Chords for Oysterband - Oxford Girl

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[A] I [D] met a man whose brother said he knew [A] a man who knew the art of a [D] girl.
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_ [D] I met a man whose brother [G] said he knew [E] a man who knew the art of [D] a girl.
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[A] Is [D] it true what you hear?
Did he do it out of fear?
[Bm] Was the day [G] drawing near when a [D] child would start to show?
[A] Was he rage or [D] shame?
Was the damage to his name?
[Bm] Was it something [G] worse?
Does anybody [A] know?
Did she pay the [D] price for making them look twice [B] like a glimpse of [G] paradise across a [D] dull and deserted land?
Did she pass them by?
Did she dare to meet their eye?
[B] Did she scorn them [G] all and did they [A] _
understand?
[G] A grief to her father.
Did she [D] really leave him?
A lover to her brother.
[G] Yes, we [A] all believe [C] her.
Temptations to her better.
[G] No better than [D] she should [F#m] be.
Ungrateful to her lover.
[G] He [A] always knew she would be.
_ _ She [Bm] said, I never had a chance [G] to prove [D] them wrong.
My time was short, [G] a story [A] long.
[Bm] No, I never had a chance [G] to prove [D] them wrong.
It's always them [G] who [A] write the song.
_ _ _ [D] I met a man whose [G] brother said he knew a [A] man who knew the art of a [D] girl.
_ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [D] I met a man whose brother [G] said he knew a man who knew the art of a [D]
girl.
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ Did he go [D] to the ground?
Was a suitcase ever found?
[Bm] Did the police come [G] swarming round on a [D] trail already called?
Did he [A] lead [D] them a dance?
Did he run away to France?
Did he [B] shop [G] himself before the [A] day was old?
She was bound [D] to lose.
She set her face to Jews.
[Bm] They never could [G] excuse her for [D] stirring up their fears.
She was much too young.
Now the earth has stopped to turn.
You [B] could hear the [G] voices calling [A] down the years. _ _
She [Bm] said, I never had a [G] chance to prove [D] them wrong.
My time was short, [G] a story [A] long.
[Bm] No, I never had a chance [G] to prove them [D] wrong.
It's always them [G] who [A] write the song.
[Bm] No, I never had a chance [G] to prove [D] them wrong.
My time was short, [G] a [A] story long.
[Bm] No, I never had a chance [G] to prove them [D] wrong.
It's always [G] them who [A] write the _ song. _ _ _
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I met a man whose brother said [Gm] he knew a man who knew the art of a girl.
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[D] I met a man whose brother [G] said he knew [A] a man who knew the [D] art of a girl.
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[D] I met a man whose [G] brother said he knew [A] a man who knew [D] the art of a girl.
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[D] I met a man whose [G] brother said he knew a man [A] who knew the art [D] of a girl.
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[D] I met a man whose brother [G] said he knew [A] a man who knew the art of [D] a girl.
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[D] I met a man whose brother [G] said he knew [A] a man who knew the [D] art of a girl.
_ [G] The Art [A] of a Girl.
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