WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Richard Thompson - Adieu Adieu Chords | Ver. 1
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Adieu, adieu, hard was my fate,
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I was brought up in a tender state.
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Bad company did me entice,
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and I left off work and took bad advice.
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Which makes me now to lament and say,
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pity the fate of young felons all,
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well-a-day, well-a-day.
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I robbed Lord Goldwyn, I do declare,
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and Lady Masefield in Grosvenor Square,
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I shut my shutters and bid them goodnight,
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then went home to my heart's delight.
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Which makes me now to lament and say,
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pity the fate of young felons all,
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well-a-day, well-a-day.
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Before Judge Aldred I was took,
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before Judge Aldred I was tried.
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My Lady Kemp says "this will not do,
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my iron chest you have broken through".
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Which makes me now to lament and say,
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pity the fate of young felons all,
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well-a-day, well-a-day.
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And when I'm dead and gone to my grave,
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no costly tombstone will I crave.
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Six bonny lasses to carry my pall,
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give them broadswords, caps and ribbons all.
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Which makes me now to lament and say,
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pity the fate of young felons all,
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Oh, well-a-day, well-a-day.