Chords for June Tabor - Strange Affair (2004)

_ But love songs don't necessarily come in the form you might expect them.
_ This, _ written some years ago by the blessed Richard [G] Thompson, _ _
is based on a Sufi poem, _
which says,
_ when you've given up,
when you think you are [Gm] alone, _ _
and will be alone,
[Am] _ _ for the rest of your life, look again.
_ _ God is waiting.
_ _ Strange [G] Affair. _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
[G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ This is a [D] _ _ strange affair. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[G] _ Time has come to [Bm] travel,
[Am]
[G] but the road is filled with fear.
_ _ _ This [D] is _ a strange affair. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ My youth has all been wasted,
and I'm bent and grave with _ years. _
_ _ _ And all my _ companions
[D] are taken [C] _ _
[G] _ away.
_ Who [C] _
[G] will provide for me
[D] against my [G] dying day?
_ [C] I took my own [G] provisions,
_ but they [C] fooled me [Am] and wasted _ [D]
away. _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, where are my _ companions? _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [C]
My [G] _ father, [Bm] mother, lover, _
[G] friend, and [C] _ [G] enemy. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] Oh, where are my _ companions? _ _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] They're prisoners [D] of death [C] now,
and taken [G] far from me. _ _ _ _
_ _ Where [C] _ [G] are the dreams I dreamed?
[D] The [G] days of my youth?
_ [C] They took me to [G] illusion
_ [D] when they promised [G] me the truth.
_ _ [C] What does _
[G] sleepers need
to make them [C] listen?
_ Why do they need [D] more proof?
_ _ _ _ This is [G] a strange _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ affair.
This is [G] a _ strange affair.
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_ _ Why [G] is your heart so _ hard
towards the [D] one who [G]
loves you best? _ _ _ _
[D] Oh, Lalo, the _ _ answer
_ _ [C] _ [D] has [G] _ _
_ wakened you, [D] _ warned you,
and [C] called you to [G] the test.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] Wake up [G] from the sleep
that builds [D] like [Am] clouds upon [G] your eyes.
_ Bring [C] _
[G] back the life you had
[D] that's now a [G] dream of lies.
Turn [C] your back [G] on yourself,
and if you [Em]
follow,
you'll [Am] win _ [C] lover's [D]
pride.
_ _ _ _ This [G] is a _ _ _ _ strange,
_ [D] _ strange,
_ _ [G] _ _ _ strange affair.
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