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 (x133xx@4)                  B (x2444x@1)  This and that, they must be the same
C#5 (x133xx@4)	    B (x2444x@1)  What is legal is just what's real
C#5 (x133xx@4)     B (x2444x@1)   What I'm given to understand
C#5 (x133xx@4)    B (x2444x@1) Is exactly what I steal
C#5 (x133xx@4)	    B (x2444x@1)  I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
C#5 (x133xx@4)	    B (x2444x@1)  I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
C#5 (x133xx@4)	 B (x2444x@1)  I was shocked to find what was allowed
C#5 (x133xx@4)              B (x2444x@1)               F#5 (244xxx@1)
   I didn't lose myself in the crowd

Chorus
C#5 (x133xx@4)               G#5Shot (133xxx@4)(shot) by both sides
       F#5 (244xxx@1)     C#5On (x133xx@4)the run to the outside of everything
                    G#5Shot (133xxx@4)(shot) by both sides
	       F#5 (244xxx@1)     C#5They (x133xx@4)must have come to a secret understanding

Verse 2
C#5 (x133xx@4)       B (x2444x@1)  New offences always in my nerves
C#5 (x133xx@4)     B (x2444x@1)  They're taking my time by force
C#5 (x133xx@4)	    B (x2444x@1)  They all sound the same when they scream
C#5 (x133xx@4)	        B (x2444x@1)  They have to rewrite all the books again
C#5 (x133xx@4)      B (x2444x@1)  As a matter of course
C#5 (x133xx@4)	    B (x2444x@1)  I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
C#5 (x133xx@4)	    B (x2444x@1)  I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
C#5 (x133xx@4)	 B (x2444x@1)  I was shocked to find what was allowed
C#5 (x133xx@4)              B (x2444x@1)               F#5 (244xxx@1)
   I didn't lose myself in the crowd

Chorus
C#5 (x133xx@4)               G#5Shot (133xxx@4)(shot) by both sides
       F#5 (244xxx@1)     C#5On (x133xx@4)the run to the outside of everything
                    G#5Shot (133xxx@4)(shot) by both sides
	       F#5 (244xxx@1)     C#5They (x133xx@4)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 (x133xx@4)   B (x2444x@1)  'Why are you so edgy, Kid ?'
C#5 (x133xx@4)B (x2444x@1)  Asks the man with the voice
C#5 (x133xx@4) B (x2444x@1)  One thing follows another
C#5 (x133xx@4)	   B (x2444x@1)  You live and learn, you have no choice
C#5 (x133xx@4)	    B (x2444x@1)  I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
C#5 (x133xx@4)	    B (x2444x@1)  I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
C#5 (x133xx@4)	 B (x2444x@1)  I was shocked to find what was allowed
C#5 (x133xx@4)              B (x2444x@1)         F#5 (244xxx@1)
   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 (x133xx@4)               G#5Shot (133xxx@4)(shot) by both sides
         F#5 (244xxx@1)   C#5That (x133xx@4)old ass was doing the shooting
                    G#5Shot (133xxx@4)(shot) by both sides
	     F#5 (244xxx@1)   C#5We (x133xx@4)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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