Richard Thompson - Should I Betray

should i betray?

Cm
should i betray you to your spouse?
D7
the wife who waits back at the house
A#m
she doesnt know that youre a louse
Fm
thats not the man she wed

she doesnt know the deals you make
the throats you cut , the vows you break
to buy up some old ladys stake
quick before shes dead

C#m
she doesnt see your oily smarm
G#sus4
you pour on in the place of charm
C#m
when youve got some shopgirl by the arm
G#sus4
steering her into bed

that virgin forest you chopped down
to build another ugly town
ill tell your wife you bribed them round
to back your plan instead

but perhaps she doesnt want to see
the heel that you turned out to be
thats why shell take a gin or three
to drive doubts from her head

while shes working hard enough
with housework , kids , and all that stuff
youre out there with some bit of fluff
cruising on the med

she thought the leopards spots were paint
she thought shed turn you to a saint
kept hoping , though the hope grew faint
that you were better bred

by : jose duarte
jtduarte1@gmail . com