This Liberal Love
Released in 1984 by Rough Trade
Transpose
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