#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: phillip@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Phillip Charles Saunders) Subject: TAB:RichardThompson-IWantToSeeTheBrightLightsTonight Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight version 1.0, Nov 12,1993 Transcribed by Phil Saunders (phillip@phoenix.princeton.edu) Additions/Corrections welcome! When I Get To The Border (Lyrics,Chords) The Calvary Cross (Lyrics,Chords) Withered And Died (Lyrics,Chords) I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (Lyrics,Chords) Down Where The Drunkards Roll (Lyrics,Chords) We Sing Hallelujah (Lyrics,Chords) Has He Got A Friend For Me? (Lyrics,Chords) The Little Beggar Girl (Lyrics,Chords) The End Of The Rainbow (Lyrics,Chords) The Great Valerio (Lyrics,Chords,Tab) The See Saw (Instrumental,Tab) WHEN I GET TO THE BORDER Intro: C F(add D) C Dirty people take what's mine F G I can leave them all behind C G/B Am C/G They can never cross that line F G When I get to the Border Sawbones standing at the dorr Waiting 'til I hit the floor He won't find me anymore When I get to the Border G Monday morning, monday morning G Closing in on me G D/F# Em I'm packing up and running away C D To where nobody picks on me If you see a box of pine With a name that looks like mine. Just say I drowned in a barrel of wine. When I got to the Border A one way ticket's in my hand Heading for the chosen land My troubles will all turn to sand When I get to the Border Salty girl with yellow hair Waiting in that rocking chair And if I'm weary I won't care When I get to the Border Monday morning, monday morning Closing in on me I'm packing up and running away To where nobody picks on me Dusty road will smell so sweet Paved with gold beneath my feet And I'll be dancing down the street When I get to the Border When I get to the Border THE CALVARY CROSS Fabulous guitar intro not transcribed--I'd love to have this F Am G F Am G F Am I was under the Calvary Cross G F Am The pale-face lady she said to me G F Am I've watched you with my one green eye. G F Am And I'll hurt you 'till you need me. G F Am You scuff your heels and you spit on your shoes. G F Am You do nothing with reason G F Am One day you catch a train G F Am Never leaves the station. CHORUS C Everything you do F (8th fret) Everything you do C G You do for me Now you can make believe on your tin whistle You can be my broom boy Scrub me 'till I shine in the dark I'll be your light 'till doomsday Black cat cross your path. Why don't you follow My claw's in you and my light's in you This is your first day of sorrow CHORUS WITHERED AND DIED C F This cruel country has driven me down G C F G Teased me and lied, teased me and lied C F I've only sad stories to tell to this town G C My dreams have withered and died F C Dm Once I was bending the tops of the trees C Dm Am G Kind words in my ear, kind faces to see Then I struck up with a boy from the West, Played run and hide, played run and hide. Count one to ten and he's gone with the rest My dreams have withered and died Silver moon sail up and silver moon shine On the waters so wide, waters so wide Steal from the bed of some good friend of mine My dreams have withered and died If I was a butterfly lived for a day Then I could be free just blowing away This cruel country has driven me down Teased me and lied, teased me and lied I've only sad stories to tell to this town My dreams have withered and dies I WANT TO SEE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS TONIGHT C Bb F/A G C I'm so tired of working everyday G C Now the Weekend's come I'm gonna throw my troubles away C Bb F/A G C If you've got the cab fare mister you'll do alright. C G/B F/A G C I want to see the bright lights tonight CHORUS F Meet me at the station don't be late G F G I need to spend some money and I just can't wait F C/E Dm C Take me to the dance and hold me tight C G/B F/A G C I want to see the bright lights tonight There's crazy people running all over town There's a silver band just marching up and down And the big boys are all spoiling for a fight I want to see the bright lights tonight CHORUS A couple of drunken nights rolling on the floor Is just the kind of mess I'm looking for. I'm gonna dream 'till Monday comes in sight I want to see the bright lights tonight CHORUS F C/E Dm C Take me to the dance and hold me tight C G/B F/A G C I want to see the bright lights tonight C F C DOWN WHERE THE DRUNKARDS ROLL (capo 3rd fret to play with record. Song is recorded in Bb, but written here in G) G See the boys out walking C G The boys who look so fine C G Dressed up in green velvet C G Their silver buckles shine G Soon they'll be bleary-eyed D C Under a keg of wine CHORUS C/G D Down where the drunkards roll C/G D Down where the drunkards roll See that lover standing Staring at the ground He's looking for the real thing Lies were all he found You can get the real thing It