A very minor-key sad blues ballad!! From the 2011 album You Can?t Teach An Old Dog New Tricks.

Although it opens on Dm, it closes on the chord of Dm/C, so it just hangs there 
unresolved, adding to the melancholy.

Notes
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Verse
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on the Dm / Dm C sections. Roll on and off the open top E string to F on the first fret. 
Like so....

E ---1--p0-h1----1--p0-h1--|
B ---3---3-------3---3-----|
G ---2---2-------2---2-----|
D -0-----------------------|
A --------------3----------|
E -------------------------|

Refrain
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Little chromatic run on the E string, A to Ab to G, then G to G# to the Am chord (all 
marked down below)

OK here we go!

Intro
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Dm Dm/C x4

Verse 1
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Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/C (030231@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)  Dm/CWhen (030231@1)I walk    down your street
             Dm (xx0231@1)         Dm/C (030231@1)        Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_030231@1">Dm/C
Through your barred windows you look at me
        Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/C (030231@1)              Dm (xx0231@1)Dm/CAnd (030231@1)you wonder    have I come to ask
                Dm (xx0231@1)     Dm/C (030231@1)             Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/CFor (030231@1)one of your precious things that do not last

Refrain 1
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/F  /F#  G
All your treasures
    /Ab  Am (x02210@1)     /C
All your treasures

Dm Dm/C x 2

Verse 2
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              Dm (xx0231@1)   Dm/C (030231@1)             Dm (xx0231@1)Dm/CYou (030231@1)think you know me     but you don't know
             Dm (xx0231@1)         Dm/C (030231@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)  Dm/CThat (030231@1)there's more to this picture than that shows
        Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_030231@1">Dm/C               Dm (xx0231@1)  CAnd (x32010@1)you fear   that I come to steal
         Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/C (030231@1)          Dm (xx0231@1) CYour (x32010@1)sec-urity     that ain't real

Refrain 2
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/F  /F#  G
All your treasures
    /Ab  Am (x02210@1)     /C
All your treasures

Break
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Dm Dm/C x 6
G /Ab Am /C
Dm Dm/C x 2

Verse 3
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       Dm (xx0231@1)     Dm/C (030231@1)        Dm (xx0231@1)Dm/CI (030231@1)will leave now    you won't cry
     Dm (xx0231@1)   Dm/C (030231@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)Dm/CWith (030231@1)relief now   you'll just sigh
          Dm (xx0231@1)  Dm/C (030231@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)Dm/CYou'll (030231@1)re-member    come one day
           Dm (xx0231@1)          Dm/CAnd (030231@1)you'll walk out your door
              Dm (xx0231@1) Dm/CCos (030231@1)you can't stay

Refrain 3
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/F  /F#  G
While all your treasures
    /Ab  Am (x02210@1)     /C
All your treasures slip away

Refrain 4
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/F  /F#  G
All your treasures
    /Ab  Am (x02210@1)     /C
All your treasures

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I hope I've done it justice!

Kevin O'Brien
Watford
England
June 2011

watfordkev@gmail.com
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