Richard Thompson – Dads Gonna Kill Me (Guitar)

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Chords

B-Riff throughout Verses etc

            B     B     B
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|----------4-----4-----4----|
D|----------4-----4-----4----|
A|-----0-2-22-22-22-22-22-22-|
E|-0-2-----------------------|
           m  mm m  mm m  mm
[Intro] B
B
Out in the desert there's a soldier lying dead
Vultures pecking the eyes out of his head Another day that could have been me there instead Nobody loves me here, nobody loves me here
G           Bm       G           Bm
Dad's Gonna Kill Me, Dad's Gonna Kill Me

B
You hit the booby trap and you're in pieces
With every bullet your risk increases Old Ali Baba, he's a different species Nobody loves me here, nobody loves me here
G           Bm       G           Bm
Dad's Gonna Kill Me, Dad's Gonna Kill Me

D         A          D       A
I'm dead meat in my Humevee Frankenstein

D         A             D            A
I hit the road block, God knows I never hit the mine

D         A               D            E
The dice rolled and I got lucky this time

G F#m       Bm       G F#m       Bm
Dad's Gonna Kill Me, Dad's Gonna Kill Me
[Solo] Bm
B
I've got a wife, a kid, another on the way
I might get home if I can live through today Before I came out here I never used to pray Nobody loves me here, nobody loves me here
G Bm
Dad's Gonna Kill Me

B
Dad's in a bad mood, Dad's got the blues
It's someone else's mess that I didn't choose At least we're winning on the Fox Evening News Nobody loves me here
G Bm                 G Bm
Dad's Gonna Kill Me, Dad's Gonna Kill Me 

D         A          D       A
Dawn Patrol went out and didn't come back

D         A             D            A
Hug the wire and pray like I told you, Mac

D              A             D            E
Or they'll be shovelling bits of you into a sack

G F#m            Bm  G F#m            Bm
Dad's Gonna Kill Me  Dad's Gonna Kill Me
[Break] Bm A Bm F#m G Em A F#m
B
And who's that stranger walking in my dreams
And whose that stranger cast a shadow 'cross my heart And who's that stranger, I dare speak his name Must be old Death a-walking, must be old Death a-walking
G Bm
Dad's Gonna Kill Me

B
7 muzzle monkeys standing in a row
Standing waiting for The Sandbox to blow Sitting targets in the wild west show Nobody loves me here
G Bm                 G Bm
Dad's Gonna Kill Me, Dad's Gonna Kill Me

D         A          D       A
Another angel got his wings this week

D         A             D            A
Charbroiled with his own Willie Pete

D         A             D            E
Nobody's dying if you speak double-speak

G F#m            B   G F#m            B
Dad's Gonna Kill Me, Dad's Gonna Kill Me

G  F#m*                 Bm
Dad's                   Gonna Kill Me
[Break]
Bm
(Fade)