The Troubadours Song chords by The Stephen Stanley Band

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: Bb

Intro:
A F#m A/E D
A F#m A/E D A


Verse 1:
A                 A/E
When I first heard Alun
          D          A/C#
play the “Dust of Beijing,”
D              A
we were at the Troubadour
    C#m               D
and you’d just walked in
F#m          A
You wondered out loud
        E/G#           D
how did my skin get so thin
        D      A/C# Bm       Bm/A  D
But there’s so much hidden in that song,
D         A/C#   A/C#   Bm      E
and when a moment passes is it gone?

Chorus:
D                  A
But I thought this year
C#m              D
we were going to win
D               A
Now it seems so many things
    C#m          D
are coming to an end
D             A
Don’t cry for me
         C#m          D
and don’t cry for my friends
          D    A/C# Bm       Bm/A          D
Let the last person who walks through that door
D   A/C#    Bm         E     A
whisper goodbye to the Troubadour


[Solo 01]
D A D


Verse 2:
     A                A/E
The last time I stood next to her
D              A/C#
was up on these boards
D                  A
But I never really figured out
     C#m              D
what she was looking for
F#m            A
Not a word was spoken
        E/G#                    D
and we both walked through that door
         D   A/C#  Bm     Bm/A    D
And in a cloud of smoke we parted ways,
D  A/C#       A/C#      Bm         E
yeah we don’t speak too much these days


Chorus:
D                  A
And I thought this year
C#m              D
we were going to win
D               A
Now it seems so many things
    C#m          D
are coming to an end
D             A
Don’t cry for me
         C#m          D
and don’t cry for my friends
          D    A/C# Bm       Bm/A          D
Let the last person who walks through that door
D   A/C#    Bm         E     A
whisper goodbye to the Troubadour


Bridge:
F#m                D
It took you by surprise,
                   A
hold Kristi if she cries,
                    E
I can see it in her eyes
                         F#m
Yeah the sun is going to rise,
                          D
and we’ll drink to better days,
                     A
so keep your glasses raised,
                  E
keep your glasses raised,
                  F#m
keep your glasses raised,
                  D
keep your glasses raised...


[Solo 02]
A E F#m D A A


Verse 3:
A           A/E
Michael O’Grady please
D              A/C#
pour another round
D                  A
And play the tin whistle because
     C#m              D
we need to hear that sound
F#m          A
And let this be one night that our
E/G#                    D
feet don’t touch the ground
     D    A/C#       Bm     Bm/A    D
Yeah We’ll linger and hang on every word,
D    A/C#       A/C#         Bm       E
later we’ll kick the daylight to the curb


Chorus:
D                  A
But I thought this year
C#m              D
we were going to win
D               A
Now it seems so many things
    C#m          D
are coming to an end
D             A
Don’t cry for me
         C#m          D
and don’t cry for my friends
          D    A/C# Bm       A             E
Let the last person who walks through that door
D   A/C#    Bm         E     A
whisper goodbye to the Troubadour

D                  A
And I thought this year
C#m              D
we were going to win
D           A
One chapter close
      C#m          D
to let another one begin
D          A
So let’s agree for now
     C#m             D
that this is not the end
               D   A/C#   Bm        A            E
We’ll let the last person who walks through that door
D   A/C#    Bm         E     A     E A
whisper goodbye to the Troubadour