Chords for Andy Irvine - The Close Shave

[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] Well this one is a [G] song about [F] gold miners in New Zealand [Bb] and it's a kind [C] of
It's taken from a song.
I used to sing called Patrick [Bb] Street in which
_ Sailor come home from sea and gets extremely drunk and gets off
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_ _ _ _ [Cm] when he wakes up in the morning, she's gone no [Bb] longer a lovely woman
She's taken his clothes and his money and let's go back to ship naked and start all [Eb] over again
But my [Bb] friend in New Zealand Bob [F] Pickerton decided this is pretty [Bbm] tame stuff
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[Bb] So he _ concocted this one it's called the cliche
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_ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ gather round you diggers [Bb] all who work the [C] gold fields [F] rare
It's all the trick was played on me and it's caused me to [C] despair
[F] I've been to [Bb] town the other day me precious gold to [F] trade and there I met a pretty maid
Who did me heart betray [Bb] and her lips were red as roses her [C] eyes a deep sky blue
[F] Her hair as yellow as the gold she stole from me and you
_ _ We went into a public house and there we did him by
Whiskey and strong poor girl drenched us [C] off the sides
[F] But then she [Bb] asked me up to bed to which I did [F] agree
But truth to tell I fell asleep before she turned her feet
And her lips were red as roses [Bb] her eyes a [C] deep sky blue
[F] Her hair [Am] as yellow [Bb] as the gold she [C] stole from me [F] and you
That night you woke [Bb] next [F] morning
No trousers could I find but scattered [Bb] all around the [F] room were women's [C] clothes so [F] fine
These jacket [Bb] shoes and gold was gone and all that's left behind [F] was a woman's dress a yellow wig and a shaving kit not mine
[Bb] Her lips were [F] red as roses [Bb] her eyes [C] a deep sky [F] blue
Her hair as [Am] yellow as the [Bb] gold she stole [F] from me and you
_ _ _ Why did she need a wig?
Why did she need to shave?
Was that the truth that struck me in a fit of [C] blinding [F] rage?
She's pretty names a man I cried and thanks [Bb] be I fell [F] asleep
I'd rather lose a bag of gold than wake up with that creep
[Bb] Her lips were [F] red as roses her eyes a [C] deep sky [F] blue
Her hair as [Am] yellow [Bb] as the [F] gold she stole from me and you _
_ _ To venture in the street again I [C] cautiously inclined
[F] I had a [Bb] shave put on the wig and wore the [C] dress so [F] fine
And as I [Bb] walked along the street a digger gave a [F] wink
And I thought of all the gold he had and I offered him a drink
Her [Bb] lips were red as roses her eyes a [C] deep sky [F] blue
Her hair [Am] as yellow as the [Bb] gold [C] she stole from me [F] and you _ _ _ _
Now you may think it's simple you may [C] think it [F] bold
To take [Bb] advantage of the lads who [C] struggle for the gold
[F] It's easy putting on a dress [Bb] and drinking whiskey [F] neat
But leave your shaving kit [Bb] behind when [F] they are fast asleep
[Bb] Her lips [Dm] were red as roses her eyes [C] a deep sky blue
[Bb] Her hair as yellow as the gold she stole [C] from [F] me and you
[Bb] Her [F] lips were red as roses [Dm] her eyes [C] a deep sky blue
[F] Her hair as yellow [Am] as the [F] gold she stole from me and you _ _ _ _ _ _
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