Mascara Tears Chords by Richard Thompson

_ [G] When I said those things I was out of my mind.
I was trying to be mean and cruel and unkind.
Don't [D] take [G] it to [D]
[G] heart.
There's [C] another man beside me who used to break us [G] apart.
He was chic off the peg, bang up to the minute.
_ I had to put my big foot and [D] dosh out.
[G] Get all [D] up [G] out.
There's [C] another man inside [D] me [A] who wants to get out.
_ _ [Em] Oh, my scarlet tears, [Bm] they dry in black.
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Spent bullets drilled [Em] a hole in my back.
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Soft for the memory, [D] black for the years.
[Am]
Black is forever, [Em] oh, my scarlet tears.
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_ _ [G] There's hair line and hoodoo in your kitchen.
Your guts are scratched, [C] replaced, [G] you're rich.
And [D] how long [G] will it [D] take?
[G] _ [C] There's another girl inside you [A] she never got a break.
_ [Am] _ [E] Oh, my scarlet [Em] tears, [Bm] they dry in black.
[A] _
Spent bullets [Em] drilled a hole in my back.
[G]
Soft for the [D] memory, black for the years.
[Am] Black is forever, [Em] _ scarlet [E] tears.
_ _ [G] Just moan and weep and moan and [B] weep and moan and weep
and moan and [C] weep.
Dirty rivers run down your [A] face.
Tears drop down your party [Em] legs.
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_ Oh, my scarlet tears, [Bm]
they dry in black.
[A] _ Spent bullets [Em] drilled a hole in my back.
[G] Soft for the memory, [D]
black for the years.
[Am] Black is forever, [Em] _
scarlet tears.
Oh, my scarlet [Bm] tears.
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_ _ _ [G] Soft for the memory, [D]
black for the [Am] years.
Black is forever, _
[E] _ scarlet tears. _ _ _ _
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