• Song:

    King Of Bohemia

  • Artist:

    Richard Thompson

  • Album:

    RT: The Life and Music ...

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                            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/D (4x3121@7)name="chord_x00232@1">D/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# (200232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G    A5 (x022xx@1)name="chord_143121@7">G/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 Em (022000@1)name="chord_200232@1">D/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# G (320003@1)name="chord_x02423@1">A9  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-------|
  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |

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