Richard Thompson – 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (Ukulele)
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
Auto-scroll
Speed:
1.0x
Ukulele version by the fantastic Pete Lashley, full credit for this version to him.
I have simply tried my best to with Petes notes to upload this to make it easier for me to practise.
you can view his performance of this and see how to play correctly here.
[Intro]
A|----3--7----5----3----| E|-3h5---0----0----0----| C|-0-----0----0----0----| G|-0-----0----0----0----| x2 A|----3-| E|-3h5--| C|-0----| G|-0----| x4 A|-0----0----0----0-0--| E|-1----3----5----3-1--| C|-0----0----0----0-0--| G|-2----4----5----4-2--| A|----3-| E|-3h5--| C|-0----| G|-0----| x4 A|-2----0----0----0----0-0--| E|-3----1----3----5----3-1--| C|-2----0----0----0----0-0--| G|-0----2----4----5----4-2--| A|----3-| E|-3h5--| C|-0----| G|-0----| x4
[Verse 1]
Says Red Molly to James "That's a fine motorbike
A|---3--------------------------------------0----0----0----0-0---|
E|---3--------------------------------------1----3----5----3-1---|
C|---0--------------------------------------0----0----0----0-0---|
G|---0--------------------------------------2----4----5----4-2---|
Well A girl could feel special on any such like"
A|---0---------------------------------------------3-------------|
E|---1---------------------------------------------3-------------|
C|---0---------------------------------------------0-------------|
G|---2---------------------------------------------0-------------|
Says James to Red Molly "My hat's off to you
A|---3--------------------------------------0----0----0----0-0---|
E|---3--------------------------------------1----3----5----3-1---|
C|---0--------------------------------------0----0----0----0-0---|
G|---0--------------------------------------2----4----5----4-2---|
It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952
A|---0--------------------------------------3--------------------|
E|---1--------------------------------------3--------------------|
C|---0--------------------------------------0--------------------|
G|---2--------------------------------------0--------------------|
And I've seen you at the corners and cafés it seems
A|--2--------------------------------------0----------3-----|
E|--3--------------------------------------1----------3-----|
C|--2--------------------------------------0----------0-----|
G|--0--------------------------------------2----------0-----|
Red hair and black leather, my favourite colour scheme"
A|--2-----------------------0---------------------3-----|
E|--3-----------------------1---------------------3-----|
C|--2-----------------------0---------------------0-----|
G|--0-----------------------2---------------------0-----|
And he pulled her on be--hind
A|--5-------------------7--0----0----5----0-0---|
E|--5-------------------7--1----3----0----3-1---|
C|--5-------------------7--0----0----5----0-0---|
G|--7-------------------9--2----4----0----4-2---|
And down to Box Hill they did ride
A|--0----------------------------3-----|
E|--1----------------------------3-----|
C|--0----------------------------0-----|
G|--2----------------------------0-----|[Break]
A|----3--7----5----3----| E|-3h5---0----0----0----| C|-0-----0----0----0----| G|-0-----0----0----0----| x2 A|----3-| E|-3h5--| C|-0----| G|-0----| x4 A|-0----0----0----0-0--| E|-1----3----5----3-1--| C|-0----0----0----0-0--| G|-2----4----5----4-2--| A|----3-| E|-3h5--| C|-0----| G|-0----| x4 A|-2----0----0----0----0-0--| E|-3----1----3----5----3-1--| C|-2----0----0----0----0-0--| G|-0----2----4----5----4-2--| A|----3-| E|-3h5--| C|-0----| G|-0----| x4
[Verse 2]
Says James to Red Molly, "Here's a ring for your right hand
A|---3--------------------------------------0----0----0----0-0---|
E|---3--------------------------------------1----3----5----3-1---|
C|---0--------------------------------------0----0----0----0-0---|
G|---0--------------------------------------2----4----5----4-2---|
But I'll tell you in earnest I'm a dangerous man
A|---0---------------------------------------------3-------------|
E|---1---------------------------------------------3-------------|
