Biography:
Richard Thompson OBE (born 3 April 1949, Notting Hill, London) is a British singer/songwriter and guitarist. Highly regarded for his guitar techniques, Thompson was awarded the Orville H. Gibson award for best acoustic guitar player in 1991. Similarly, his songwriting has earned him an Ivor Novello Award and, in 2006, a lifetime achievement award from BBC Radio. Thompson made his debut as a recording artist as a member of Fairport Convention in September 1967.
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BEESWING – Richard Thompson
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Tabbed by Robert Saunders
Tuning: Drop D (DADGBE)
Capo on 3
Key of B flat (D relative to capo)
Chords (relative to capo):
D: 000232
D/B: X20232
D/A: X00232
D/G: 5X023X
D/D: X5023X [see notes below]
A: X02220
G: 5X0033 or 5X0003 or 550003 or 550033
Gmaj7: 5X403X
Em9/B: X24030
Bm7: X24232
D/F#: 4X02XX
Em: 222000
G/D: 02003X
Asus4: X02230
Asus2: X02200
Bm: X24432
Notes:
This transcription is based on a live recording on YouTube uploaded by Cleapatr on 30 Nov 2008.
Unfortunately it doesn’t say when or where it was recorded.
As with all his songs, Richard Thompson plays this a bit differently every time, mixing up the bass
notes and picking patterns. The verse in particular can be mixed up using different bass notes with
the D chords. You can also end the verses with A G D G instead of A A G G.
The D/D chord that I’ve listed above is obviously just a D major chord but I’ve transcribed it as D/D
to distinguish it from the more common D shape. RT seems to bend the 5th string a little when he plays
the D note.
RT holds a pick between his thumb and first finger which he uses to play the bass notes. He uses his
other fingers to pick the other strings. Lesser mortals might find it easier to play with thumb
and fingers or use a thumb pick.
At some stage I may add a full tab for the intro, solo and outro but for now I hope this is helpful.
Please point out any errors and I will correct them.
[INTRO]
[The intro is based around the following chords with a walk down from G to A via the F# and E bass notes]
D G Asus2 A Asus4 Bm
D G Asus2 A Asus4 Bm G
[VERSE 1]
D D/B D/A D
I was nineteen when I came to town
D D/B D/A D
They called it the summer of love
D/A D/B D/A D/G
They were burning babies, burning flags
A A G G G G
The Hawks against the Doves
[VERSE 2]
D D/B D/A D
I took a job in the steamie
D D/B D/A D
Down on Caldrum Street
D D/B D/A D/G
I fell in love with a laundry girl
A A G G G
Who was working next to me
[CHORUS]
G Em9/B D
She was a rare thing, fine as a Beeswing
Bm7 A G A G
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
Em9/B D
She was a lost child, she was running wild
Bm7 A G A G D/F#
She said, as long as there's no price on love I'll stay
Em D/F# G D/A G/D A Asus4 D
And you wouldn't want me any other way
[VERSE 3]
D D/B D/A D
Brown hair zigzagged around her face
D D/B D/A D
And a look of half surprise
D D/B D/A D/D
Like a fox caught in the headlights
A A G G G G
There was animal in her eyes
[VERSE 4]
D D/B D/A D
She said young man, oh can't you see
D D/B D/A D
I'm not the factory kind
D D/B D/A D/G
If you don't take me out of here
A A G G G
I'll surely lose my mind
[CHORUS]
G Em9/B D
She was a rare thing, fine as a Beeswing
Bm7 A G A G
So fine that I might crush her where she lay
Em9/B D
She was a lost child, she was running wild
Bm7 A G A G D/F#
She said, as long as there's no price on love I'll stay
Em D/F# G D/A G/D A Asus4
And you wouldn't want me any other way
[SOLO]
[The solo starts the same as the intro and then moves up the neck picking notes from the B minor
pentatonic scale (relative to capo). It ends with an Em chord over which his picks the notes
B D F# E and D on the 1st and 2nd strings before returning the the D chord of the verse.]
