, why don't you settle down?

Why don't you get a job, why don't you leave town?

Even a chicken has to do what it has to do

You don't like one thing, you don't like another

You don't like anything that looks like bother

Everyone don't like something and we all don't like you

(Chorus)

DIMMING OF THE DAY/DARGAI

CThis old house is falling down around my Gears

FI'm drowning in the Criver of my Gtears

CWhen all my will is gone, you hold me Gsway

FI need you at the Cdimming Gof the Cday

You Gpull me like the moon pulls on the Dtide

You Gknow just where I keep my better Dside?

G C F

What days have come to keep us far apart?

A broken promise or a broken heart

Now all the bonny birds have wheeled away

I need you at the dimming of the day

Come the night, you're only what I want

Come the night, you could be my confidant

I see you on the street in company

Why don't you come and ease your mind with me?

I'm living for the night we steal away

I need you at the dimming of the day