Love Chronicles
Al Stewart
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Part I E|---------|D C I can remember the first girlG D that I did loveC G It was StephanieD C In kindergarten arithmeticG D classes she used toC G Sit next to meD C I'd pass her sticky sweetsG under the tableD C G Where the teacher couldn't seeD C Although she wouldn't remember me nowG D Sometimes I wonder where she canC G be.D C G D C G D C GD C I can remember the first girl IG kissed it wasD C Christine when I was ten.D C I'd been told we were movingG awayD I thought I'd never see her againC GD C G Oh don't forget meD C G I'll be back when they let meD C Before you learn how to lieG when you're leavingD C G Love is so much easier thenD C G D C GA7 D And at school would you believeG D three hundred boysA7 D And no girls at allA7 D But you're a fool if you shouldG leaveG D A7 Just think of the joys of rugbyD footballG D A And prep in the morning andG D Brylcream and acneG D C And cross-country running toA kill evil thoughtsD G I'm surprised that I survivedD I ran ten thousand miles with myA7 C G back to the wall.D C G D C GD C I can remember the first girlG D that I made love toC G It was in a parkD C In the lower pleasure gardens inG BournemouthD C G In summer just after darkD C G D My mind was reeling. Oh whatC G a feeling.D I missed the bus and walkedC G twelve miles homeD C And it really didn't seem far.G D C G D CG D A G And all through my seventeenthD summerD A G Running together from crowdsA7 D and tiesD A Taking our clothes off andG A7 D feeling each otherD A With fingers and senses andG A7 D mouths and eyes,G D G Incurring the glances of oldD disapprovalG D C From elderly local inhabitant'sA7 eyesD A G A D Oh time time we hardly even knew youD A7 G A7 You didn't touch us with yourD lies.C G D C GD C In the halcyon days of my lateG adolescenceD C G My goal seemed clearly in sightD C Playing electric guitar with aG beat groupD G We set the ballrooms alightD C Camping it up for the dyedG blonde receptionistsD C G Who told us we were al-ri-yi-yightD C On an ego trip for a teenageG superstarD C G DC G D C G D C G On thirty shillings a night.D C And so it fell that I came upG to LondonD C G To look for fortune and fameD C Starry eyed in my seasideG successesD C G And much too sure of the game.D C G First girl I met thereD C G I thought I'd get thereD C But the first girl was nearlyG the last girlD C G She left my eyes in the drain.Part II (slower) E|---------|A7 D A7 She sat on my floor in the deadD of the nightContinúa después del anuncioG D Rolling a joint and lookingA7 round for a lightG D Her clothes were so black andG D her face was so whiteA7 How could I know what was right?G A7 D And I sat all huddled upon my bedG A7 Watching her in my innocenceG A7 And it was no sense at all, butD too much senseA G That took me to the bridge ofD A7 G D impotence.A7 D A7 Oh Artaud's anthology layD spread on the floorG D And the thoughts that she gaveA7 me, I'd not met beforeG D And stranded half hypnotised, IG D watched her in aweA7 Of everything that she stood for.G A7 And I wanted more than anythingG D to be like her with every senseG A7 But it was no sense at all, butD too much senseA G That took me to the bridge ofD impotence.A7 D A7 She came over to me and kissedD me in playG D Taking my hands between her legsA7 as she layG D And she looked in my eyes but IG D turned them awayA7 Finding no words fit to say.G A7 And I hated myself, but couldG not moveA7 Shattered in my confidence,G A7 But it was no sense at all, butD too much senseA G That took me to the bridge ofD impotence.A7 D Now the stare of the lightbulbA7 D tore holes in my brainG D As she got up in silence thatA7 hung like a stainG D G And I wanted to speak, or callD out her name,A7 But how could I begin to explain?G And my prosecuting room stillA7 G holds a strand of her hairA7 In evidence,G A7 But it was no sense at all, butD too much senseA G That took me to the bridge ofD impotence.A7 D A7 Oh I still think about her whenD the night fills with rainG D And speaks with its voicesA7 uneasy and vainG D G And I think were I maybe toD find her again, Oh I'd probably see her moreA7 plain.G And I should have known she wasA7 G just like me,A7 It was after all only commonsense,G A7 But it was no sense at all, butD too much senseA G That took me to the bridge ofD impotence... 