Reciprocity
Loudon Wainwright III
’Reciprocity’ by Loudon Wainwright III. This is tabbed from a live version performed on the BBC TV show ’The Old Grey Whistle Test’ in 1977 (footage of which I found on YouTube). The song first appeared on the 1976 album ’T-shirt’. G/B = x20010 Am7/G = 302010 D7sus4/F# = 200213 They got drunk last night Had a knockdown drag-out fight She was determined and he saw it his way He threw a tantrum and she threw an ashtray They got drunk last night How’s this for a "How do you do?" He’s unfaithful she’s untrue They’re their own masters and they’re their own bosses They reserve the right to employ double crosses How’s this for a fine "How do you do?" To control their relationship Once they were lovers and practically best friends Now he’s into bondage and she’s into revenge You would need a chair and a whip And if one of them should die I suppose that the other would cry There would be tears of sorrow and great grief Or else there would be tears of release and relief If one of them should die
