Biografía:
Named by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of 2003's Top 20 Guitarists
of all-time and the recent recipient of both an Ivor Novello Award for Songwriting and the
2006 BBC Lifetime Achievement Award, the iconic British folk rock legend is one of the world's most critically acclaimed and prolific songwriters. His work is admired and recorded by such artists as Bonnie Raitt, David Byrne and Elvis Costello. From his teenage years as a founding member of the 1960's pioneering group Fairport Convention to duo work with his then-wife
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Otras canciones:
- 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
- A Bone Through Her Nose
- A Heart Needs A Home
- A Love You Cant Survive
- A Man In Need
- A Poisoned Heart And A Twisted Memory
- A Solitary Life
- All Buttoned Up
- Back Street Slide
- Bank Vault In Heaven
- Bathsheba Smiles
- Beat The Retreat
- Beatnik Walking
- Beeswing
- Bonnie St Johnstone
- Borrowed Time
- Broken Doll
- Calvary Cross
- Cant Win
- Cold Kisses
- Cooksferry Queen
- Coyotes
- Crawl Back Under My Stone
- Dads Gonna Kill Me
- Dark Hand Over My Heart
- Dead Mans Handle
- Devonside
- Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed
- Died For Love
- Dimming Of The Day
- Dont Renege On Our Love
- Dont Tempt Me
- Down Where The Drunkards Roll
- Drifting Through The Days
- Dungeons For Eyes
- End Of The Rainbow
- Farewell Farewell
- Fergus Laing
- Fire In The Engine Room
- First Breath
- For The Sake Of Mary
- For Whose Sake
- From Galway To Graceland
- Genesis Hall
- Georgie On A Spree
- Gethsemane
- Ghosts In The Wind
- God Loves A Drunk
- Grey Walls
- Gypsy Love Songs
- Happy Days And Auld Lang Syne
- Hard Luck Stories
- Hard On Me
- Haul Me Up
- How Will I Ever Be Simple Again
- I Aint Going To Drag My Feet No More
- I Feel So Good
- I Misunderstood
- I Ride In Your Slipstream
- I Still Dream
- I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight
- Ill Never Give It Up
- Ill Tag Along
- Im A Dreamer
- Its Just The Motion
- Jealous Words
- Jennie
- Jerusalem On The Jukebox
- Jet Plane And A Rocking Chair Live
- Johnnys Far Away
- Josephine
- Keep Your Distance
- Killing Jar
- Let It Blow
- Living In Luxury
- Long Dead Love
- Long John Silver
- Lotteryland
- Mascara Tears
- Meet On The Ledge
- Mingulay Boat Song
- Miss Patsy
- Missie How You Let Me Down
- Modern Woman
- Mr Rebound
- Mrs Rita
- Nearly In Love
- Needle And Thread
- Never Again
- Night Comes In
- No Peace No End
- Now Be Thankful
- Oh I Swear
- Oops I Did It Again
- Patty Dont You Put Me Down
- Pavanne
- Pony In The Stable
- Poor Ditching Boy
- Pour Down Like Silver
- Pursuasion
- Put It There Pal
- Read About Love
- Reckless Kind
- Restless Highway
- Salford Sunday
- Sam Jones
- Shady Lies
- Shaky Nancy
- Shane And Dixie
- She Never Could Resist A Winding Road
- She Said It Was Destiny
- She Twists The Knife Again
- Shine On Love
- Should I Betray
- Sibella
- Strange Affair
- Sunnyvista
- Sweet Surrender
- Sweetheart On The Barricade
- Take Care The Road You Choose
- Tear Stained Letter
- The Egypt Room
- The Ghost Of You Walks
- The Great Valerio
- The Poor Boy Is Taken Away
- The Sights And Sounds Of London Town
- The Sun Never Shines On The Poor
- The Way That It Shows
- The World Is A Wonderful Place
- The Wrong Heartbeat
- Time To Ring Some Changes
- Too Late To Come Fishing
- Traces Of My Love
- Turning Of The Tide
- Twisted
- Uninhabited Man
- Valerie
- Walking On A Wire
- Walking The Long Miles Home
- Walking Through A Wasted Land
- Wall Of Death
- Waltzing For Dreamers
- When I Get To The Border
- When The Spell Is Broken
- When We Were Boys At School
- Why Do You Turn Your Back
- Why Must I Plead
- Withered And Died
- Woods Of Darney
- Word Unspoken Sight Unseen
- Yankee Go Home
- You Dont Say
- You Dream Too Much
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
This song is found on the bonus EP that comes with the deluxe version
of Richard Thompson's record "Still" (2015).
These are the basic chords, and does not in any way capture the wonderful details
of Richard Thompson's virtuoso playing, variations and solos.
But it's a good starting point for developing your own version of the song.
Or just for singing along, perhaps substituting 'Fergus Laing' for the real name
of the person who is the subject of this very biting text – the man who became ...
well, see below for clues.
The alternate verse 4 and last half verse are not on the recording, but has been heard live.
Thompson has been clear that the song is about the New York property developer;
under another name, for fear of being sued or worse.
(But clearly identified in the quoute in the last half verse.)
It was written before said property developer became the President of the USA.
Part of the lyric deals with the circumstances around his golf course project in Scotland.
