View Guitar Chords for Beeswing - chords ver. 1
------------------------ BEESWING – Richard Thompson ------------------------ Tabbed by Robert Saunders Tuning: Drop D (DADGBE) Capo on 3 Key of B flat (D relative to capo) Chords (relative to capo): D: 000232 D/B: X20232 D/A: X00232 D/G: 5X023X D/D: X5023X [see notes below] A: X02220 G: 5X0033 or 5X0003 or 550003 or 550033 Gmaj7: 5X403X Em9/B: X24030 Bm7: X24232 D/F#: 4X02XX Em: 222000 G/D: 02003X Asus4: X02230 Asus2: X02200 Bm: X24432 Notes: This transcription is based on a live recording on YouTube uploaded by Cleapatr on 30 Nov 2008. Unfortunately it doesn’t say when or where it was recorded. As with all his songs, Richard Thompson plays this a bit differently every time, mixing up the bass notes and picking patterns. The verse in particular can be mixed up using different bass notes with the D chords. You can also end the verses with A G D G instead of A A G G. The D/D chord that I’ve listed above is obviously just a D major chord but I’ve transcribed it as D/D to distinguish it from the more common D shape. RT seems to bend the 5th string a little when he plays the D note. RT holds a pick between his thumb and first finger which he uses to play the bass notes. He uses his other fingers to pick the other strings. Lesser mortals might find it easier to play with thumb and fingers or use a thumb pick. At some stage I may add a full tab for the intro, solo and outro but for now I hope this is helpful. Please point out any errors and I will correct them. Intro: [The intro is based around the following chords with a walk down from G to A via the F# and E bass notes] D G Asus2 A Asus4 Bm D G Asus2 A Asus4 Bm G Verse 1:I Dwas nineD/Bteen when I D/Acame to Dtown They Dcalled it the D/Bsummer of D/Alove DThey were D/Aburning D/Bbabies, D/Aburning D/Gflags The AHawks aAgainst the GDoves G G GVerse 2:DI took a D/Bjob in the D/Asteamie D DDown on D/BCaldrum D/AStreet DI Dfell in D/Blove with a D/Alaundry D/Ggirl Who was Aworking Anext to Gme G GChorus:G She was a Em9/Brare thing, fine as a DBeeswing So Bm7fine a Abreath of Gwind might Ablow her GawayShe was a Em9/Blost child, she was Drunning wild She said, as Bm7long as Athere's no Gprice on Alove I'll Gstay D/F#And you Emwouldn't D/F#want me Gany D/Aother G/Dway A Asus4 DVerse 3:DBrown hair D/Bzigzagged aD/Around her Dface And a Dlook of D/Bhalf surD/Aprise DLike a Dfox caught D/Bin the D/AheadlightsD/D There was Aanimal Ain her Geyes G G GVerse 4:She Dsaid young D/Bman, oh D/Acan't you Dsee DI'm not the D/Bfactory D/Akind DIf Dyou don't D/Btake me D/Aout of D/Ghere I'll Asurely Alose my Gmind G GChorus:G She was a Em9/Brare thing, fine as a DBeeswing So Bm7fine that AI might Gcrush her Awhere she GlayShe was a Em9/Blost child, she was Drunning wild She said, as Bm7long as Athere's no Gprice on Alove I'll Gstay D/F#And you Emwouldn't D/F#want me Gany D/Aother G/Dway A Asus4SOLO: [The solo starts the same as the intro and then moves up the neck picking notes from the B minor pentatonic scale (relative to capo). It ends with an Em chord over which his picks the notes B D F# E and D on the 1st and 2nd strings before returning the the D chord of the verse.] Verse 5:We Dbusked aD/Bround the D/Amarket Dtowns And Dpicked fruit D/Bdown in D/AKent DAnd Dwe could D/Btinker D/Alamps and D/Gpots And kAnives wherAever we Gwent G Gmaj7 Gmaj7Verse 6:And I Dsaid that D/Bwe might D/Asettle downD DGet a few D/Bacres D/Adug DDFire D/Bburning D/Ain the D/Dhearth And Ababies Aon the Grug G G GVerse 7:She Dsaid oh D/Bman, you D/Afoolish Dman That Dsurely D/Bsounds like D/Ahell DYou Dmight be D/Blord of D/Ahalf the D/Dworld You'll Anot own Ame as Gwell G GChorus:G She was a Em9/Brare thing, fine as a DBeeswing So Bm7fine a Abreath of Gwind might Ablow her GawayGShe was a Em9/Blost child, she was Drunning wild She said, as Bm7long as Athere's no Gprice on Alove I'll Gstay D/F#And you Emwouldn't D/F#want me Gany D/Aother G/Dway A Asus4 DVerse 8:We was Dcamping D/Bdown the D/AGower one Dtime D The work wasD/B prettyD/A good DShe Dthought we D/Bshouldn't D/Await for the D/Gfrost And AI thought Amaybe we Gshould G Gmaj7 Gmaj7Verse 9:We was Ddrinking D/Bmore in D/Athose days D DTempers D/Breached a D/Apitch DAnd Dlike a D/Bfool I D/Alet her D/Grun AWith the Arambling Gitch G[Repeat first half of intro] Verse 10:Oh the Dlast I D/Bheard she's D/Asleeping Drough DBack on the D/BDerby D/Abeat DD D/B D/A D/D > C# White horse in her hip pocketAnd a Awolfhound Aat her Gfeet G GVerse 11:GAnd they Dsay she D/Beven D/Amarried Donce A Dman namedD/B Romany D/ABrown DBut Deven a D/Bgypsy D/Acara---D/Dvan Was Atoo much Asettling Gdown G GVerse 12:GAnd they Dsay her D/Bflower is D/Afaded Dnow DHard weather D/Band hard D/Abooze DBut Dmaybe that's D/Bjust the D/Aprice you D/Dpay For the Achains Ayou GrefuseGModified chorus:G Oh Gshe was a Em9/Brare thing, fine as a DBeeswing And I Bm7miss her Amore than Gever Awords could GsayG If I could Em9/Bjust taste, all of her Dwildness now If Bm7I could Ahold her Gin my Aarms toGday D/F#Then I Emwouldn't D/F#want her Gany D/Aother G/Dway A Asus4 D[The outro is similar to intro ending on a high D chord (0 0 0 14 15 14)]