Chords for Richard Thompson - Strange Affair - Germany 1980

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_ _ _ This [A] is a strange _ affair
_ The _ _
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time has come to travel
[G] But the [A]
road is filled [D] with fear _ _ _
_ This [A] is a strange _ _ _ affair
_ _ My _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] youth has all been wasted
[G] And [A] I'm bent to grey [D] with years
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_ [A] [G] And all my _ [D] companions [Bm] _ _ [A] _ Taken _ [D] away
_ _ [G] _ Who will [D] provide for _ [A] me?
It's like dying [D] day
_ _ _ [G] _ My own [D]
provision
But [G] it [D] fooled me [Em] and wasted _ [A] away _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] Oh, where are [A] my _ companions?
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My mother, father, [G] lover, [A] friend _ and [D] enemy _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ Where are my _ companions? _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] They're [A] [D] prisoners _ of [A] death now
Taken [D] far from _ me _ _ _ _
[G] Where _ are the [D] dreams I [A] dreamed
In the days of [D] my youth? _
[G] They took me to [D] illusions
And they [A] promised me [D] the truth _ _
[G] And what do sleepers [D] need
To make [G] their moves [F#] up?
[Em] Why do [Bm] they need [A] more [Em] proof?
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This is [D] a strange
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_ [A] _ _ _ This _ is a [D] _ strange affair
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[E] you give [Em] me an [A] answer? _
_ _ _ _ [D] Why is your heart so hard
[G] Towards [A] the one who loves you [D] _ best? _ _ _ _
[A] Where are the manners?
_ Answer _ us
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[G] [D] This way could you
Oh, [G] won't you
[A] _ According to the [D] test? _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Wake up from [D] your sleep at this
[A] By clouds upon [D] your eyes
_ [G] But when by [D] the life you had
[A] Snout dream of [D] lies
_ [G] And you fight on [D] yourself
And if [G] you fall [D] off
[E] You win the [A] lover's prize
_ _ _ This is [D] a strange
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_ _ This is a [D] strange affair
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