Richard Thompson – Why Must I Plead (Guitar)

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F                            Bb          F
All your bitterness and lies sting like tears in my eyes

Gm   F                        Bb
And a thousand lovesick tunes won’t wash away the wounds In my mind

Gm                    C
         You been seen around you’re a new sensation

Gm                 C
        You got a better deal and you took his invitation

Gm               Bb         C
        You been sitting on his lap and taking his dictation

F              Bb          C
Oh but Mercy       We used to love all day and drive all night

F          Bb      C
Oh Mercy       Jealousy used to whet your appetite

F        Bb           C
Mercy        we were low as dogs and high as kites

Dm              Bb
     Why must I plead with you darling

Dm                  Bb
     Why must I plead with you darling

Dm          F            Bb
Why must I plead with You darling

C                           F               Bb   F    Bb
         For what already’s mine

F                              Bb                F
Well my friends are indiscrete and I sing myself to sleep

Gm   F                          Bb
I don’t mind the red wine or the pick-up lines as long as it’s cheep

Gm                     C
         I ask you what’s what and you say I’m all yours

Gm                    C
        I ask you who your friend is and you said Santa Clause

Gm                   Bb                C
        I ask you to come home you say you’re tired of being indoors

F         Bb               C
Oh Mercy       you know you signed on that dotted line

F      Bb             C
Mercy       you signed yours and I signed mine

F         Bb             C
Oh Mercy        you said forever ‘til the end of time

Dm               Bb
oh     Why must I plead with you darling

Dm                     Bb
       Why must I plead with you darling

Dm              F           Bb
Oh Why must I plead with You darling

C                         Dm   Bb
         For what already mine

F                Bb
I said why must I plead with you darling

C                    F              Bb   F   Bb F
For what’s already mine

Gm  C   Dm F Bb
Solo begins over
F Bb F Bb Gm F D Bb F Bb C F Bb
F Bb etc
fade