C|---0---------------------------------------------0-------------|
G|---2---------------------------------------------0-------------|
I've fought with the law since I was seventeen
A|---3--------------------------------------0----0----0----0-0---|
E|---3--------------------------------------1----3----5----3-1---|
C|---0--------------------------------------0----0----0----0-0---|
G|---0--------------------------------------2----4----5----4-2---|
I robbed many a man to get my Vincent machine
A|---0--------------------------------------3--------------------|
E|---1--------------------------------------3--------------------|
C|---0--------------------------------------0--------------------|
G|---2--------------------------------------0--------------------|
Now I'm twenty-one years, I might make twenty-two
A|--2-----------------------0---------------------3-----|
E|--3-----------------------1---------------------3-----|
C|--2-----------------------0---------------------0-----|
G|--0-----------------------2---------------------0-----|
And I don't mind dying, but for the love of you
A|--2-----------------------0---------------------3-----|
E|--3-----------------------1---------------------3-----|
C|--2-----------------------0---------------------0-----|
G|--0-----------------------2---------------------0-----|
And if fate should break my stride
A|--5-------------------7--0----0----5----0-0---|
E|--5-------------------7--1----3----0----3-1---|
C|--5-------------------7--0----0----5----0-0---|
G|--7-------------------9--2----4----0----4-2---|
Then I give you my Vincent to ride"
A|--0----------------------------3-----|
E|--1----------------------------3-----|
C|--0----------------------------0-----|
G|--2----------------------------0-----|[Break]
A|----3--7----5----3----| E|-3h5---0----0----0----| C|-0-----0----0----0----| G|-0-----0----0----0----| x2 A|----3-| E|-3h5--| C|-0----| G|-0----| x4 A|-0----0----0----0-0--| E|-1----3----5----3-1--| C|-0----0----0----0-0--| G|-2----4----5----4-2--| A|----3-| E|-3h5--| C|-0----| G|-0----| x4 A|-2----0----0----0----0-0--| E|-3----1----3----5----3-1--| C|-2----0----0----0----0-0--| G|-0----2----4----5----4-2--| A|----3-| E|-3h5--| C|-0----| G|-0----| x4
[Verse 3]
"Come down, come down, Red Molly," called Sergeant McRae A|---3--------------------------------------0----0----0----0-0---| E|---3--------------------------------------1----3----5----3-1---| C|---0--------------------------------------0----0----0----0-0---| G|---0--------------------------------------2----4----5----4-2---| "For they've taken young James Adie for armed robbery A|---0---------------------------------------------3-------------| E|---1---------------------------------------------3-------------| C|---0---------------------------------------------0-------------| G|---2---------------------------------------------0-------------| Shotgun blast hit his chest, left nothing inside A|---3--------------------------------------0----0----0----0-0---| E|---3--------------------------------------1----3----5----3-1---| C|---0--------------------------------------0----0----0----0-0---| G|---0--------------------------------------2----4----5----4-2---| Oh, come down, Red Molly to his dying bedside" A|---0--------------------------------------3--------------------| E|---1--------------------------------------3--------------------| C|---0--------------------------------------0--------------------| G|---2--------------------------------------0--------------------| When she came to the hospital, there wasn't much left A|--2-----------------------0---------------------3-----| E|--3-----------------------1---------------------3-----| C|--2-----------------------0---------------------0-----| G|--0-----------------------2---------------------0-----| He was running out of road, he was running out of breath A|--2-----------------------0---------------------3-----| E|--3-----------------------1---------------------3-----| C|--2-----------------------0---------------------0-----| G|--0-----------------------2---------------------0-----| But he smiled to see her cry A|--5-------------------7--0----0----5----0-0---| E|--5-------------------7--1----3----0----3-1---| C|--5-------------------7--0----0----5----0-0---| G|--7-------------------9--2----4----0----4-2---| And said "I give you my Vincent to ride" A|--0------------------------------3-----| E|--1------------------------------3-----| C|--0------------------------------0-----| G|--2------------------------------0-----|
