Intro:   D    G    A   D    Bm   A  (2x) 

D                                 G              A                 D   G  Bm  A  
I met a man whose brother said he knew a man who knew the Oxford girl 
D                                 G              A                 D   G  Bm  A 
I met a man whose brother said he knew a man who knew the Oxford girl 
      A            D           
Is it true what you hear, did he do it out of fear 
        A           G             D 
Was the day drawing near when the child would start to show 
        A         D 
Was it rage or shame, or the damage to his name 
       F#m                   G       A 
Was it something worse, does anybody know 
        A         D 
Did she pay the price, for making men look twice 
         A             G              D 
Like a glimpse of paradise across the dull and bitter land 
        A         D           
Did she pass them by, did she dare to meet their eye 
        F#m                G              A 
Did she scorn them all and did they understand 


    G                   D 
A grief to her father, did she really leave him 
                        G                  A 
A lover to her brother, yes we all believe him 
     C                     G                         D 
Temptation to look better, no better than she should be 
   F#m                   G              A 
Unfaithful to her lover, he always knew she would be 


           Bm          G         D 
She said I never had a chance to prove them wrong 
            G                A 
My time was short, the story long 
     Bm          G         D 
No I never had a chance to prove them wrong 
            G                  A 
It's always them who write the song 


D                                 G              A                 D   G  Bm  A  
I met a man whose brother said he knew a man who knew the Oxford girl 
D                                 G              A                 D   G  Bm  A 
I met a man whose brother said he knew a man who knew the Oxford girl 
       A      D  
Did he go to ground, was the suitcase ever found 
        A                    G          D 
Did the police come storming round on a trail already cold 
       A           D           
Did he lead them a dance, did he run away to France 
          F#m          G                  A 
Or did he shop himself before the day was old 
            A        D           
Now she was bound to loose if she set her face to choose 
     A           G              D 
They never could excuse her for stirring up their fears 
        A       D           
She was much to young, now the earth has stilled her tongue 
        F#m             G                A 
You can hear the voices calling down the years 


           Bm          G         D 
She said I never had a chance to prove them wrong 
            G                A 
My time was short, the story long 
     Bm          G         D 
No I never had a chance to prove them wrong 
            G                  A 
It's always them who write the song 


D                                 G              A                 D   G  Bm  A  
I met a man whose brother said he knew a man who knew the Oxford girl 
D                                 G              A                 D   G  Bm  A 
I met a man whose brother said he knew a man who knew the Oxford girl