#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## King of Bohemia by Richard Thompson copyright (c) 1994 Beeswing Music I leant out my copy of Mirror Blue, so this is pretty much guaranteed to be inaccurate. Still I think it gives a feel for the style and could be useful in conjunction with the recording on the album Mirror Blue. G/D (4x3121@7) DLet (xx0232@1)me rock you in my arms G/B (143121@7) DAnd (xx0232@1)hold you safe and small, G/DD/A Bm (x24432@1)DA (xx0232@1)refugee from the seraphim G/D (4x3121@7) DIn (xx0232@1)your rich girl rags and all. Bm (x24432@1) Asus9 Did your dreams die young G (320003@1) D/F#Were (200232@1)they too hard won Em (022000@1) A5 (x022xx@1) GDid (320003@1)you reach too high and fall Bm (x24432@1) Asus9 And there is no rest G (320003@1) D/F#For (200232@1)the ones God blessed Em (022000@1) D/F#G A5G/B DAnd (xx0232@1)he blessed you best of all. for lyrics to other verses see the album... Verse accompaniment: First 8 measures are flexible: keep the bass notes on the important beats, change the rest each verse. Mm9-16 are played pretty much the same each time except m12 which changes each verse. 1 G/D (4x3121@7) 2 D (xx0232@1) 3 G> (320003@1) 4 DE-----------------|---------2-------|-----------------|-----------------| (xx0232@1)B-3---3-----------|-----3-----3-----|---3-------3---3-|-------3---------| G-------0---------|---2---2-----2---|---0---0-----0---|-----2---2-------| D-----0---0-------|-----------------|-----0---0-------|-----------0-----| A---2-------2-0---|---------------0-|-0-2-------------|---0---------0-0-| D-0-------------5-|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5 G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) 6 Bm (x24432@1) D (xx0232@1) 7 G (320003@1) 8 DE-----------------|-----2-------2-0-|-----------------|-------------5-2-| (xx0232@1)B-0---0---------3-|-3-----3---------|---------------3-|-------3---------| G-0-----0-----2-2-|-4---------------|-----0-------0-0-|-----2-----2-----| D-----0-----0-----|---0---------0---|-------0---0-----|---------0-------| A-2-2-----0-------|-2---------0-----|---2-----2-------|---0-------------| D-0---------------|---------0-------|-0---------------|-0---------------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 9 Bm (x24432@1) Asus9 10 G (320003@1) D/F# (200232@1) 11 Em (022000@1) A (x02220@1) 12 GE-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------5-2-| (320003@1)B-3-----3-3-------|-3---------------|---------------2-|----------3-------| G-4-----4-4-------|-4-------2-------|-----0-------2-2-|-0--0---0-0-------| D---0-------2---2-|---0---0---0---0-|---2---2---------|---4--4-----0-----| A-2---2---0---0---|-----------------|(2)------2-0-----|------------------| D-----------------|-5---5---4---4---|-2---------------|-5--------5-------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 13 14 15 EmD/F# G (320003@1)A (x02220@1) 16 G/B (143121@7) DE-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------2---| (xx0232@1)B-3-----3-3-------|-3---------------|---------0-------|---------------3-| G-4-----4-4-------|-4-------2---4---|---4-----4-------|-----0-----2-----| D---0-------2---2-|---0---0---0---0-|-----------0-----|---0---0---------| A-2---2---0---0---|-----------------|-2---0-0-5-----0-|-2---------------| D-----------------|-5---5---4---4---|-2---4---5---7---|---------0-------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Interlude 1 and end tag. For end: 16 1 Em (022000@1)D6/F# GA9 2 D (xx0232@1) 2 E-----2---|-----------------|-----------------||------------5-|| B-------3-|-0---0---0---0---|-3---------------||--3---5-----7-|| G---2-----|-0---2-----------|-2---2-00-/2---2-||--2---7-----7-|| D---------|---2---0---0-----|-4-----------0---||--4---7-----0-|| A---------|-2-----------7-7-|-5---------------||--5---7-----0-|| D-0-------|-2---4---5---7---|---0-------0-----||----0----0--0-|| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Interlude 2 16 1 F#m6 (2x4242@1) 2 G9 (x2323x@1) F#m (244222@1) 3 E-----0---|-------------0---|-----------------|---------2-------| B-------2-|---------------2-|-------2-2---2---|-------2-------2-| G---------|-2-----2-2-------|-2-----2-2-----2-|---1-2-------2---| D---0-----|-----0-----0-----|---0-0-----------|-4---------4-----| A---------|---4-----4-------|-----------4-----|-----------------| D-0-------|-4-------4-------|-5-------4-------|-4-------4-------| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 C#m (x13321@4) 4 E (022100@1) 5 Bm/F# (x2444x@1) Bm/E E---------0-------|---------------0-|-----------------| B-5-----5-----0---|-------0-----0---|-3-----2-3-----2-| G-----6-----1---1-|-----------1-----|-4---4---4---4---| D---6-------------|-----2---2-------|---4-------4-----| A-4-------4-------|---2-------------|-----------------| D-----------------|-2---------------|-4-------2-------| | | | | | | | | | | | |