Patty Don't You Put Me Down chords by Richard Thompson

Patty Don't You Put Me Down

Gm
Patty don't tell me one thing and change your mind
Cm                                              Gm
We might be in bed together but the deal's not signed
Cm                                                           Gm
They say you collect shrunken heads, would you like to have mine?
A#                     Eb/G
Patty don't you put me down
A#                     Eb/G
Patty don't you put me down
A                       D
Patty don't you put me down
                 Gm           C
Don't colour me cruel
                Gm           C
Don't colour me cruel
Gm
You're so used to skimming the ace and palming the jack
Cm                                                Gm
The right hand giving and the left hand taking it back
Cm                                                Gm
At society functions they probably give you more slack

A#                     Eb/G
Patty don't you put me down
A#                     Eb/G
Patty don't you put me down
A                       D
Patty don't you put me down
                Gm           C
Don't colour me cruel
                Gm           C
Don't colour me cruel
               F/C
You can stamp all you want, but this ain't television
   E/B
I can't fix it all with a small incision
   Eb/Bb
It's a meltdown you're having, not nuclear fission
        D/A
There's no room service at the seaman's mission
        Gm
In your ten watt world it's beyond any pleasure you know
    Cm                                                    Gm
To stick your fingers in the socket, and give yourself a glow
Cm                                                Gm
Keep that up and they might make you part of the show
A#                      Eb/G
Patty don't you put me down
A#                      Eb/G
Patty don't you put me down
A                       D
Patty don't you put me down
A#                      Eb/G
Patty don't you put me down
A#                      Eb/G
Patty don't you put me down
A                       D
Patty don't you put me down

                 Gm           C
Don't colour me cruel
                 Gm           C
Don't colour me cruel