Shot By Both Sides

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.