Rachel Delevoryas by Randy Stonehill
Key: GG | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

Rachel Delevoryas - by Randy Stonehill

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Rachel Delevoryas
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With her thick eye glasses and her plain Jane face
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Sat beside me in my fifth grade class
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Looking so terribly out of place
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Rachel played the violin
Em                      Am
And classical music was out of style
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She couldn't control all her wild brown hair
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Her nervous laughter and her awkward smile and
D                                       Am
It was clear that she'd never be one of us
         C     Am
With her dowdy clothes
        C  Am
And her violin
      C                    Em D G
And a name like Rachel Delevoryas

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G   Am   D7

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But I'd pass by her house in the evening
Em                    Am
Going to play with my best friend Ray
C             D                 Em
And the music floating from her window
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Spoke the things that Rachel could never say
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G    Am   D7

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Rachel Delevoryas
    Em                      Am
Was eating her lunch as the boys walked by
D7                   G
"Rachel is ugly" she heard them shout
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She sat on the schoolyard bench and cried and
D                                       Am
It was clear that she'd never be one of us
         C     Am
With her dowdy clothes
        C  Am
And her violin
      C                    Em D G
And a name like Rachel Delevoryas
G    C  G

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And every year the hedge got higher
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   As it grew around Rachel's house
C               D      Em
Like the secret wall inside her
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That she built to keep all the heartache out

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G    Am  D7

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Rachel Delevoryas
Em                       Am
Moved back east with her family
D7                     G
Now she's dressed in a beautiful gown
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Standing on stage with the symphony
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Rachel plays the violin
Em                       Am
But every night when the lights go down
D7                      G
I wonder if she still remembers those days
Am                            C
And cruel little boys in this one horse town and
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It was clear that she'd never be one of us
         C     Am
With her dowdy clothes
        C  Am
And her violin
      C                   E   D
And a name like Rachel Delevoryas
G     C  G
  C                    E  D    G
A name like Rachel Delevoryas