[Break]
A|----3--7----5----3----| E|-3h5---0----0----0----| C|-0-----0----0----0----| G|-0-----0----0----0----| x2 A|----3-| E|-3h5--| C|-0----| G|-0----| x4 A|-0----0----0----0-0--| E|-1----3----5----3-1--| C|-0----0----0----0-0--| G|-2----4----5----4-2--| A|----3-| E|-3h5--| C|-0----| G|-0----| x4 A|-2----0----0----0----0-0--| E|-3----1----3----5----3-1--| C|-2----0----0----0----0-0--| G|-0----2----4----5----4-2--| A|----3-| E|-3h5--| C|-0----| G|-0----| x4
[Verse 4]
Says James, "In my opinion, there's nothing in this world
A|---3--------------------------------------0----0----0----0-0---|
E|---3--------------------------------------1----3----5----3-1---|
C|---0--------------------------------------0----0----0----0-0---|
G|---0--------------------------------------2----4----5----4-2---|
Beats a '52 Vincent and a red-headed girl
A|---0---------------------------------------------3-------------|
E|---1---------------------------------------------3-------------|
C|---0---------------------------------------------0-------------|
G|---2---------------------------------------------0-------------|
Now Nortons and Indians and Greeveses won't do
A|---3--------------------------------------0----0----0----0-0---|
E|---3--------------------------------------1----3----5----3-1---|
C|---0--------------------------------------0----0----0----0-0---|
G|---0--------------------------------------2----4----5----4-2---|
They don't have a soul like a Vincent '52"
A|---0--------------------------------------3--------------------|
E|---1--------------------------------------3--------------------|
C|---0--------------------------------------0--------------------|
G|---2--------------------------------------0--------------------|
He reached for her hand and he slipped her the keys
A|--2-----------------------0---------------------3-----|
E|--3-----------------------1---------------------3-----|
C|--2-----------------------0---------------------0-----|
G|--0-----------------------2---------------------0-----|
He said "I've got no further use for these
A|--2-----------------------0---------------------3-----|
E|--3-----------------------1---------------------3-----|
C|--2-----------------------0---------------------0-----|
G|--0-----------------------2---------------------0-----|
I see angels on Ariels in leather and chrome
A|--2-----------------------0---------------------3-----|
E|--3-----------------------1---------------------3-----|
C|--2-----------------------0---------------------0-----|
G|--0-----------------------2---------------------0-----|
Swooping down from heaven to carry me home"
A|--2-----------------------0---------------------3-----|
E|--3-----------------------1---------------------3-----|
C|--2-----------------------0---------------------0-----|
G|--0-----------------------2---------------------0-----|
And he gave her one last kiss and died
A|--5-------------------7--0----0----5----0-0---|
E|--5-------------------7--1----3----0----3-1---|
C|--5-------------------7--0----0----5----0-0---|
G|--7-------------------9--2----4----0----4-2---|
And he gave her his Vincent to ride
A|--0----------------------------3-----|
E|--1----------------------------3-----|
C|--0----------------------------0-----|
G|--2----------------------------0-----|[Outro]
A|----3--7----5----3----| E|-3h5---0----0----0----| C|-0-----0----0----0----| G|-0-----0----0----0----| x2 A|----3-| E|-3h5--| C|-0----| G|-0----| x4 A|-0----0----0----0-0--| E|-1----3----5----3-1--| C|-0----0----0----0-0--| G|-2----4----5----4-2--| A|----3-| E|-3h5--| C|-0----| G|-0----| x4 A|-2----0----0----0----0-0--| E|-3----1----3----5----3-1--| C|-2----0----0----0----0-0--| G|-0----2----4----5----4-2--| A|----3-| E|-3h5--| C|-0----| G|-0----| x4
************************************
| h Hammer-on
************************************