[VERSE 5]
D D/B D/A D
We busked around the market towns
D D/B D/A D
And picked fruit down in Kent
D D/B D/A D/G
And we could tinker lamps and pots
A A G G Gmaj7 Gmaj7
And knives wherever we went
[VERSE 6]
D D/B D/A D
And I said that we might settle down
D D/B D/A D
Get a few acres dug
D D/B D/A D/D
Fire burning in the hearth
A A G G G G
And babies on the rug
[VERSE 7]
D D/B D/A D
She said oh man, you foolish man
D D/B D/A D
That surely sounds like hell
D D/B D/A D/D
You might be lord of half the world
A A G G G
You'll not own me as well
[CHORUS]
G Em9/B D
She was a rare thing, fine as a Beeswing
Bm7 A G A G
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
G Em9/B D
She was a lost child, she was running wild
Bm7 A G A G D/F#
She said, as long as there's no price on love I'll stay
Em D/F# G D/A G/D A Asus4 D
And you wouldn't want me any other way
[VERSE 8]
D D/B D/A D
We was camping down the Gower one time
D D/B D/A D
The work was pretty good
D D/B D/A D/G
She thought we shouldn't wait for the frost
A A G G Gmaj7 Gmaj7
And I thought maybe we should
[VERSE 9]
D D/B D/A D
We was drinking more in those days
D D/B D/A D
Tempers reached a pitch
D D/B D/A D/G
And like a fool I let her run
A A G G
With the rambling itch
[Repeat first half of intro]
[VERSE 10]
D D/B D/A D
Oh the last I heard she's sleeping rough
D D/B D/A D
Back on the Derby beat
D D/B D/A D/D > C#
White horse in her hip pocket
A A G G G
And a wolfhound at her feet
[VERSE 11]
G D D/B D/A D
And they say she even married once
D D/B D/A D
A man named Romany Brown
D D/B D/A D/D
But even a gypsy cara---van
A A G G G
Was too much settling down
[VERSE 12]
G D D/B D/A D
And they say her flower is faded now
D D/B D/A D
Hard weather and hard booze
D D/B D/A D/D
But maybe that's just the price you pay
A A G G
For the chains you refuse
[CHORUS]
G G Em9/B D
Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a Beeswing
Bm7 A G A G
And I miss her more than ever words could say
G Em9/B D
If I could just taste, all of her wildness now
Bm7 A G A G D/F#
If I could hold her in my arms today
Em D/F# G D/A G/D A Asus4 D
Then I wouldn't want her any other way
[The outro is similar to intro ending on a high D chord (0 0 0 14 15 14)]
BEESWING – Richard Thompson
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Tabbed by Robert Saunders
Tuning: Drop D (DADGBE)
Capo on 3
Key of B flat (D relative to capo)
Chords (relative to capo):
D: 000232
D/B: X20232
D/A: X00232
D/G: 5X023X
D/D: X5023X [see notes below]
A: X02220
G: 5X0033 or 5X0003 or 550003 or 550033
Gmaj7: 5X403X
Em9/B: X24030
Bm7: X24232
D/F#: 4X02XX
Em: 222000
G/D: 02003X
Asus4: X02230
Asus2: X02200
Bm: X24432
Notes:
This transcription is based on a live recording on YouTube uploaded by Cleapatr on 30 Nov 2008.
Unfortunately it doesn’t say when or where it was recorded.
As with all his songs, Richard Thompson plays this a bit differently every time, mixing up the bass
notes and picking patterns. The verse in particular can be mixed up using different bass notes with
the D chords. You can also end the verses with A G D G instead of A A G G.
The D/D chord that I’ve listed above is obviously just a D major chord but I’ve transcribed it as D/D
to distinguish it from the more common D shape. RT seems to bend the 5th string a little when he plays
the D note.
RT holds a pick between his thumb and first finger which he uses to play the bass notes. He uses his
other fingers to pick the other strings. Lesser mortals might find it easier to play with thumb
and fingers or use a thumb pick.
At some stage I may add a full tab for the intro, solo and outro but for now I hope this is helpful.
Please point out any errors and I will correct them.
