Chords:
{t:Shane And Dixie}
{artist:Richard Thompson}
{key: D}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5maJrqjuQE But in A
{c: Thanks to Jon Benallack}
[D]
[D] Oh Shane and Dixie, they were two-bit crooks
They wanted to be famous like you read in books
Shane had the brain and Dixie had the looks for [A] glory
As a [D] bank robber Shane really was no use
He'd end up likely at the end of the noose
Which was fine by Shane if the papers could use the [A] story [A]
{soc}
[G] Fame and love, [D] fame and love, [A] fame and love will never die
[G] Fame and love, [D] fame and love, [A] fame and love will never die
Never [D] die, [A] never [D] die
{eoc}
[D] Well Shane says to Dixie "We're getting nowhere
I've a fine idea if you love me, swear
We'll be household names if we only dare, for-[A]ever.
Here's [D] two bullets in my old carbine
One is yours and the other is mine
They'll find us there at the scene of the crime to-[A]gether" [A]
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[G] Fame and love, [D] fame and love, [A] fame and love will never die
[G] Fame and love, [D] fame and love, [A] fame and love will never die
Never [D] die, [A] never [D] die [D]
{eoc}
Well she [Bm] screams, she [D] swears, [Bm] she tears her [D] hair
Saying [Bm] Shane, this [E] time you've [C] lost your [A] mind
[D] Shane took aim with the sixteen bore
Dixie lay dying down there on the floor
Shane was shaken but his purpose was more in-[A]spired
[D] Shane says "Lord, what have I done
But this victory is only halfway won"
He put the barrel underneath his tongue and [A] fired [A]
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[G] Fame and love, [D] fame and love, [A] fame and love will never die
[G] Fame and love, [D] fame and love, [A] fame and love will never die
Never [D] die, [A] never [D] die [D]
{eoc}
[D] [E] [D] [A]
[D] They found the bodies when the neighbours complained
Shane was all over the walls like paint
Dixie looked bad but her heart beat faint but sure-[A]ly
Well they [D] saved her life, they were just in time
She turned her back on a life of crime
And she married the man who came to type out her [A] story [A]
[D] The News of the Screws most generously gave
The money helped to pay for Shane's new grave
It looked so fine till the vandals sprayed it [A] over
And [D] time took its toll and the weeds grew high
It hid Shane's grave from the curious eye
Or maybe that's why we forget those lines he [A] told us
{soc}
[G] Fame and love, [D] fame and love, [A] fame and love will never die
[G] Fame and love, [D] fame and love, [A] fame and love will never die
[G] Fame and love, [D] fame and love, [A] fame and love will never die
Never [D] die, [A] never [D] die
[A] never [D] die
