Adieu Adieu - Richard Thompson Chords
Chords: Adieu", A, AKA, Flash, D5, D, G, D/F#, Bm, Em
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Genre: folk, rock, britpop
"Adieu, Adieu" (Trad./Arr. Thompson)
As recorded by RT circa 2006.
A traditional English song, AKA "The Flash Lad".
Seems to date from mid 1700s; the "Lord Fielding's gang"
in some variants refers to the early London police
force organized by Henry Fielding of "Tom Jones" fame.
[intro]
D5
[verse]
D
Adieu, adieu, hard was my fate,
D G D A
I was brought up in a tender state.
D D/F# G D/F# A
Bad company did me entice,
D D/F# Bm Em A
and I left off work and took bad advice.
[chorus]
D D/F# G D/F# A
Which makes me now to lament and say,
D Bm G A
pity the fate of young felons all,
D G A D
well-a-day, well-a-day.
[verse]
D
I robbed Lord Goldwyn, I do declare,
D G D A
and Lady Masefield in Grosvenor Square,
D D/F# G D A
I shut my shutters and bid them goodnight,
D D/F# Bm Em A
then went home to my heart's delight.
[chorus]
D D/F# G D/F# A
Which makes me now to lament and say,
D Bm G A
pity the fate of young felons all,
D G A D
well-a-day, well-a-day.
[verse]
D
Before Judge Aldred I was took,
D G D A
before Judge Aldred I was tried.
D D/F# G D/F# A
My Lady Kemp says "this will not do,
D D/F# Bm Em A
my iron chest you have broken through".
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