will only cost a pound There goes a troubled woman She dreams a troubled dream She lives out on the highway She keeps her money clean Soon she'll be returning To the place where she's the queen You can be a gambler Who never drew a hand You can be a sailor Who never left dry land You can be lord Jesus All the world will understand WE SING HALLELUJAH Intro A E A Asus E A E A man is like a rusty wheel A E On a rusty cart A E/G# F#m D E He sings his song as he rattles along D E A and then he falls apart. CHORUS A E And We'll sing hallelujah A E At the turning of the year A E/G# F#m D E And we work all day in the old fashioned way D E A 'Til the shining star appears A man is like a briar He covers himself with thorns he laughs like a clown when his fortunes are down And his clothes are ragged and torn CHORUS A man is like a three string fiddle Hanging on the wall. He plays when somebody scrapes on the bow Or he can't play at all. CHORUS A man is like his father Wishes he'd never been born. He longs for the time when the clock bell will chime And he's dead for evermore. CHORUS HAS HE GOT A FRIEND FOR ME? (capo 3rd fret to play with record, chords are written in G, song recorded in Bb) Intro Am F C G C G Saturday Night and I'm all alone. D Am No ring on the door bell no ring on the phone Em D C G Am Dm C G And nobody wants to know anyone lonely like me. Your boy friend's good looking, he's got it all there. It looks like God made him with something to spare You look good together, Scurrying off down the street CHORUS D Has he got a friend, C G Has he got a friend for me? C Has he got a friend, D G Has he got a friend for me? He's got the haunt of the sea in his eyes He wouldn't notice me passing by. I could be in the gutter or dangling down from a tree If you know someone who's graceful and wise. Doesn't mind girls who are clumsy and shy. I don't mind going with someone that I've never seen. THE LITTLE BEGGAR GIRL G D C D I'm just a little beggar girl and Sally is my name G F C G You can call me a skiver abd I'll call you the same G F C F You can show me you're sorry if you think it's a shame G C G That I'm only a poor little beggar girl G D Yes I'm only a poor little beggar girl G F C F You can show me you're sorry if you think it's a shame G C G That I'm only a poor little beggar girl I'll dance with my peg leg, a wiggling at your knee I'll play on my accordion, my father gave to me For it's well worth it all to please a gent such as thee For I'm only a poor little beggar girl Yes I'm only a poor little beggar girl And it's well worth it all to please a gent such as thee That I'm only a poor little beggar girl I've been down to London, I've been up to Crew I travel far and wide to do the work that I do Cause I love taking money off a snob like you For I'm only a poor little beggar girl Yes I'm only a poor little beggar girl Cause I love taking money off a snob like you That I'm only a poor little beggar girl Oh the poor they will be rich and the rich they will be poor That's according to Saul when he wrote down the law And I'd much rather be rich after than before For I'm only a poor little beggar girl Yes I'm only a poor little beggar girl And I'd much rather be rich after than before For I'm only a poor little beggar girl If the words of my song do your conscience alarm Just remember generosity is like a lucky charm If you give me your money, it'll do you no harm For I'm only a poor little beggar girl Yes I'm only a poor little beggar girl If you give me your money, it'll do you no harm For I'm only a poor little beggar girl THE END OF THE RAINBOW Richard Thompson Transcribed by Phil Saunders (Capo 3rd fret, recorded in Cm, transcribed in Am) Am F I feel for you, you little horror Dm G Safe at your mother's breast Dm Am F G No lucky break for you around the corner Am Am/G F 'Cause your father is a bully Dm G And he thinks that you're a pest C(?) F C Am And your sister she's no better than a whore. Dm Am F G Life seems so rosy in the cradle, Am G F G But I'll be a friend I'll tell you what's in store Dm Am F G There's nothing at the end of the rainbow. Am G F G There's nothing to grow up for anymore Tycoons and barrow boys will rob you And throw you on the side And all because they love themselves sincerely And the man hold a bread knife Up to you throat it's four feet wide And he's anxious just to show you what it's for. Your mother works so hard to make you happy But take a look outside your nursery door There's nothing at the end of the rainbow. There's nothing to grow up for anymore All the sad and empty faces That pass you in the street All running in their sleep, all in a dream Every loving handshake Is just another man to beat How your heart aches just to cut hiom to the core Life seems so rosy in the cradle, But I'll be a friend I'll tell you what's in store There's nothing at the end of the rainbow. There's nothing to grow up for anymore