How to Play Keep Your Distance on Guitar?

Richard Thompson - Keep Your Distance can be played in the key of F using the F, C, Bb chords. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For Bb, To play A# | Bb, barre fret 1 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 4, let D ring open, mute G, B. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Keep Your Distance with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

Richard Thompson - Keep Your Distance Chords

Chord reference F, C, Bb

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[F] [C] [Bb] [F] If I [F]cross your path a[F]gain who knows [F]where who knows [Bb]when On some [F]morning without [F]number on some [Bb]highway without [Bb]end [C] Don’t [F]grasp my hand and [F]say fate has [F]brought you here [Bb]today For [F]fate is only [C]fooling with us [Bb]friend [C]

[F]Keep your [Bb]distance [Bb]keep your [F]distance [F] [Dm]When I feel you [C]close to me what [Bb]can I do but [C]fall Keep your [Bb]distance [Bb]keep your [F]distance [Bb] With [F]us it must be [C]all or none at [Bb]all [C] [F]

[F] [C] [Bb] [F] It’s a [F]desperate game we [F]play, throw our [F]souls our lives a[Bb]way [F]Wounds that can’t be [F]mended and [Bb]debts that can’t be [Bb]paid [C] Oh I [F]played and I got [F]stung now I’m [F]biting back my [Bb]tongue I’m [F]sweeping out the [C]footprints where I [Bb]strayed [C]

Artist Richard Thompson

Album Rumor and Sigh

Genres Folk, Folk Rock, Rock

Year 1991

Key F

Richard Thompson - Keep Your Distance can be played in the key of F using the F, C, Bb chords.

For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For Bb, To play A# | Bb, barre fret 1 from the low E string to the A string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 4, let D ring open, mute G, B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Keep Your Distance with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.