Dirty Davey chords by Levellers

Chords with lyrics

Dirty Davey - Levellers

Written by Nick Burbridge

Tuning:
DADADD (from standard: -2 0 0 2 3 -2)

Helpful mark checked the tuning of each string before the track,
(his bottom D MajorD was a bit flat:p)
so thats definately the correct tuning


  D5D5 C6add9/D  Bbmaj7/D    cd be replaced by DmDm C majorC Bb, if ur a wuss;)

|--0-----0--------0-----
|--0-----0--------0-----
|--0-----0--------0-----
|--7-----5--------3-----
|--5-----3--------1-----
|--0-----0--------0-----

The open Ds and A augmentedA give a nice folky drone - but i'll just call the chords D MajorD C majorC Bb majorBb from now

D MajorD C majorC x4

D MajorD C majorC D MajorD C majorC C majorC Bb majorBb Bb majorBb C majorC D MajorD
C majorC Bb majorBb Bb majorBb C majorC D MajorD

   D MajorD       C majorC            D MajorD        C majorC
Well Dirty Davey's down the front and he's met the coppers there
      C majorC           Bb majorBb
They'll be taking you in cos they hate your skin
     Bb majorBb    C majorC     D MajorD
And he's dragged away by the hair

CHORUS
    D MajorD           C majorC
It's a kick in the head and a prison bed
    Bb majorBb   C majorC    D MajorD
And you tell me it's the law

D MajorD C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC

D MajorD C majorC D MajorD C majorC C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC D MajorD

Well Davey's out on two weeks bail and he's down the town to score
When it all falls in and he's pinned by the chin
And they'vve rusted every floor

It's a kick in the head and a prison bed
And you tell me it's the law

Davey's down the old grey squat
And he's lying with his lass
When there's a brick through the pane
ANd he's out on the lane
With the bailiffs and the glass

It's a kick in the head and a prison bed
And you tell me it's the law

The court comes up on Monday morning and Davey's in the dock
He can't stop his tears when he gets two years
And you can't turn back the clock

It's a kick in the head and a prison bed
And you tell me it's the law

REEL break - easy to bash through using the same 3 chords

SLOW
   D MajorD       C majorC
Well Davey's had it up to here
D MajorD            C majorC
Banging his head on the wall
   C majorC           Bb majorBb   C majorC
So he tied his pants to the prison bars
     Bb majorBb       C majorC      D MajorD       (1,2,3,4)
And he's hung till he's clear of it all

It's a kick in the head and a prison bed
And you tell me it's the law

There's a law for the rich and a law for the poor
And a law for Dirty Davey
His body's gone but his soul lives on
Here's to you Dirty Davey

Its Corrupt, corrupt from the bottom to the top
And you tell me it's the law


Thats the lot, a great workout for the right hand, a no-brainer for the left

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