Patty Dont You Put Me Down Chords

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Patty Dont You Put Me Down by Richard Thompson is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Gm. It uses the chords Gm, Cm, A#, Eb/G, A, D, C, F/C, E/B, Eb/Bb and D/A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Gm
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16
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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 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante