Waltzing's for Dreamers

  One of Richard Thompson's deceptively simple ballads, recorded on 
 Amnesia and also the Two Letter Words "official bootleg". The "Miss, 
 you don't know me" line strikes me as a typical of Richard's ability 
 to capture a moment in great emotional detail with a single phrase. 
 
 [Capo on 3] Originally tabbed by p hillip@princeton.edu  in F, I play in D. 
   
 D
 Oh play me a blues song and fade down the light
     A        D             G        D
 I'm sad as a proud man can be sad tonight
 D
 Just let me dream on, oh just let me sway
           A        D            G          D
 While the sweet violins and the saxophones play
     A               A/G          E           A
 And Miss, you don't know me, but can't we pretend
         G                             A
 That we care for each other, till the band reach the end
  
 D            G 
 One step for aching
 D             G 
 Two steps for breaking
 Bm             E
 Waltzing's for dreamers
     A         D
 And losers in love
  
  
 D            G 
 One step for sighing and
 D             G 
 Two steps for crying
 Bm             E
 Waltzing's for dreamers
     A         D
 And losers in love
  
 D
 They say love's for gamblers, the pendulum swings
   A             D          G            D
 I bet hard on love and I lost everything
 D
 So don't send me home now, put a shot in my arm
           A               D                    G              D
 And we'll drink out old memories and we'll drink in the dawn
       A               A/G       E               A
 And Mr. Bandleader, won't you play one more time
             G                         A
 For I've good folding money in this pocket of mine.
  
 D            G 
 One step for aching
 D             G 
 Two steps for breaking
 Bm             E
 Waltzing's for dreamers
     A         D
 And losers in love
  
  
 D            G 
 One step for sighing and
 D             G 
 Two steps for crying
 Bm             E
 Waltzing's for dreamers
     A         D
 And losers in love
  
  transcribed by phillip@princeton.edu