This Liberal Love by Microdisney

From Microdisney’s 1984 Everybody is Fantastic album. Written by Cathal Coughlan and Sean O’Hagan. Capo on 2nd fret.

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INTRO

[Bm] [Em7] [D] [Em7] [Bm] [Em7] [A] [Em7]

VERSE 1

[Bm] One Oc [Em7] tober [D] losing his [Em7] job
[Bm] He was [Em7] drinking [A] heavi [Em7] ly
[Bm] Living [Em7] in his [D]mother’s [Em7] house
[Bm] Wild at [Em7] weekends and [A] sleeping all [Em7] week

He be [Amaj7] lieved he was [E6] right to [Bm7] ask for things
To be [A] his and for [E6] him a [Bm7] lone
And the [Amaj7] world wasn’t [E6] right with [Bm7] him unless
His [A] wish was the [E6] world’s com [Bm7] mand

VERSE 2

[Bm] Drunk in [Em7] town one [D] Saturday [Em7] night
He [Bm] met a [Em7] tall blonde [A] older [Em7] girl
In [Bm] compli [Em7] cated Bo [D] hemian [Em7] clothes
She [Bm] took him [Em7] home though [A] he was an [Em7] oaf

Making [Amaj7] love was his [E6] way of [Bm7] asking her
To be [A] his and for [E6] him a [Bm7] lone
And though [Amaj7] she would [E6] always [Bm7] act offhand
It ap [A] peared that she [E6] under [Bm7] stood

BRIDGE 1

With the [C] weeks passing by he be [C7] gan to feel the [Fmaj7] bad had [Dm7] gone
In her [C] candlelit room he had [C7] found himself but [Fmaj7] what about [Dm7] her?

VERSE 3

[Bm] Then he [Em7] noticed [D] something a [Em7] miss
[Bm] Other [Em7] men kept [A] calling a [Em] round
[Bm] When, one [Em7] night, he [D] had his [Em7] proof
[Bm] He con [Em7] fronted his [A] liberal [Em7] love

He be [Amaj7] lieved he was [E6] right to [Bm7] tell her
She was [A] his and for [E6] him a [Bm7] lone
And [Amaj7] shrugging her [E6] shoulders, [Bm7] sad but calm
She in [A] formed him that [E6] he was [Bm7] wrong

BRIDGE 2

“You don’t [C] own me,” she sighed. “But I [C7] do, I must,” he [Fmaj7] groaned, then [Dm7] yelled
“Oh [C] what is this liberal [C7] love you gave, it’s [Fmaj7] fast, it’s [Dm7] wrong.”
“You don’t [C] own me,” she sighed. “But I [C7] do, I must,” he [Fmaj7] groaned, then [Dm7] yelled
[C] “What is this liberal [C7] love you gave?” [Fmaj7] [Dm7]

FADE

[A] [E] [Bm7]