Frank Turner — Romantic Fatigue Chords

Strum with a pick, standard down—up—down—up pattern (with some beats skipped). To embellish the

chords in the background, pick from the G and B strings in a similar way to the intro.

Chords:
A     — x 0 2 2 2 0
Dsus2 — x x 0 2 3 0
F#m   — 2 4 4 2 2 2
E     — 0 2 2 1 0 0
Bm    — x 2 4 4 3 2

Key:
^ Upstroke
v Downstroke


Intro/Main Riff:
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     A                 Dsus2             F#m                E                   E
e||——————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|———————————————————||—0~~|
B||o—————2—0———0—0—2—|—3———2—0———2—————|———————2———0—————|———————0———0———0——o||—0~~|
G||——————2—2———2—2—2—|—2———2—2———2—————|———————————————0h|—1—————1———1———1———||—1~~|
D||——2———2—2———2—2—2—|—0———0———0———0———|—————————————————|———————————————————||—2~~|
A||o—0———0—0———0—0—0—|—————————————————|—————————————————|——————————————————o||—2~~|
E||——————————————————|—————————————————|—2———2———2———2———|—0———0———0———0—————||—0~~|
     v   v ^   ^ v ^   v   v ^ v ^ v     v   v ^ v ^ v ^   v   v ^ v ^ v ^

Verse 1:
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  A                       Dsus2               F#m                         E
I have to admit that I am one of the many who thought that a guitar would win him a lady

   A                          Dsus2                   F#m                E
My teenage years, they were a feminine drought, and I thought that a serenade would help out

   A                          Dsus2               F#m                        E
It seemed to be working for a couple of years — I wrote a few songs and they wrought a few tears

         A                     Dsus2               F#m                           E
But when I hit my twenties, it ran out of steam. I seemed to be suffering from romantic fatigue


Chorus:
———————
    F#m     Dsus2                    A              E
And I never know which song I should play her, each melody is

F#m   Dsus2   A              E
A memory of a not—forgotten failure

        A      E               F#m      E        Dsus2
So when I get out my guitar tonight, to do what I do, remember

                  E
I probably didn't write this song for you


(Repeat Intro)


Verse 2:
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       A                        Dsus2                      F#m                       E
And so as I have mentioned, the shelf—life was short — the scheme wasn't working, despite what I 

thought

    A                   Dsus2                 F#m                                    E
The ladies all left me alone in the end, so I had to switch the names around and then sing it again


Bridge:
———————
Bm    E             A     E       F#m        
Every life—long—love, and every best friend

Bm       E            A      A7
Slipped away into the past

Bm      E            A        E         F#m                 Dsus2
Take my words with caution, I can't pretend that you're the first

                 E
You won't be the last


Chorus (Extended):
——————————————————
    F#m     Dsus2                    A              E
And I never know which song I should play her, each melody is

F#m   Dsus2   A              E
A memory of a not—forgotten failure

     A        E                F#m      E        Dsus2
So when I get out my guitar tonight, to do what I do, remember

                  E
I probably didn't write this song

     Dsus2            E
No I certainly didn't write this song

     Dsus2        E                     Dsus2
No I never, never wrote a song for you