Withered And Died by Richard & Linda Thompson
Key: FF | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Verse 1
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This cruel country has driven me down
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Teased me and lied, teased me and lied
     C                                F
I've only sad stories to tell to this town
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My dreams have withered and died
Chorus
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Once I was bending the tops of the trees
     C           D         Am       G
Kind words in my ear, kind faces to see
Verse 2
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Then I struck up with a boy from the West
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Played run and hide, played run and hide
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Count one to ten and he's gone with the rest
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My dreams have withered and died
Instrumental
F   C  Dm  C  D  Am  G
Verse 3
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Silver moon sail up and silver moon shine
       G         C     F         G
On the waters so wide, waters so wide
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Steal from the bed of some good friend of mine
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My dreams all withered and died
Chorus
   F                  C           Dm
If I was a butterfly, lived for a day
C          D         Am       G  Am G/B 
I could be free just blowing away
Verse 4
C                                F
This cruel country has driven me down
G             C     F             G
Teased me and lied, teased me and lied
     C                                F
I've only sad stories to tell to this town
G                            C    F   G   G/B   C
My dreams have withered and died