A Love You Cant Survive
Richard ThompsonVersion1
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Now I remember the promise I gave you
The night I shipped out as a peace volunteer
As we sat holding hands in the Lamb and Flag tavern
I swore Id be back for you same time next year
But I killed a man in a Brazzaville street fight
I tried to hold back, but he taunted me so
5 years till they freed me from that Brazzaville prison
Out of boredom or pity, I never will know
Now I bear the stain, the scar on my name
And I never can go back again
Theres a love you cant survive, theres a love you cant survive
And it tears you up inside, theres a love you cant survive
I sailed my boat into New Orleans harbour
Tied up at the jetty, as bold as you please
With a half-ton of charlie built in to the bulkhead
Right under the noses of all them police
Now here I sit in my house on the mountain
Im King of the clouds and all I survey
Theres women who are willing, and the law cant touch me
But yours is the one face that wont go away
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Readable chord sheet for A Love You Cant Survive by Richard Thompson
[Am]Now I remember the [F]promise I gave you The [C]night I shipped out as a [Dm]peace volunteer As we [Am]sat holding hands in the [F]Lamb and Flag tavern I [C]swore Id be back for you [Dm]same time next year But I killed a man in a Brazzaville street fight I tried to hold back, but he taunted me so 5 years till they freed me from that Brazzaville prison Out of boredom or pity, I never will know Now [F]I bear the stain, the s[G]car on my name And I [D]never [F]can go back a[G]ga[Em]in [Am]Theres a [Dm]love you [G]cant survive, [Am]theres a [Dm]love you [G]cant survive [F]And it tears you up in[G]side, [F]theres a love you [G]cant surv[Em]ive [Am] I sailed my boat into New Orleans harbour Tied up at the jetty, as bold as you please With a half-ton of charlie built in to the bulkhead Right under the noses of all them police Now here I sit in my house on the mountain Im King of the clouds and all I survey Theres women who are willing, and the law cant touch me But yours is the one face that wont go away