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King Of Bohemia

Richard Thompson

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                            King of Bohemia
                          by Richard Thompson
                   copyright (c) 1994 Beeswing Music

I leant out my copy of Mirror Blue, so this is pretty much guaranteed
to be inaccurate.  Still I think it gives a feel for the style and
could be useful in conjunction with the recording on the album Mirror
Blue.

G/D             D
Let me rock you in my arms
    G/B               D
And hold you safe and small,
  G/D D/A          Bm  D
A refugee from the seraphim
        G/D                D
In your rich girl rags and all.
         Bm         Asus9
Did your dreams die young
          G        D/F#
Were they too hard won
        Em        A5       G
Did you reach too high and fall
          Bm    Asus9
And there is no rest
        G        D/F#
For the ones God blessed
       Em      D/F# G    A5 G/B D
And he blessed you  best of all.

for lyrics to other verses see the album...

Verse accompaniment: First 8 measures are flexible:  keep the bass notes
on the important beats, change the rest each verse.  Mm9-16 are played
pretty much the same each time except m12 which changes each verse.

1 G/D             2 D               3 G >             4 D
E-----------------|---------2-------|-----------------|-----------------|
B-3---3-----------|-----3-----3-----|---3-------3---3-|-------3---------|
G-------0---------|---2---2-----2---|---0---0-----0---|-----2---2-------|
D-----0---0-------|-----------------|-----0---0-------|-----------0-----|
A---2-------2-0---|---------------0-|-0-2-------------|---0---------0-0-|
D-0-------------5-|-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |

5 G       D       6 Bm      D       7 G               8 D
E-----------------|-----2-------2-0-|-----------------|-------------5-2-|
B-0---0---------3-|-3-----3---------|---------------3-|-------3---------|
G-0-----0-----2-2-|-4---------------|-----0-------0-0-|-----2-----2-----|
D-----0-----0-----|---0---------0---|-------0---0-----|---------0-------|
A-2-2-----0-------|-2---------0-----|---2-----2-------|---0-------------|
D-0---------------|---------0-------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |

9 Bm      Asus9   10 G      D/F#    11 Em     A       12 G
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------5-2-|
B-3-----3-3-------|-3---------------|---------------2-|----------3-------|
G-4-----4-4-------|-4-------2-------|-----0-------2-2-|-0--0---0-0-------|
D---0-------2---2-|---0---0---0---0-|---2---2---------|---4--4-----0-----|
A-2---2---0---0---|-----------------|(2)------2-0-----|------------------|
D-----------------|-5---5---4---4---|-2---------------|-5--------5-------|
  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |    |   |   |

13                14                15 Em D/F# G  A   16 G/B    D
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------2---|
B-3-----3-3-------|-3---------------|---------0-------|---------------3-|
G-4-----4-4-------|-4-------2---4---|---4-----4-------|-----0-----2-----|
D---0-------2---2-|---0---0---0---0-|-----------0-----|---0---0---------|
A-2---2---0---0---|-----------------|-2---0-0-5-----0-|-2---------------|
D-----------------|-5---5---4---4---|-2---4---5---7---|---------0-------|
  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |


Interlude 1 and end tag.                        For end:

16        1 Em  D6/F# G A9  2 D                 2
E-----2---|-----------------|-----------------||------------5-||
B-------3-|-0---0---0---0---|-3---------------||--3---5-----7-||
G---2-----|-0---2-----------|-2---2-00-/2---2-||--2---7-----7-||
D---------|---2---0---0-----|-4-----------0---||--4---7-----0-||
A---------|-2-----------7-7-|-5---------------||--5---7-----0-||
D-0-------|-2---4---5---7---|---0-------0-----||----0----0--0-||
  |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |     |   |     |   |  |  |

Interlude 2

16        1 F#m6            2 G9      F#m     3
E-----0---|-------------0---|-----------------|---------2-------|
B-------2-|---------------2-|-------2-2---2---|-------2-------2-|
G---------|-2-----2-2-------|-2-----2-2-----2-|---1-2-------2---|
D---0-----|-----0-----0-----|---0-0-----------|-4---------4-----|
A---------|---4-----4-------|-----------4-----|-----------------|
D-0-------|-4-------4-------|-5-------4-------|-4-------4-------|
  |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |

4 C#m             4 E               5 Bm/F#   Bm/E
E---------0-------|---------------0-|-----------------|
B-5-----5-----0---|-------0-----0---|-3-----2-3-----2-|
G-----6-----1---1-|-----------1-----|-4---4---4---4---|
D---6-------------|-----2---2-------|---4-------4-----|
A-4-------4-------|---2-------------|-----------------|
D-----------------|-2---------------|-4-------2-------|
  |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |