Skip to content
FreeGuitarTabs

Read About Love

Richard Thompson
Version1
90

Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Asked  my Daddy when I was thirteen
 "Daddy  can you tell me what love really means?"
 His  eyes went glassy, not a word was said
 He  poured another beer and his face turned red
 Asked  my mother, she acted  the same
 She  never looked up, she seemed  so ashamed
 Asked  my teacher, he reached  for the cane
 He  said "don't mention that subject  again"
 So  I read about  love, I read it in a magazine
 Read  about love,  cosmo and seventeen
 Read  about love,  in the back of a hustler, hustler, hustler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 So  I know what makes girls sigh
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 And  I know why girls cry
 So  don't tell  me I don't  understand
 What  makes a woman  and what  makes a man
 I've  never been  to heaven but at  least I've  read about  love
 My big brother told me when I was fourteen
 "It's time I showed you what love really means
 Girls like kissing and romance too
 But a boy's got to know what a man's got to do"
 He gave me a book, the cover was plain
 Written by a doctor with a German name
 It had glossy pictures, serious stuff
 I read it seven time then I knew it well enough
 CHORUS 2;
 Read about love, now I've got you
 Read about love, where I want you
 Read about love, I got you on the test-bed, test-bed, test-bed
 So why, don't you moan and sigh?
 And why do you sit there and cry?
 I do everything I'm supposed to do
 If something's wrong than it must be you
 I know the ways of a woman I've read about love
 Well well well, when I touch you there it's supposed to feel nice
 That's what it said in reader's advice
 I've never been to heaven but at least I've read about love
E ------------------| G/E: x x 2 0 0 3
B -1p0--------------| G/Eb: x x 1 0 0 3
G -----2p0---2------|
D ---------4---0----|

Source: Songsterr · Rights holder? Request removal.

Readable chord sheet for Read About Love by Richard Thompson

A[G]sked my Daddy when I was thirteen

"[D]Daddy can you tell me what love really means?"

H[G]is eyes went glassy, not a word was said

H[D]e poured another beer and his face turned red

A[G]sked my mother, she acted[C] the same

S[G]he never looked up, she se[D]emed so ashamed

A[G]sked my teacher, he rea[C]ched for the cane

H[G]e said "don't mention that s[D]ubject again"

S[Em]o I read abo[C]ut love, I read it in a magazine

R[Em]ead about lov[C]e, cosmo and seventeen

R[Em]ead about lo[C]ve, in the back of a hustler, hustler, hustler

 [G]  [G/F]  [G/E]
 [G]
 [Eb]           [G]
 [G]
 [F]
 [G]
 [E]
 [G]
S[Eb]o I         know what makes girls sigh

 [G]   [G/F]   [G/E]
 [G]
 [Eb]       [G]
 [G]
 [F]
 [G]
 [E]
 [G]
A[Eb]nd I         know why girls cry

S[G]o don't te[Em]ll me I [C]don't und[D]erstand

W[G]hat makes a wom[Em]an and wha[C]t makes a man [D]

I[G]'ve never been[Em] to heaven but a[Am]t least I'v[D]e read about[C] love[D]

My big brother told me when I was fourteen
"It's time I showed you what love really means
Girls like kissing and romance too
But a boy's got to know what a man's got to do"
He gave me a book, the cover was plain
Written by a doctor with a German name
It had glossy pictures, serious stuff
I read it seven time then I knew it well enough

CHORUS 
Read about love, now I've got you
Read about love, where I want you
Read about love, I got you on the test-bed, test-bed, test-bed
So why, don't you moan and sigh?
And why do you sit there and cry?
I do everything I'm supposed to do
If something's wrong than it must be you
I know the ways of a woman I've read about love

Well well well, when I touch you there it's supposed to feel nice
That's what it said in reader's advice
I've never been to heaven but at least I've read about love

E ------------------|        G/E:  x x 2 0 0 3
B -1p0--------------|        G/Eb: x x 1 0 0 3
G -----2p0---2------|
D ---------4---0----|

More songs by Richard Thompson

Browse more →