Them (ft. Van Morrison) - Richard Cory Chords

_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ They [C#m] say that Richard Corey [B] owns one half this here town
_ [C#m] political connection
[G#] Where did wealth around?
[F#] fall into society
America's only child
[C#] If I ever find [E] a man who [G#] wants more
grace and style [E] But I
_ [C#m] work in his factory
_ [F#] And I curse the life I'm living
And I curse my poverty
And I wish that I could be
[C#m] I wish that I could be
a rich man [C#m] Richard Corey
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] Famous princess pictures
[B] almost everywhere he go [C#m] Richard Corey
At the opera [G#] Richard Corey
At the show
[F#] And the rumors of his apartments
At least one in the eye
Well you can hardly [E] not see
How many wealth [G#] I've got
You have got
[E] But I
_ [C#m] work in his factory
[F#] And I curse the life I'm living
And I curse my poverty
And I wish that I could be
[C#m] I wish that I could be
a [F#] rich man
I wish that I could be
[C#m] a rich man Richard Corey
_ [D] _ _ _
_ _ He freely gives you charity
[C] And had no common touch
[Dm] They were grateful
For his patronage
[A] And thanked him very much
[G] For my love of Wondo
For the Ethan Hamlin riffs
[D] That Richard Corey went home
last night and put a bullet
Through his [Em] head
[G#] _ [F] But I _ _ [Dm] work in his factory
And I don't [G] dig the life I'm living
And I don't dig my poverty
And I wish that I could be
[Dm] And I wish that I could be
[G] Yeah I wish that I could be
Yeah but I could be Richard [D] Corey
I [Cm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ could be
I wish that I could
[D] I wish [G] that I could be Just [D] like Richard Corey Just [G] like
_ _ [D] _ _
Richard [G] Corey Richard [Dm] Corey
_ [G] Richard Corey
_ _ _ [D] _ _