"The Deserter" - Fairport Convention [Audio] Chords

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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ As [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] I was walking [G] along Radcliffe [Am] Highway, a [G] recruiting _ [D] party came a beating my way.
[G] They enlisted me [D] and treated me [G] till I did not [B]
know.
[D] And to the police box they forced me to go.
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ First I deserted, [G] I thought [Am] myself free.
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Until my crew [D] of comrades [G] informed [D] against me.
I [G] was quickly [D] pulled off the [G] road back with speed.
[A] I was [D] handcuffed and loaded, heavy irons pulled on me.
_ Co-Marshal, Co-Marshal, [G]
they held [A] upon me.
[D] The sentence passed upon me, [G] _ _ [D] 303. _ _
May [G] the Lord [D] see on them, [G]
all their [A] sad cruelty.
[D] All down, green beauty, lies heavy on me.
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Next I deserted, [G] I thought myself free.
Until my [D] crew of comrades informed against me.
[G] I was quickly pulled [D]
off [G] the road back [E] with speed.
[D] I was handcuffed and loaded, [G] [D] heavy irons pulled on _ me.
Co-Marshal, Co-Marshal, [G] then quickly [A] was gone.
[D] And the sentence passed upon me, that I was to be shot.
_ _ [G] May the Lord [D] see on _ them, [A] all their sad cruelty.
[D]
All down, green beauty, [G] lies heavy [D] on _ me.
Then a pro-Prince, I was [G] in his carriage [A] and sit.
[D] Saying, where is that young man, [G] who's copping his [D]
fix.
_ Set him [G] free, [D] won't _ [G] let him go free.
[A] For he'll make a good [D] soldier, for his Queen and country. _
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