When The Spell Is Broken by Richard Thompson, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

When The Spell Is Broken

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Richard Thompson OBE (born 3 April 1949, Notting Hill, London) is a British singer/songwriter and guitarist. Highly regarded for his guitar techniques, Thompson was awarded the Orville H. Gibson award for best acoustic guitar player in 1991. Similarly, his songwriting has earned him an Ivor Novello Award and, in 2006, a lifetime achievement award from BBC Radio. Thompson made his debut as a recording artist as a member of Fairport Convention in September 1967.

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From: [email protected] (Julie Hayne)
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1993 19:44:33

When the Spell is Broken, from Across a Crowded Room

(may be played with low E string tuned to D; if so use low D instead of
fourth string most places in the tab)

Intro:

Dm
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Dm
When the spell is broken
When the spell is broken
Am
How you ever gonna keep enough
Gm
You cant cry if you dont know how.
Dm
When the spell is broken
When the spell is broken
Am
All the joy is gone from her face
Gm
Welcome back to the human race
Am Bb
How long can the flame of love remain
C Bb
When you curse and you fight
C Bb
And never see the light
C
Or hear a word spoken
Dm
When the spell is broken
When the spell is broken

(2nd verse)

When the spell is broken
All your magic and your ways and schemes
All your lies come and tear at your dreams
When the Spell is broken
When the Spell is broken

Are you handing her that same old line
It's just straws in the wind this time
When Love has died, there's none left starry eyed
No kiss and no tears
No farewell souveniers, not even a token
When the Spell is broken

(3rd verse)
(solo)
Don't swear your heart
From the very start
Love letters you wrote
Get pushed back down your throat
And leave you choking
When the Spell is broken

From: Harlan L Thompson

WHEN THE SPELL IS BROKEN- Richard Thompson

Dm Gm Dm Gm Dm
When the spell is broken, when the spell is broken
F Am
How you ever gonna keep her now
Gm
You can't cry if you don't know how
F Dm Gm Dm
When the spell is broken, when the spell is broken
F Am
All the joy it is gone from her face
Gm
Welcome back to the human race
Am Bb
How long can the flame of love remain
C Bb C Bb
When you curse and fight and never see like
C
Or hear a like spoken
Dm
When the spell is broken
Gm Dm Gm
(can't cry if you don't know how, can't cry if you don't know how)
Dm Gm
When the spell is broken (can't cry if you don't know how)
Dm
Oh when the spell is broken

F Am
All your magic and your ways and schemes
All your lies come and tear at your dreams
When the spell is broken (can't cry if you don't know how)
When the spell is broken
Are you handing her that same old line
It's just straws in the wind this time
When love has died, there's none left starry eyed
No kiss and no tears
No farewell souveniers, not even a token
When the spell is broken

SOLO (over Dm Gm)
Am Bb
Don't swear your heart from the very start
Love letters you wrote
Get pushed back down your throat
And leave you choking
When the spell is broken (when the spell when the spell when the spell)
When the spell is broken
When the spell is broken, when the spell is broken
When the spell is broken
Can't cry if you don't know how, can't cry if you don't know how
Can't cry if you don't know how, can't cry if you don't know how

NOTE: I believe I found a few more chords and reordered the words a bit,
but in general this is a rip off of the previous version.
(from Across a Crowded Room, 1985)
(sent by Harlan at [email protected])