Lowly Deserter Acoustic ukulele

Lowly Deserter Acoustic

• Gm

These are chords and lyrics for "Lowly Deserter" by Glen Hansard.
Based on the 2014 live acoustic wideosesja video, posted by Uwolnij Muzyk?! as seen on YouTube.

CHORDS: - The chords of the song are Gm, Cm and Dm.
        - If you're not too comfortable with barre, you will want to use CAPO 3 and play 
          Em, Am and Bm.
        - Another option would be to use CAPO 10 (if your guitar allows it) and play 
          Am, Dm and Em.
          (In the video Glen plays a mandolin, which sounds higher, so the CAPO 10 comes closest)
        - My personal preference (and the middle road) is: CAPO 5 with Dm, Gm and Am.

LYRICS: - I just wrote the lyrics as I heard them so there are bound to be some mistakes 
          in the lyrics.

NOTES:  - The chord progression in the chorus is different than in the verses,
          but there's still only 3 chords.
        - Glen adds some hammer-ons in his chords. All hammer-ons are in the chord
          itself so just hammer around.
        - Do yourself a favour and invest in a kazoo for the horn parts.
        - Now I'll shut up.

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LOWLY DESERTER
by Glen Hansard

Gm, Gm, Cm, Gm
Gm, Gm, Dm, Gm

Verse 1:

Gm
Lowly deserter, sing that old song
           Cm               Gm
And sing a new one for the men
Gm
Still in battle, far from heaven
            Dm                   Gm
Raise your voice up and sing to them

Verse 2:

Gm
Lowly, lowly, it must be lonesome
        Dm               Gm
Take a hard look at yourself
Gm
And your brother still in battle
            Dm                   Gm
Sing his praise, or don't sing again

Chorus 1:

Gm            Cm                Gm
And when that question comes to find you
      Dm            Gm
Don't deny you ever ran
Gm            Cm                Gm
And when that feeling comes to take you
          Dm                     Gm
Take you walking the streets of hell


-Horn solo 1
Gm, Gm, Cm, Gm
Gm, Gm, Dm, Gm


Chorus 2:

Gm            Cm                Gm
And when that feeling comes to find you
      Dm            Gm
Don't deny you ever ran
Gm            Cm                Gm
And when that question comes to take you
          Dm                     Gm
Take you walking the streets of hell


-Horn solo 2
Gm, Gm, Cm, Gm
Gm, Gm, Dm, Gm


Verse 3:

Gm
Lowly deserter, sing that old song
           Cm               Gm
And sing a new one for the men
Gm
Still in battle, far from heaven
            Dm                   Gm
Raise your voice up and sing to them


-Horn and voice til end
Gm, Gm, Dm, Gm
Gm, Gm, Dm, Gm


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That's it! I hope you enjoyed it and it's of use to somebody.
I wanted to play it myself so I figured I'd share it.
All credit and props to Glen Hansard, of course, who's awesome and writes awesome songs.

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