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Devonside chords by Richard Thompson

  • E

  • F#m

    2
  • Abm

    4
  • A

  • B

    2
  • D

  • G

  • Em

  • C

  • Am

  • Bm

    2
Verse 1
E
F#m
Abm
A
E
B
A
E
A
By
E
D
A
Devonside she was a-marching
D
G
D
It It was a gang of no great size
F#m
G
And surrender was the ban
D
ner that she carried
A
G
And hungry was the shiver in her eyes
D
Verse 2
She met a boy,
A
D
his health was failing
G
She dropped the banner
D
and took her prize
F#m
G
And the only food she had
D
was bread and morphine
A
G
D
Ah, but he fed on the shiver in her eyes

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Interlude 1
A
D
G
D
F#m
Em
G
D
A
Em
D
Verse 3
A
D
By Devonside his love was drifting
G
He looked for comfort otherwise
D
F#m
G
And there never was a rope
D
or chain about him
A
Ah, she held him with the shiver
G
D
in her eyes
Verse 4
D
Ah, she said, my John,
A
D
I'll be your pillow
G
Em
D
I'll be your lover, mother, whore and wife
F#m
G
And he knew that he loved
D
and never seen her
A
When the light fell from
G
the shiver in her eyes
Outro 1
D
A
D
Em
G
D
G
C
Am
D
G
Bm
C
G
D
Am
G
D
G
Em
D
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