Richard Thompson

^G Asked my Daddy when I was thirteen
"Daddy can you tell me what lo ^D ve really means?"
His e ^G yes went glassy, not a word was said
D (riff)
He poured another beer and his face turned red
^G Asked my mother, she act ^C ed the same
She n ^G ever looked up, she seeme ^D d so ashamed
As ^G ked my teacher, he rea ^C ched for the cane
He s ^G aid "don't mention that sub ^D ject again"
CHORUS:
So I re ^Em ad about lo ^C ve, I read it in a magazine
R ^Em ead about lo ^C ve, cosmo and seventeen
Re ^Em ad about lo ^C ve, in the back of a hustler, hustler, hustler
So ^G I ^{G/F G/E} know what ^G/Eb makes girls si ^G gh ^{G/F G/E G/Eb}
And ^G I ^{G/F G/E} know w ^G/Eb hy girls c ^G ry ^{G/F G/E G/Eb}
So do ^G n't tell ^Em me I do ^C n't unde ^D rstand
W ^G hat makes a wo ^Em man and w ^C hat makes a m ^D an
I've ne ^G ver been to h ^Em eaven but at le ^Am ast I've r ^D ead about l ^C ove ^D
My big brother told me when I was fourteen
"It's time I showed you what love really means
Girls like kissing and romance too
But a boy's got to know what a man's got to do"
He gave me a book, the cover was plain
Written by a doctor with a German name
It had glossy pictures, serious stuff
I read it seven time then I knew it well enough
CHORUS #2;
Read about love, now I've got you
Read about love, where I want you
Read about love, I got you on the test-bed, test-bed, test-bed
So why, don't you moan and sigh?
And why do you sit there and cry?
I do everything I'm supposed to do
If something's wrong than it must be you
I know the ways of a woman I've read about love
Well well well, when I touch you there it's supposed to feel nice
That's what it said in reader's advice
I've never been to heaven but at least I've read about love
RIFF: G/F: x x 3 0 0 3

NOTE: I figured this out on my own so I may be wrong. I think it(from
Rumour and Sigh, 1991)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)