[INTRO]
[The intro is based around the following chords with a walk down from G to A via the F# and E bass notes]
D G Asus2 A Asus4 Bm
D G Asus2 A Asus4 Bm G
[VERSE 1]
D D/B D/A D
I was nineteen when I came to town
D D/B D/A D
They called it the summer of love
D/A D/B D/A D/G
They were burning babies, burning flags
A A G G G G
The Hawks against the Doves
[VERSE 2]
D D/B D/A D
I took a job in the steamie
D D/B D/A D
Down on Caldrum Street
D D/B D/A D/G
I fell in love with a laundry girl
A A G G G
Who was working next to me
[CHORUS]
G Em9/B D
She was a rare thing, fine as a Beeswing
Bm7 A G A G
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
Em9/B D
She was a lost child, she was running wild
Bm7 A G A G D/F#
She said, as long as there's no price on love I'll stay
Em D/F# G D/A G/D A Asus4 D
And you wouldn't want me any other way
[VERSE 3]
D D/B D/A D
Brown hair zigzagged around her face
D D/B D/A D
And a look of half surprise
D D/B D/A D/D
Like a fox caught in the headlights
A A G G G G
There was animal in her eyes
[VERSE 4]
D D/B D/A D
She said young man, oh can't you see
D D/B D/A D
I'm not the factory kind
D D/B D/A D/G
If you don't take me out of here
A A G G G
I'll surely lose my mind
[CHORUS]
G Em9/B D
She was a rare thing, fine as a Beeswing
Bm7 A G A G
So fine that I might crush her where she lay
Em9/B D
She was a lost child, she was running wild
Bm7 A G A G D/F#
She said, as long as there's no price on love I'll stay
Em D/F# G D/A G/D A Asus4
And you wouldn't want me any other way
[SOLO]
[The solo starts the same as the intro and then moves up the neck picking notes from the B minor
pentatonic scale (relative to capo). It ends with an Em chord over which his picks the notes
B D F# E and D on the 1st and 2nd strings before returning the the D chord of the verse.]
[VERSE 5]
D D/B D/A D
We busked around the market towns
D D/B D/A D
And picked fruit down in Kent
D D/B D/A D/G
And we could tinker lamps and pots
A A G G Gmaj7 Gmaj7
And knives wherever we went
[VERSE 6]
D D/B D/A D
And I said that we might settle down
D D/B D/A D
Get a few acres dug
D D/B D/A D/D
Fire burning in the hearth
A A G G G G
And babies on the rug
[VERSE 7]
D D/B D/A D
She said oh man, you foolish man
D D/B D/A D
That surely sounds like hell
D D/B D/A D/D
You might be lord of half the world
A A G G G
You'll not own me as well
[CHORUS]
G Em9/B D
She was a rare thing, fine as a Beeswing
Bm7 A G A G
So fine a breath of wind might blow her away
G Em9/B D
She was a lost child, she was running wild
Bm7 A G A G D/F#
She said, as long as there's no price on love I'll stay
Em D/F# G D/A G/D A Asus4 D
And you wouldn't want me any other way
[VERSE 8]
D D/B D/A D
We was camping down the Gower one time
D D/B D/A D
The work was pretty good
D D/B D/A D/G
She thought we shouldn't wait for the frost
A A G G Gmaj7 Gmaj7
And I thought maybe we should
[VERSE 9]
D D/B D/A D
We was drinking more in those days
D D/B D/A D
Tempers reached a pitch
D D/B D/A D/G
And like a fool I let her run
A A G G
With the rambling itch
[Repeat first half of intro]
[VERSE 10]
D D/B D/A D
Oh the last I heard she's sleeping rough
D D/B D/A D
Back on the Derby beat
D D/B D/A D/D > C#
White horse in her hip pocket
A A G G G
And a wolfhound at her feet
[VERSE 11]
G D D/B D/A D
And they say she even married once
D D/B D/A D
A man named Romany Brown
D D/B D/A D/D
But even a gypsy cara---van
A A G G G
Was too much settling down
[VERSE 12]
G D D/B D/A D
And they say her flower is faded now
D D/B D/A D
Hard weather and hard booze
D D/B D/A D/D
But maybe that's just the price you pay
A A G G
For the chains you refuse
[CHORUS]
G G Em9/B D
Oh she was a rare thing, fine as a Beeswing
Bm7 A G A G
And I miss her more than ever words could say
G Em9/B D
If I could just taste, all of her wildness now
Bm7 A G A G D/F#
If I could hold her in my arms today
Em D/F# G D/A G/D A Asus4 D
Then I wouldn't want her any other way
[The outro is similar to intro ending on a high D chord (0 0 0 14 15 14)]
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