Named by Rolling Stone Magazine as one of 2003's Top 20 Guitarists of all-time and the recent recipient of both an Ivor Novello Award for Songwriting and the 2006 BBC Lifetime Achievement Award, the iconic British folk rock legend is one of the world's most critically acclaimed and prolific songwriters. His work is admired and recorded by such artists as Bonnie Raitt, David Byrne and Elvis Costello. From his teenage years as a founding member of the 1960's pioneering group Fairport Convention to duo work with his then-wife
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: Thu, 29 Jun 95 19:51:30 -0400 From: [email protected] (James Kaihatu)
This is one of my favorite Richard Thompson songs. I've made my best guess at the chords, and solo tabs would be welcome. I usually play it with a capo on the second fret because my voice isn't as low as his.
DEVONSIDE by: Richard Thompson album: Hand of Kindness
GCG By Devonside, she was a-marchin'
GCG It was a gang of no great size
GBmCG and "Surrender" was the banner that she carried
GDCG 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.
Send comments, questions and criticisms (constructive ones, please) to [email protected] .
Jim Kaihatu - Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Lab