Richard and Linda Thompson - Withered and Died Chords

[C] _ _ _ This _ _ cruel country has driven [F] me down, _ [G] teased [C] me and lied, [F] _ [Cm] teased me [G] and lied.
[C] I've a _ _ place to tell to [D] this town.
_ [G] My dreams have _ withered and [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] once I was bending [C] the tops of [Dm] trees.
_ [C] Kind words in my [Dm] ear, _ [A] kind faces [G] to see. _
[C] Then I struck up with a boy from [F] the west.
_ [G] They'd run [C] and hide, _ [F] they'd run and [G] hide.
_ [C] Counting _ _ _ peas gone was the [F] rest. _ _
[B] [G] My dreams have withered [C] and died.
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[C] Silver moon sailor and silver [F] moon shine on the [G] water so [C] wide, _ [F] water [G] so _ wide.
[C] Steal from the bed of some good friend [F] of mine.
_ [G] My dreams have withered [C] and died. _
_ I [F] _ _ was a butterfly [C] for _ [Dm] a day. _
[C] I could [D] be free [Am] just blowing _ [G] away.
_ _ [C] This cruel country _ has driven [G] me [F]
down, [Am] _ [G] teased me [C] and lied, _
[F] teased me and [G] lied.
_ I've only sad _ stories [C] to tell [F] to this town.
_ [G] My dreams have withered [C] and died.
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