Should I Betray?
Richard ThompsonVersion1
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Chords in this song
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D-DU-UDU
Should I betray you to your spouse?
The wife who waits back at the house
She doesnt know that youre a louse
Thats not the man she wed
She doesnt know the deals you make
The throats you cut, the vows you break
To buy up some old ladys stake
Quick before shes dead
She doesnt see your oily smarm
You pour on in the place of charm
When youve got some shopgirl by the arm
Steering her into bed
That virgin forest you chopped down
To build another ugly town
Ill tell your wife you bribed them round
To back your plan instead
But perhaps she doesnt want to see
The heel that you turned out to be
Thats why shell take a gin or three
To drive doubts from her head
While shes working hard enough
With housework, kids, and all that stuff
Youre out there with some bit of fluff
Cruising on the Med
She thought the leopards spots were paint
She thought shed turn you to a saint
Kept hoping, though the hope grew faint
That you were better bred
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Readable chord sheet for Should I Betray? by Richard Thompson
[Cm]Should I betray you to your spouse? [D7]The wife who waits back at the house [Bbm]She doesnt know that youre a louse Thats [Fm]not the man she wed She doesnt know the deals you make The throats you cut, the vows you break To buy up some old ladys stake Quick before shes dead [C#m]She doesnt see your oily smarm You [Absus4]pour on in the place of charm [C#m]When youve got some shopgirl by the arm [Absus4]Steering her into bed That virgin forest you chopped down To build another ugly town Ill tell your wife you bribed them round To back your plan instead But perhaps she doesnt want to see The heel that you turned out to be Thats why shell take a gin or three To drive doubts from her head While shes working hard enough With housework, kids, and all that stuff Youre out there with some bit of fluff Cruising on the Med She thought the leopards spots were paint She thought shed turn you to a saint Kept hoping, though the hope grew faint That you were better bred