by Randy Stonehill
[G]Rachel Delevoryas
With her [Em]thick eye glasses and her [Am]plain Jane face
[D7]Sat beside me in my [G]fifth grade class
[Am]Looking so terribly [C]out of [D]place
[G]Rachel played the violin
[Em]And classical music was [Am]out of style
[D7]She couldn't control all her [G]wild brown hair
[Am]Her nervous laughter and her [C]awkward smile and
[D]It was clear that she'd never be one of [Am]us
With her [C]dowdy [Am]clothes
And her [C]vio[Am]lin
And a [C]name like Rachel Dele[EM]vor[D]ya[G]s
[G] [Am] [D7]
[G] [Am] [D7]
[G]But I'd pass by her [D]house in the evening
[Em]Going to play with my [Am]best friend Ray
[C]And the music [D]floating from her [Em]window
[Am]Spoke the things that [C]Rachel could [D]never [G]say
[G] [Am] [D7]
[G] [Am] [D7]
[G]Rachel Delevoryas
Was [Em]eating her lunch as the [Am]boys walked by
[D7]"Rachel is ugly" she [G]heard them shout
She [Am]sat on the schoolyard [C]bench and cried and
[D]It was clear that she'd never be one of [Am]us
With her [C]dowdy [Am]clothes
And her [C]vio[Am]lin
And a [C]name like Rachel Dele[Em]vor[D]ya[G]s
[G] [C] [G]
[D7]And every year the [G]hedge got [G/F#]higher
[Em] As it grew around [Am]Rachel's house
[C]Like the secret [D]wall in[Em]side her
[Am]That she built to [C]keep all the [D7]heartache out
[G] [Am] [D7]
[G] [Am] [D7]
[G]Rachel Delevoryas
[Em]Moved back east with her [Am]family
[D7]Now she's dressed in a [G]beautiful gown
[Am]Standing on stage with the [C]sympho[D]ny
[G]Rachel plays the violin
[Em]But every night when the [Am]lights go down
[D7]I wonder if she still re[G]members those days
[Am]And cruel little boys in this [C]one horse town and
[D]It was clear that she'd never be one of [Am]us
With her [C]dowdy [Am]clothes
And her [C]vio[Am]lin
And a [C]name like Rachel Del[E]evor[D]yas
[G] [C] [G]
A [C]name like Rachel Dele[E]vor[D]yas[G]
Copyright1992 Stonehillian Music/Word Music/Twitchin' Vibes Music/ASCAP
Transcription by Return to Paradise
Formatted by B+ Chords http://members.tripod.com/BPlusChords
[G]Rachel Delevoryas
With her [Em]thick eye glasses and her [Am]plain Jane face
[D7]Sat beside me in my [G]fifth grade class
[Am]Looking so terribly [C]out of [D]place
[G]Rachel played the violin
[Em]And classical music was [Am]out of style
[D7]She couldn't control all her [G]wild brown hair
[Am]Her nervous laughter and her [C]awkward smile and
[D]It was clear that she'd never be one of [Am]us
With her [C]dowdy [Am]clothes
And her [C]vio[Am]lin
And a [C]name like Rachel Dele[EM]vor[D]ya[G]s
[G] [Am] [D7]
[G] [Am] [D7]
[G]But I'd pass by her [D]house in the evening
[Em]Going to play with my [Am]best friend Ray
[C]And the music [D]floating from her [Em]window
[Am]Spoke the things that [C]Rachel could [D]never [G]say
[G] [Am] [D7]
[G] [Am] [D7]
[G]Rachel Delevoryas
Was [Em]eating her lunch as the [Am]boys walked by
[D7]"Rachel is ugly" she [G]heard them shout
She [Am]sat on the schoolyard [C]bench and cried and
[D]It was clear that she'd never be one of [Am]us
With her [C]dowdy [Am]clothes
And her [C]vio[Am]lin
And a [C]name like Rachel Dele[Em]vor[D]ya[G]s
[G] [C] [G]
[D7]And every year the [G]hedge got [G/F#]higher
[Em] As it grew around [Am]Rachel's house
[C]Like the secret [D]wall in[Em]side her
[Am]That she built to [C]keep all the [D7]heartache out
[G] [Am] [D7]
[G] [Am] [D7]
[G]Rachel Delevoryas
[Em]Moved back east with her [Am]family
[D7]Now she's dressed in a [G]beautiful gown
[Am]Standing on stage with the [C]sympho[D]ny
[G]Rachel plays the violin
[Em]But every night when the [Am]lights go down
[D7]I wonder if she still re[G]members those days
[Am]And cruel little boys in this [C]one horse town and
[D]It was clear that she'd never be one of [Am]us
With her [C]dowdy [Am]clothes
And her [C]vio[Am]lin
And a [C]name like Rachel Del[E]evor[D]yas
[G] [C] [G]
A [C]name like Rachel Dele[E]vor[D]yas[G]
Copyright1992 Stonehillian Music/Word Music/Twitchin' Vibes Music/ASCAP
Transcription by Return to Paradise
Formatted by B+ Chords http://members.tripod.com/BPlusChords
