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Shot by Both Sides - Magazine
Words and music by Howard Devoto & Pete Shelly
Intro
C#5, C#5, G#5, G#5, F#, F#, C#5, C#5 x2
Verse 1
C#5 B
This and that, they must be the same
C#5 B
What is legal is just what's real
C#5 B
What I'm given to understand
C#5 B
Is exactly what I steal
C#5 B
I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
C#5 B
I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
C#5 B
I was shocked to find what was allowed
C#5 B F#5
I didn't lose myself in the crowd
Chorus
C#5 G#5
Shot (shot) by both sides
F#5 C#5
On the run to the outside of everything
G#5
Shot (shot) by both sides
F#5 C#5
They must have come to a secret understanding
Verse 2
C#5 B
New offences always in my nerves
C#5 B
They're taking my time by force
C#5 B
They all sound the same when they scream
C#5 B
They have to rewrite all the books again
C#5 B
As a matter of course
C#5 B
I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
C#5 B
I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
C#5 B
I was shocked to find what was allowed
C#5 B F#5
I didn't lose myself in the crowd
Chorus
C#5 G#5
Shot (shot) by both sides
F#5 C#5
On the run to the outside of everything
G#5
Shot (shot) by both sides
F#5 C#5
They must have come to a secret understanding
Instrumental
D#5, D#5, A#, A#, G#5, G#5, D#5, D#5 x2
Verse 3
C#5 B
'Why are you so edgy, Kid ?'
C#5 B
Asks the man with the voice
C#5 B
One thing follows another
C#5 B
You live and learn, you have no choice
C#5 B
I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
C#5 B
I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
C#5 B
I was shocked to find what was allowed
C#5 B F#5
I didn't lose myself in the crow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow....
Didn't lose myself in the crowd
Didn't lose myself in the crowd
I was shocked to find what was allowed
Didn't lose myself in the crowd
But I wormed my way
But I wormed my way
But I wormed my way
But I wormed my way
But I wormed my way
But I wormed my way
But I wormed my way
But I wormed my way
C#5 G#5
Shot (shot) by both sides
F#5 C#5
That old ass was doing the shooting
G#5
Shot (shot) by both sides
F#5 C#5
We must have come to a secret understanding
B, C# x4
Another great song from 1978. Enjoy!!!
The 1st Magazine song on the site.
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