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Richard & Linda Thompson - The End of the Rainbow
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
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Capo 3rd fret to play in original key of C minor
Intro/Outro:
Dm/F Am/E Am/G Am
e|------------------|--------------0-------------|---------------------------|
B|----3-------------|--1--------1-----1----------|-----------1-------------1-|
G|----2-------------|--------2----------2------2-|--2-----2----2--2-----2----|
D|----3-------------|-----2------------------2---|-----2-------------2-------|
A|------------------|----------------------------|----------------0----------|
E|----1-------------|--0------------------0------|--3------------------------|
Dm/A Am7 C/G G G
e|-------------------------|----------------------------|--------------------|
B|--3--------3--3-----1----|--1-----0-----1h3-----------|-----------3--------|
G|--------2-----------0----|--0-----0----------0-----0--|--------0-----0-----|
D|-----3-----------3-----2-|-----2-----0----------0-----|-----0--------------|
A|--0-----------0-----0----|----------------------------|--------------------|
E|-------------------------|--3-----3-------------------|--3-----------------|
Verse:
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/G F C Am
And your sister she's no better than a whore.
Chorus:
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
And 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 him 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
All the chords used:
Dm Dm/F Dm/A Am Am/G Am/E Am7 C/G F G G
e|----1------------1------0------0------0------0-----0------1-----3-----3----|
B|----3-----3------3------1------1------1------1-----1------1-----0-----3----|
G|----2-----2------2------2------2------2------0-----0------2-----0-----0----|
D|----0-----3------0------2------2------2------2-----2------3-----0-----0----|
A|-----------------0------0------0------0------0-----3------3-----2-----2----|
E|----------1--------------------3------0------------3------1-----3-----3----|
(X/Y means that the chord is an X chord with Y as the bass note.)
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Credit goes to Phil Saunders, who did the original transcription of the
chords that this tab is based in part on and expanded on by me.
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