Frank Turner - A Decent Cup Of Tea (First Version) Chords and Tabs

Frank Turner - A Decent Cup Of Tea First Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) Frank Turner. Other chords and tabs for the "A Decent Cup Of Tea" can find at the bottom of the page.

Instrument: 6 String Guitar


Notes:
This is the best i can do from ear, although i'm positive it's note-for-note..
The song is played on acoustic guitar, finger picked.
Standard tuning.


Intro
E |----------------|----------------|
B |-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--|
G |---4---4---4---4|---4---4---4---4|
D |--4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---4-|
A |2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---|
E |----------------|----------------|

VERSE
Probably best to work out the rhythm of the lyrics against the song.

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B |-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--||
G |---4---4---4---4|---4---4---4---4|---4---4---4---4|---4---4---4---4||
D |--4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---4-||
A |2---2---2---2---|0---0---0---0---|----------------|----------------||
E |----------------|----------------|4---4---4---4---|3---3---3---3---||
There hadn't been a day when everything had turned out right,
She called me up and asked me to come over in the night

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B |----------------|-3---3---3---3--|----------------|----------------||
G |-3---3---3---3--|---4---4---4---4|-4---4---4---4--|-6---6---6---6--||
D |---4---4---4---4|--4---4---4---4-|---5---5---5---5|---7---7---5---5||
A |--4---4---4---4-|2---2---2---2---|--5---5---5---5-|--7---7---7---7-||
E |2---2---2---2---|----------------|3---3---3---3---|5---5---5---5---||
To make her cups of tea and listen quietly as she starts
To list the latest bunch of bastards who trampled on her

E |----------------||
B |----------------||
G |-2---2---2---2--||
D |---0---0---0---0||
A |--0---0---0---0-||
E |2---2---2---2---||
Heart

CHORUS

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B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
G |-7---7---4---4--|-2---2---2---2--|-7---7---4---4--|-2---2---2---2--||
D |---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0||
A |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-||
E |7---7---3---3---|2---2---2---2---|7---7---3---3---|2---2---2---2---||
She summers by my seat,
She winters without me
E |----------------|----------------||
B |----------------|----------------||
G |-7---7---4---4--|-2---2---2---2--||
D |---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0||
A |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-||
E |7---7---3---3---|2---2---2---2---||
She cries into her tea, that she's

E |----------------|----------------||
B |----------------|----------------||
G |-7---7---7---7--|-6---6---6---6--||
D |---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0||
A |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-||
E |7---7---6---6---|5---5---5---5---||
Secretly lonely, only,

E |----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------------|
G |-7---7---4---4--|-2---2---2---2--|-4---4---6---6--|--11----11----11----11-|
D |---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0|-----0-----0-----0-----|
A |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|----0-----0-----0------|
E |7---7---3---3---|2---2---2---2---|3---3---5---5---|10----10----10----10---|
What am i to do? It's obvious to me, She never seems to see.

VERSE 2

E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
B |-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--|-3---3---3---3--||
G |---4---4---4---4|---4---4---4---4|---4---4---4---4|---4---4---4---4||
D |--4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---4-|--4---4---4---4-||
A |2---2---2---2---|0---0---0---0---|----------------|----------------||
E |----------------|----------------|4---4---4---4---|3---3---3---3---||
I see her in the nightclubs,
I meet her in the bars,
At rooftop after-parties,
All crammed into friends cars

E |----------------|----------------||
B |----------------|-3---3---3---3--||
G |-3---3---3---3--|---4---4---4---4||
D |---4---4---4---4|--4---4---4---4-||
A |--4---4---4---4-|2---2---2---2---||
E |2---2---2---2---|----------------||
And we talk about the weather,
And how she drowns her pain in drink,

E |----------------|----------------||
B |----------------|----------------||
G |-4---4---4---4--|-6---6---6---6--||
D |---5---5---5---5|---7---7---7---7||
A |--5---5---5---5-|--7---7---7---7-||
E |3---3---3---3---|5---5---5---5---||
And i nod, and never ever dare
To tell her what i think.

CHORUS 2
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
G |-7---7---4---4--|-2---2---2---2--|-7---7---4---4--|-2---2---2---2--||
D |---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0||
A |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-||
E |7---7---3---3---|2---2---2---2---|7---7---3---3---|2---2---2---2---||
She summers by my seat,
She winters without me
E |----------------|----------------||
B |----------------|----------------||
G |-7---7---4---4--|-2---2---2---2--||
D |---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0||
A |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-||
E |7---7---3---3---|2---2---2---2---||
She cries into her tea, that she's

E |----------------|----------------||
B |----------------|----------------||
G |-7---7---7---7--|-6---6---6---6--||
D |---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0||
A |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-||
E |7---7---6---6---|5---5---5---5---||
Secretly lonely, only,


E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
G |-7---7---4---4--|-2---2---2---2--|-4---4---6---6--|-7---7---7---7--||
D |---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0||
A |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-||
E |7---7---3---3---|2---2---2---2---|3---3---5---5---|6---6---6---6---||
What am i to do? It's obvious to me, She never seems to see.

BRIDGE

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B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
G |-0---0---4---4--|-7---7---6---6--|-0---0---4---4--|-4---4---6---6--||
D |---2---2---5---5|---7---7---7---7|---2---2---5---5|---5---5---7---7||
A |--2---2---5---5-|--7---7---7---7-|--2---2---5---5-|--5---5---7---7-||
E |0---0---3---3---|5---5---5---5---|0---0---3---3---|3---3---5---5---||
That it's not about the days when everything has turned out right,
It's more about the moments when she calls me in the night.
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B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
G |-0---0---4---4--|-7---7---6---6--|-0---0---4---4--|-4---4---6---6--||
D |---2---2---5---5|---7---7---7---7|---2---2---5---5|---5---5---7---7||
A |--2---2---5---5-|--7---7---7---7-|--2---2---5---5-|--5---5---7---7-||
E |0---0---3---3---|5---5---5---5---|0---0---3---3---|3---3---5---5---||
To make her cups of tea and wash the weary worries from her head,
And then to draw the pain out slowly as i put her into bed.

END

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B |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
G |-7---7---7---7--|-7---7---6---6--|-4---4---4---4--|-7---7---7---7--||
D |---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0|---0---0---0---0||
A |--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-|--0---0---0---0-||
E |6---6---6---6---|7---7---5---5---|3---3---3---3---|6---6---6---6---||
And i slip this information into every conversation,
She never seems to listen,
She never seems to

E |----------------||
B |------7---------||
G |------7---------||
D |------7---------||
A |------5---------||
E |----------------||
See.