Dirty Davey Go to alternative tuning
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Written by NickBurbridge/McDermott's Two Hours from "Levellers".
Tabbed by Leigh (lypatbcn@hotmail.com). Added 01-JUN-2003.
INTRO:
Dm Am Dm Am Dm Am Dm Am (guitar only)
Dm Am Dm Am Dm Am Dm Am (add violin)
Dm Am Bb Dm
VERSE I:
Dm Am Dm Am
Dirty Davey's down the front and he's met the coppers there
Dm Am Bb Dm
They'll be taking you in cos they hate your skin, he's dragged away by the hair
CHORUS:
Dm Am
It's a kick in the head and a prison bed
Dm Am
And you tell me it's the law
Dm C Am Bb
Dm Am Dm Am
VERSE II:
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've busted every floor
CHORUS
Dm Am Dm Am
VERSE III:
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
CHORUS
Dm Am Dm Am
VERSE IV:
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
CHORUS
VERSE V:
Well Davey's had it up to here banging his head on the wall
So he tied his pants to the prison bars and he's hung till he's clear of it all
CHORUS
Dm Am Dm Am
VERSE VI:
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
CHORUS
OUTRO:
Corrupt, corrupt from the bottom to the top
And you tell me it's the law
Corrupt, corrupt from the bottom to the top
And you tell me it's the law
Corrupt, corrupt from the bottom to the top
And you tell me it's the law
Dirty Davey Go to regular tuning version
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Written by Nick Burbridge.
Transcribed by Leigh Palfrey. Added 01-Apr-2020.
Tuning:
DADADD (from standard: -2 0 0 2 3 -2)
D5 C6add9/D Bbmaj7/D chords be replaced by Dm C Bb)
|--0-----0--------0-----
|--0-----0--------0-----
|--0-----0--------0-----
|--7-----5--------3-----
|--5-----3--------1-----
|--0-----0--------0-----
The open Ds and A give a nice folky drone - but i'll just call the chords D C Bb from now.
INTRO
D C x4
D C D C C Bb Bb C D
C Bb Bb C D
VERSE I
D C D C
Well Dirty Davey's down the front and he's met the coppers there
C Bb
They'll be taking you in cos they hate your skin
Bb C D
And he's dragged away by the hair
CHORUS
D C
It's a kick in the head and a prison bed
Bb C D
And you tell me it's the law
D C Bb C
D C D C C Bb C D
VERSE II
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
CHORUS
It's a kick in the head and a prison bed And you tell me it's the law
VERSE III
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
CHORUS
It's a kick in the head and a prison bed And you tell me it's the law
VERSE IV
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
VERSE V (SLOW)
D C
Well Davey's had it up to here
D C
Banging his head on the wall
C Bb C
So he tied his pants to the prison bars
Bb C D (1,2,3,4)
And he's hung till he's clear of it all
CHORUS
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
