The Deserter Chords by Fairport Convention

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_ _ _ As [D] _ I [G] [D] was walking _ [G] along [Am] Radcliffe Highway, [D] a [G] recruiting _ [D] party [G] came [Bm] [A] repeating my [D] name.
[G] They enlisted [D] me and treated [G] me till I did [A] not [Am] know.
[D] Then [G] to the [D] Queen's [G] Barracks they [D] forced [C] me [D] to go.
[C] _ When _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] first [G] I [D] deserted, [G] I thought [A] myself free.
[Am] _ [D] _ [A] Until [G] my crew [D] of comrades [G]
informed [D] _ [A] [D] against me.
[G] I was quickly [D] followed off the [G] _ _
[A] Radcliffe [Am] Street.
_ [D] [A] I [G] was [D] handcuffed and guarded, heavy [G] [D] irons poured on _ me.
_ Court-martial, court-martial, [G] they held [D] upon me.
The sentence passed upon me, _ [G] _
_ [D] 303.
_ _ _ May [G] the Lord [D] have mercy on them, [G] for their [Am] sad cruelty.
[D] For now the Queen's duty [G] lies [Am] heavy [D] on [C] me.
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_ _ [D] When [G] next [D] I deserted, _ [G] I thought [A] myself free. _
[D] Until [G] my [D] crew of comrades _ [G] [D] informed [A] [D] against me.
I [G] was quickly [D] followed off the [G] Radcliffe Street.
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I [D] was [A] [G] handcuffed [D] and guarded, [G] heavy [D] [C] irons poured [D] on _ me. _
_ Court-martial, court-martial, [G] then quickly [D] was gone.
And the sentence passed upon me, that I was to be shot.
_ _ May the [G] _
Lord [D] have mercy on them, [G] for their [Am] sad cruelty.
[D] For now [G] the [D] Queen's duty [G] lies [C] heavy [D] on _ _ me.
_ Then I broke free and salvaged [G] in his carriage [A] and six.
[D] Saying, where [G] is that [D] young man [G] whose [D] coffin is fixed?
Set him [G] free, _ [D] friends, and [G] let him [A] go free.
_ For he'll [G] make a good [D] soldier for his [G] [D] Queen [C] and [D] country.
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