THE GREAT VALERIO Capo 7th Fret Verse Am Am -|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------| -|---------0-------0-|---------0-------0-|---------------------------| -|-2---2-0-0-0-0H2---|-2---2-0-0-0-0H2---|-2---2---2---2-------------| -|-2---2---2---------|-2---2---2---------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------| -|-0---0---0---------|-0---0---0---------|-0---0---0---0-------------| -|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------| Em7b5/Bb Am Dm/A -|-----------------|-----------------|-------1-1P0--------------------| -|-----3-----------|-----------------|-3---3-------3-0----------------| -|-0---------0---0-|-2---2---2---2---|--------------------------------| -|-2-2---2-3---0---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3---3-----3---3-3--------------| -|-1-------1---1---|-0---0---0---0---|-0------------------------------| -|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------| Am7(9) Em7b5/Bb Gm7b5/Bb Am G7 -|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------| -|-----0-------0----|-----3--------2---|-----------------|-------0---------| -|-2---4---2---4----|-0------------0---|-2---2---2---2---|-0---0-0-0---0---| -|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|-2-2---2----3---3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---3---0-0-0-----| -|-0---0---0---0----|-1--------1-------|-0---0---0---0---|---------------2-| -|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------| F6 G/F Am F6 G7 C E7aug -|-----------------|---------3P0-------|-----------------|------------------| -|-----------------|-----0-------0---0-|-----------------|------------------| -|-----2-------0---|---2---2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-------0---0----1-| -|---0---0---0---0-|-2---2-------------|---0---0---0---0-|-----3---3---2----| -|-3---3---2-------|-0-------------0---|-3---3---3-------|---2-----3---3----| -|-1-------1-------|-------------------|-1-------1-------|-3----------------| Am9 Dm9 Em7b5/Bb E7aug Am9 -|-----------------|-----0-------0---|-----------------|---------3---| -|-----0-------0---|-3-----3---3---3-|-----3-----0---0-|---0-----0---| -|---2---2---2---2-|---------2-------|---0---0-1-----1-|-2---2---2---| -|-----2-------2---|---0-0---0---0---|-----2-------2---|---2-----2---| -|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|-1-------3-------|-0-----0-----| -|-----------------|-----------------|-------------4---|-------------| Chorus B7 // / // C // F // G // C // F -|------------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------| -|-0----------|-1----1----|-0----1----|-1-1-0-------0----------------| -|-2----------|-0----2----|-0----0----|-2-----2---2------------------| -|-1----------|-2----3----|-0----2----|-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------| -|-2----------|-3----3----|------3----|-3-------3--------------------| -|------------|-3---------|-3----3----|------------------------------| Am9 Dm9 Em7b5/Bb E7aug Am9 -|-----------------|-----0-------0---|-----------------|----------------| -|-----0-------0---|---3-------3-----|-----3-----0---0-|--------0-----0-| -|-2-----2---2---2-|-2---2---2---2---|---0---0-1---1---|-2-2-0----0H2---| -|-2---2---2---2---|---0---0---0---0-|-----2-----------|-2-2----2-------| -|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-1-------3---3---|-0-0------------| -|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------| Am -|----------------------------|--------------------------------------| -|----------0-0-------0-------|--------------------------------------| -|-2--2-0H2-----2-0H2---2-0H2-|-2------------------------------------| -|-2--2-----------------------|-2------------------------------------| -|-0--0-----------------------|-0------------------------------------| -|----------------------------|--------------------------------------| Am Em7b5/Bb High up above the crowd Am Dm/A The great Valerio is walking Am7(9) Em7b5/Bb Gm7b5/Bb The rope seems hung from cloud to cloud Am G7 And time stands still while he is walking F6 G/F Am His eye is steady on the target F6 G7 C E7aug His foot is sure upon the rope. Am9 Dm9 Alone and peaceful as a mountain Em7b5/Bb E7aug Am9 And certain as the mountain slope CHORUS B7 C F How we wonder, how we wonder G C F Watching far below Am7 Dm9 We would all be that great hero, Em7b5/Bb E7+ Am The great Valerio We falter at the sight We stumble in the mire Fools who think they see the light Prepare to balance on the wire But we learn to watch together And feed on what we see above until our heart turn like the seaons And we are acrobats of love Come all you upstart jugglers Are you really ready yet? Who will help the tightrope walker, When he stumbles to the net? So come with me to see Valerio As he dances through the air I'm your friend until you use me And then be sure I want be there. 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