The Deserter chords by Fairport Convention

Chords with lyrics

The Deserter

Intro.
D,Em,A,Bm,G,A,D-D,Em,A,Bm,G,Em,A

    B minorBm     D MajorD     A augmentedA    E minorEm
Here I stand in a land that isn't my own
B minorBm      D MajorD      A augmentedA     E minorEm
Far from the country that I know as home
   B minorBm      G+G     A augmentedA      B minorBm
I was sent here by government armed by the King
    G+G      D MajorD      E minorEm    A augmentedA
And I'm told I must kill men in order to bring
B minorBm      G+G    A augmentedA
Peace to this foreign land
     B minorBm    D MajorD    A augmentedA     E minorEm
There he lies on a land no longer his own
    B minorBm     D MajorD      A augmentedA      E minorEm
In the grey of the country that he knows as home
    B minorBm      G+G         A augmentedA     B minorBm
He was sent here by government, but he might not agree
    G+G      D MajorD      E minorEm    A augmentedA
And if someone must kill him God why is it me?
     B minorBm      G+G    A augmentedA
To bring peace to this foreign land

Chorus
     D MajorD     A augmentedA
Don't despise the deserter
     B minorBm     G+G
Don't despise the deserter
     D MajorD     E minorEm
Don't despise the deserter
  G+G      A augmentedA
Who ran from the war
    D MajorD      A augmentedA
Don't despise the deserter
     B minorBm     G+G
Don't despise the deserter
     D MajorD     E minorEm
Don't despise the deserter
   G+G      D MajorD
Who ran from the war.

Inter.
D,Em,A,Bm,G,A,D-D,Em,A,Bm,G,Em,A

   B minorBm      D MajorD    A augmentedA       E minorEm
So I bent down to drag him away from the wire
    B minorBm       D MajorD     A augmentedA     E minorEm
But the rifles to the left of me started to fire
    B minorBm      G+G       A augmentedA      B minorBm
He was riddled with bullets, I was smothered in blood
   G+G       G+G      E minorEm  A augmentedA
And I don't see how murdering somebody could
   B minorBm     G+G    A augmentedA
Bring peace to a foreign land

   B minorBm      D MajorD    A augmentedA       E minorEm
So I ran from the fighting threw down my gun
   B minorBm     D MajorD    A augmentedA      E minorEm
And I ran by the moon and slept by the sun
   B minorBm    G+G       A augmentedA       B minorBm
Now arrested by government and charged by the King
   G+G      D MajorD       E minorEm    A augmentedA
To be shot 'cos I can't kill in order to bring
Bn     G+G    A augmentedA
Peace to a foreign land

Chorus

Ending
D,Em,A,Bm,G,A,D-D,Em,A,Bm,G,Em,A,
D,Em,A,Bm,G,A,D-D,Em,A,Bm,G,Em,A,D

The chord runs marked Intro, Inter & Ending are very much my interpretation of an amazing section of
violin lead.
It works and sound reasonable.