Big Thief – Velvet Ring (v1)★
Difficulty: intermediate Capo: None Tuning: E A D G (Standard)
Transpose
[Intro]
G|--------------------------------------------------|
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A|--5---2-3-----5---2-3-----5---2-3-----5-7-2-3-----|
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[Verse 1]
...Shoved in the kitchen of a city tomb
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A|--5--------------------------2-----3--------------|
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..The light would flicker like a violent womb
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A|--5-----------------------------2--------3--------|
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..The night was thicker than a smokey fume
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A|--5----------------------------2------3-----------|
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..Liza waited in the room..
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A|--5----7----2--------3----------------------------|
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[Verse 2]
...Benny loved her like he loved noone
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A|--5------------------------2----3-----------------|
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...The way she'd laugh and hold a smoking gun
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A|--5--------------------------------2-----3--------|
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...The way she always said whats done is done
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A|--5-----------------------------2--------3--------|
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..and he was not the only one
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A|----5-------7--------2---3------------------------|
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[Chorus]
..Love is a gentle thing
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D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-----------2-----3------------------------------|
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...yours is thicker than a velvet ring
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A|--5---------3--------------7-------2--------------|
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...yours is thicker than a velvet ring
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A|--5----------3------------7-------2---------------|
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[Verse 3]
..A victim healer with a sharp sharp blade
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A|-5----------------------2------------3------------|
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..Benny knew how she was getting paid
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A|-5------------------------2------3----------------|
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..Her water broke and they would have to wade
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A|-5-------------------------------2-------3--------|
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G|--------------------------------------------------|
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A|--5----7----2--------3----------------------------|
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[Verse 4]
..When he knew that she was fooling
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A|-5-------------------------2----3-----------------|
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..He faced the mirror to avoid the thing said
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A|-5-----------------------2---------3--------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
..We're out of money and we sold the bling
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D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-5---------------------------2------3-------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
..And I just wanna take you home, I just wanna take you home
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----5-------7------2--------3---5--------7-----2--------3-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
..Love is a gentle thing
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-----------2-----3------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
...yours is thicker than a velvet ring
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5---------3--------------7-------2--------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
...yours is thicker than a velvet ring
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------2-------3---------------|
A|--5----------3------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
[Outro]
...and I am wandering
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D|------------------3--------------|
A|--5---------2--3-----------------|
D|---------------------------------|
..I am wandering
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D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-5-----2-----3------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5---2-3-----5---2-3-----5---2-3-----5-7-2-3-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
...Shoved in the kitchen of a city tomb
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5--------------------------2-----3--------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
..The light would flicker like a violent womb
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-----------------------------2--------3--------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
..The night was thicker than a smokey fume
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5----------------------------2------3-----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
..Liza waited in the room..
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5----7----2--------3----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
...Benny loved her like he loved noone
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5------------------------2----3-----------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
...The way she'd laugh and hold a smoking gun
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5--------------------------------2-----3--------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
...The way she always said whats done is done
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-----------------------------2--------3--------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
..and he was not the only one
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|----5-------7--------2---3------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
..Love is a gentle thing
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-----------2-----3------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
...yours is thicker than a velvet ring
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5---------3--------------7-------2--------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
...yours is thicker than a velvet ring
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5----------3------------7-------2---------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
..A victim healer with a sharp sharp blade
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-5----------------------2------------3------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
..Benny knew how she was getting paid
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-5------------------------2------3----------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
..Her water broke and they would have to wade
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-------------------------------2-------3--------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5----7----2--------3----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 4]
..When he knew that she was fooling
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-------------------------2----3-----------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
..He faced the mirror to avoid the thing said
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-----------------------2---------3--------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
..We're out of money and we sold the bling
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-5---------------------------2------3-------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
..And I just wanna take you home, I just wanna take you home
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----5-------7------2--------3---5--------7-----2--------3-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
..Love is a gentle thing
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-----------2-----3------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
...yours is thicker than a velvet ring
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--5---------3--------------7-------2--------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
...yours is thicker than a velvet ring
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------2-------3---------------|
A|--5----------3------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
[Outro]
...and I am wandering
G|---------------------------------|
D|------------------3--------------|
A|--5---------2--3-----------------|
D|---------------------------------|
..I am wandering
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|-5-----2-----3------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|