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Devonside

Richard Thompson
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
  By Devonside,  she was a-marchin'
  It  was a gang  of no great size
  and  "Surrender"  was the banner  that she carried
  and  hungry  was the shiver  in her eyes.
  (same for the rest of the song)
  She met a boy, whose health was failing
  She threw down her banner, and took her prize,
  And the only food she had was bread and morphine
  He fed on the shiver in her eyes
  (solo over same chords - 1 verse long)
  By Devonside, his love was drifting,
  He looked for comfort, otherwise
  And there never was a rope or chain about him
  She held him with the shiver in her eyes
  And she said, "My John, I'll be your pillow."
  "I'll be your lover, mother, whore and wife."
  And he knew that he had loved and never seen her,
  When the light fell from the shiver in her eyes.
  Great resource, by the way.
  Jim Kaihatu - Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Lab

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Readable chord sheet for Devonside by Richard Thompson

[G]By [C]Devonside, she was a-marc[G]hin'

       [G]It was a [C]gang of no great s[G]ize

       [G]and "Surr[Bm]ender" was the ba[C]nner that she carri[G]ed

       [G]and hun[D]gry was the shi[C]ver in her e[G]yes.

       (same for the rest of the song)

       She met a boy, whose health was failing
       She threw down her banner, and took her prize,
       And the only food she had was bread and morphine
       He fed on the shiver in her eyes

       (solo over same chords - 1 verse long)

       By Devonside, his love was drifting,
       He looked for comfort, otherwise
       And there never was a rope or chain about him
       She held him with the shiver in her eyes

       And she said, "My John, I'll be your pillow."
       "I'll be your lover, mother, whore and wife."
       And he knew that he had loved and never seen her,
       When the light fell from the shiver in her eyes.

      Great resource, by the way.

       Jim Kaihatu - Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Lab

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