• Song:

    Richard Divine

  • Artist:

    Frank Turner

Frank Turner - Richard Devine
Chords by Neil Wicker
The other version isn't the way Frank plays it so I thought I'd do a more accurate version.

Capo 2

Em (022000@1)                                         AmRichard (x02210@1)Divine made up his mind to take the last few steps
    D (xx0232@1)                                                    Emto (022000@1)the bathroom door from his bedroom floor and to lock himself in.
Steady young hands, meticulous plans,
            Am (x02210@1)        Ddisposable (xx0232@1)razors and a blisterpack filled with strong sleeping pills,
                    Emand (022000@1)a bath of hot water.

G (320003@1)               Bm (x24432@1)                     CHe (x32010@1)said he's not for sale, said that he felt hounded,
             Am (x02210@1)                              Emcrowded (022000@1)and surrounded by this life he didn't choose.

Em (022000@1)                   
He carefully wrote a funerary note
              Am (x02210@1)            D (xx0232@1) 
on his best writing paper to set out the facts,
                                              Emand (022000@1)sealed it with wax, and left it in the kitchen.
                                                          AmHe (x02210@1)left it out so his parents would know what there was waiting for them:
D (xx0232@1)                                                  Empale (022000@1)cold skin and blood seeping in to the landing carpet.

G (320003@1)                   Bm (x24432@1)                      CHe (x32010@1)said he's not for sale, said that he felt hounded,
                Am (x02210@1)                                   Gcrowded (320003@1)and surrounded by this life he didn't choose.
                     Bm (x24432@1)                  CBut (x32010@1)everybody plays this game on a daily basis.
                              AmThey're (x02210@1)not heroes, they're survivors,
and it's not Shakespearian if they lose.

Em (022000@1)                                               AmSo (x02210@1)do what you want, do what you want, do what the voices tell you,
       D (xx0232@1)                        Em (022000@1) 
but don't ever say that we didn't warn you.
           
cause we warned you

G (320003@1)                   Bm (x24432@1)                          CHe (x32010@1)said he's not for sale, but he bought into his failure.
                          Am (x02210@1)                         GHe's (320003@1)telling tales that hammer nails right into open palms.
G (320003@1)           Bm (x24432@1)                        CA (x32010@1)martyr in reverse, he's best at being worst,
                    Am (x02210@1)                                 Gthe (320003@1)rest of us are cursed but we keep calm and we carry on.

G, Bm, C, Am x2
                       G (320003@1)                Bm (x24432@1)     
So Richard, here it is: none of us are blameless, huddled here like 
Cstrangers, (x32010@1) 
                   Am (x02210@1)                               Gshameless (320003@1)in our lists of all the changes we say we need.
                      Bm (x24432@1)But I think that you knew that,
                        C (x32010@1)                                    Amyou (x02210@1)can't pretend it's news that when you cut yourself you'll bleed.

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