This Liberal Love

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Year: 1984
Album: Everybody is Fantastic

INTRO
 
C# 
 
F#m11 
 
Emaj7 
 
F#m7 
C# 
 
F#m11 
 
B 
 
F#m7 
VERSE 1
 
C# 
One 
 
Oc
F#m11 
tober 
 
 
Emaj7 
losing his  
F#m7 
job
C# 
He was  
F#m11 
drinking 
 
 
B 
heavi
F#m7 
ly
C# 
Living 
 
 
F#m11 
in his  
Emaj7 
mother’s 
 
 
F#m7 
house
C# 
Wild at  
F#m11 
weekends and  
B 
sleeping all  
F#m7 
week
 
He be
B6 
lieved he was  
F# 
right to  
C#m7 
ask for things
 
To be  
B6 
his and for  
F# 
him 
 
a
C#m7 
lone
 
And the  
B6 
world wasn’t  
F# 
right with  
C#m7 
him 
 
unless
 
His  
B6 
wish was the  
F# 
world’s 
 
com
C#m7 
mand
VERSE 2
 
C# 
Drunk in  
F#m11 
town one  
Emaj7 
Saturday 
 
 
F#m7 
night
 
He  
C# 
met a  
F#m11 
tall blonde  
B 
older 
 
 
F#m7 
girl
 
In  
C# 
compli
F#m11 
cated 
 
Bo
Emaj7 
hemian 
 
 
F#m7 
clothes
 
She  
C# 
took him  
F#m11 
home though  
B 
he was an  
F#m7 
oaf
 
Making  
B6 
love was his  
F# 
way of  
C#m7 
asking 
 
her
 
To be  
B6 
his and for  
F# 
him 
 
a
C#m7 
lone
 
And though  
B 
she would  
F# 
always 
 
 
C#m7 
act 
 
offhand
 
It  
B6 
appeared that she  
F# 
under
C#m7 
stood
CHORUS 1
 
With the  
D 
weeks passing by he be
D9 
gan to feel the  
Gmaj7 
bad had  
Em7/G 
gone
 
In her  
D 
candlelit room he had  
D9 
found himself but  
Gmaj7 
what about  
Em7/G 
her?
VERSE 3
 
C# 
Then he  
F#m11 
noticed 
 
 
Emaj7 
something 
 
a
F#m7 
miss
C# 
Other 
 
 
F#m11 
men kept  
B 
calling 
 
a
F#m7 
round
C# 
When, one  
F#m11 
night, he  
Emaj7 
had his  
F#m7 
proof
C# 
He 
 
con
F#m11 
fronted his  
B 
liberal 
 
 
F#m7 
love
 
He be
B6 
lieved he was  
F# 
right to  
C#m7 
tell 
 
her
 
She was  
B6 
his and for  
F# 
him 
 
a
C#m7 
lone
 
And  
B6 
shrugging her  
F# 
shoulders, 
 
 
C#m7 
sad but calm
 
She in
B6 
formed him that  
F# 
he was  
C#m7 
wrong
CHORUS 2
 
“You don’t  
D 
own me,” she sighed. “But I  
D9 
do, I must,” he  
Gmaj7 
groaned, then  
Em7/G 
yelled
 
“Oh  
D 
what is this liberal  
D9 
love you gave, it’s  
Gmaj7 
fast, it’s  
Em7/G 
wrong.”
 
“You don’t  
D 
own me,” she sighed. “But I  
D9 
do, I must,” he  
Gmaj7 
groaned, then  
Em7/G 
yelled
D 
“What is this liberal  
D9 
love you gave?”  
Gmaj7 
 
Em7/G 
FADE
 
B6 
 
F# 
 
C#m7