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The chords for each verse are the same.Part III (faster, tempo 1) E|---------|-D C G (repeat)D C At first I didn't go out much atG allD C I just stayed home in my chains.GD C Picking over the threads of myG confidenceD C G And searching for the remains.D C And when I couldn't stand any moreG of itD C G Going down to a club.D C Mixing in with the sounds andG the crowdsD C G I let the music cover me up.D C G D C GD And so it came that I stoodC G disillusionedG C G By everything I'd been told.D C G I just didn't believe love existedD They were all just digging forC G gold.D C Widows and bankers and typistsG and bus'nessmenD C Loved each other they said.GD C But all it was though was justG a manoeuvreD C G The quickest way into bed.D C G D C GF#7 D A7 And only, lonely, theD A Bm A harlequins and painted phoniesBm F#7 Bm F#7 Pick their ways, through the hazeD A7 D Of highs and lows and bluesG F# And all that I could do was toG F# pick my way to youG F# Though I didn't tell youG F# You were just a thing to proveBm Bb+ Bm7 But I was hungry when foundBm6 Em G Bm you, but I'm al-right now.F#7 D They sigh, they lie, theA7 D A Bm A refugees and superhe-roesBm F#7 Bm F#7 D On ice, so nice to seeA7 D you, what's your name?G F# And all that I could do was toG F# say the same to youG F# Take you for the moment, thoughG F# the moment wasn't trueBm Bb+ Bm But I was hungry when I foundBm6 Em G Bm you and I'm al-right now.Em A7 Though the street lamp cutD through the curfewEm A7 D It shed no light on our mindEm A7 It would have been so easy to loveD youG7 F#7 At any other time.F#7 D A7 Only lonely, you came to me theD A Bm A night hung coldlyBm F#7 Bm F#7 In your eyes, some other time ID A7 D might have stayed with youG F# But all that I could do was toG F# turn around to youG F# Thanks for what you gave me nowG F# it's time to say "Adieu"Bm Bb+ Bm7 Oh I was hungry when I foundBm6 Em G Bm you but I'm al-right now.Em G Bm Bb+ Ba ba ba alright now D C G (repeat)D C And so I followed the other'sG exampleD C G And jumped into the meleeD C In hunting grounds of EarlsG Court and Swiss CottageD C G I did my best to get laidD C G D Beer cans and parties, debC G girls and artiesD C Bouncing around in the socialG confusionD C G Missing and making the grade.D C G D C G D G D (Instrumental Solo - adD lib)Part IV (Slower) E|---------|N.C C D The very first time I must confessC I thought you'd be like all of theD restC G And we'd be strangers once againF A7 By the time we were dressed.C D But when you'd smoked your cigaretteC And talked of some people that we'dD metC G I found myself asking was it set,F A7 did you have to go yet.F C7 And so you laughed and then kissed meBb C G And stayed for the whole weekendF C Although the bed was so narrowBb C7 G D We had to sleep end to end.C DC And so the weeks passed through myD brainC D In their dadaistic chainC G I found myself seeing you again,F A7 and again and againC D And all you gave you gave it freeC D Asking for nothing back from meC G You gave yourself unselfishly as aF A7 part of me.F And where I thought that justC7 pluckingBb C G The fruits of the bed was enoughF C It grew to be less like fuckingBb C7 G D And more like making love.G D7G D Of all the girls I ever knew someC G Dsus4 D loved and some denied meG D And all the words I ever said haveC G Dsus4 D been no use to hide meG D And all the songs I ever sung eachC G Dsus4 D one of them untied meG D And all the girls I ever lovedC G Dsus4 have left themselves inside me.