Studio version similar to recording on YouTube
(good for studying Richard's technique):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi-Ff3YJPOQ
Live version with alternate text:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc7x9tLFexw
[Verse 1]
Em D Em
Fergus Laing is a beast of a man
G A Em
He stitches up and fleeces
D Em
He wants to manicure the world
G A Em
And sell it off in pieces
G
He likes to build his towers high
A
He blocks the sun out of the sky
Hm A
In the penthouse the champagne's dry
Em
And slightly gassy
[Verse 2]
Em D Em
Fergus Laing, he works so hard
G A Em
As busy as a bee is
D Em
Fergus Laing has seventeen friends
G A Em
All as dull as he is
G
His seventeen friends have seventeen wives
A
All the perfect shape and size
Hm A
They wag their tails and bat their eyes
Em
Just like Lassie
[Chorus]
A
Fergus Laing he builds and builds
Em
Yet small is his erection
A
Fergus Laing has a fine head of hair
Em D
When the wind's in the right direction
C H7
the wind's in the right direction
[Verse 3]
Em D Em
Fergus Laing and his seventeen friends
G A Em
They live inside a bubble
D Em
There they withdraw and shut the door
G A Em
At any sign of trouble
G
Should the peasants wail and vent
A
And ask him where the money went
Hm A
He'll simply say, it's all been spent
Em
On being classy
[Verse 4]
Em D Em
Fergus' buildings reach the sky
G A Em
Until you cannot see 'em
D Em
He thinks the old stuff he pulls down
G A Em
Belongs in a museum
G
His own fair home is on the Park
A
an airy jewel, a city ark
Hm A
Hung with Picasso, hung with Braque
Em
but nothing brassy
[Chorus]
A
Fergus Laing he builds and builds
Em
Yet small is his erection
A
Fergus Laing has a fine head of hair
Em D
When the wind's in the right direction
C H7 Em
the wind's in the right direction
[Alternate Verse 4]
G
His fits are famous on the scene
A
The shortest fuse, so cruel, so mean
Hm A
But don't call him a drama queen
Em
Like Shirley Bassey
[Chorus]
Em D Em
Fergus Laing he flaunts the law
G A Em
But one day he'll be wired
D Em
And as they drag him off to jail
G A Em
We'll all shout, "You're fired!"
of Richard Thompson's record "Still" (2015).
These are the basic chords, and does not in any way capture the wonderful details
of Richard Thompson's virtuoso playing, variations and solos.
But it's a good starting point for developing your own version of the song.
Or just for singing along, perhaps substituting 'Fergus Laing' for the real name
of the person who is the subject of this very biting text – the man who became ...
well, see below for clues.
The alternate verse 4 and last half verse are not on the recording, but has been heard live.
Thompson has been clear that the song is about the New York property developer;
under another name, for fear of being sued or worse.
(But clearly identified in the quoute in the last half verse.)
It was written before said property developer became the President of the USA.
Part of the lyric deals with the circumstances around his golf course project in Scotland.
Studio version similar to recording on YouTube
(good for studying Richard's technique):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi-Ff3YJPOQ
Live version with alternate text:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc7x9tLFexw
[Verse 1]
Em D Em
Fergus Laing is a beast of a man
G A Em
He stitches up and fleeces
D Em
He wants to manicure the world
G A Em
And sell it off in pieces
G
He likes to build his towers high
A
He blocks the sun out of the sky
Hm A
In the penthouse the champagne's dry
Em
And slightly gassy
[Verse 2]
Em D Em
Fergus Laing, he works so hard
G A Em
As busy as a bee is
D Em
Fergus Laing has seventeen friends
G A Em
All as dull as he is
G
His seventeen friends have seventeen wives
A
All the perfect shape and size
Hm A
They wag their tails and bat their eyes
Em
Just like Lassie
[Chorus]
A
Fergus Laing he builds and builds
Em
Yet small is his erection
A
Fergus Laing has a fine head of hair
Em D
When the wind's in the right direction
C H7
the wind's in the right direction
[Verse 3]
Em D Em
Fergus Laing and his seventeen friends
G A Em
They live inside a bubble
D Em
There they withdraw and shut the door
G A Em
At any sign of trouble
G
Should the peasants wail and vent
A
And ask him where the money went
Hm A
He'll simply say, it's all been spent
Em
On being classy
[Verse 4]
Em D Em
Fergus' buildings reach the sky
G A Em
Until you cannot see 'em
D Em
He thinks the old stuff he pulls down
G A Em
Belongs in a museum
G
His own fair home is on the Park
A
an airy jewel, a city ark
Hm A
Hung with Picasso, hung with Braque
Em
but nothing brassy
[Chorus]
A
Fergus Laing he builds and builds
Em
Yet small is his erection
A
Fergus Laing has a fine head of hair
Em D
When the wind's in the right direction
C H7 Em
the wind's in the right direction
[Alternate Verse 4]
G
His fits are famous on the scene
A
The shortest fuse, so cruel, so mean
Hm A
But don't call him a drama queen
Em
Like Shirley Bassey
[Chorus]
Em D Em
Fergus Laing he flaunts the law
G A Em
But one day he'll be wired
D Em
And as they drag him off to jail
G A Em
We'll all shout, "You're fired!"
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