Arthur McBride Chords by Andy Irvine

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_ _ _ Old me and my cousin won't afford my pride [C] As we went [G]
a-walkin' down by the _ seaside
Now mark [A] what [G] followed and what did be tied For it bein' on Christmas [D] _ _ morning
_ [G] Hard for [A] recreation [G] we went on a tramp On [C] the Met's [G] archin' upper and _ corporal vamp
_ And a little [A] we drummer [G] _ _ intendin' to count For the day bein' pleasant [D] and _ [G] charming _
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_ _ _ _ Good [A] mornin', good [G] mornin', the sergeant did cry And the same to you gentlemen we did reply _ _
[D] Intendin' no harm [G] but meant to pass by For it bein' on Christmas [D] _ _
morning
But [G] says he, my [A] fine [G] fellows, if you will enlist It's ten guineas in gold that will slip in your fist
And a crown [A] and a [G] bargain for to kick up the dust _ And drink the king's health [D] in the _ [G] morning _ _ _ _
For a soldier [D] he [G] leads a very fine life And he always is blessed with a charming young wife
And he pays [D] all his [G] debts without sorrow or _ strife And always lives pleasant and [D] charming _ _ _
And a soldier he always is decent and clean [C] In the finest [G] of clothing he's constantly seen _
While other poor fellows go dirty and mean And sup on a thin grill in [D] the morn
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But says Arthur, I wouldn't be proud of your clothes [C] For you've only the lend of them as I suppose
And you dare [A] not change [G]
them one night For you know if you do you'll be flogged in the [D] morning
_ [G] And although [A] that we are single and free [C] We take [G] great delight in [C] our [G] own company
_ And we have no desire strange faces to see _ Although the cheer offers [D] are _ [G] charming
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_ [G] And we have no desire to take your advance [C] All [G] hazards and dangers we barter on chance
For you would have no scruples for to send us to France Where we would get shot [D] without _ [G] warning
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no, [A] says the sergeant, [G] I'll have no such chat And [C] I [G] neither will take it from [C]
spouting or brat
_ [G] For if you insult me with one other word _ I'll cut off your _ heads in [D] the morning
_ [G] And then Arthur and I we soon drew our hearts And [C] we [G] scarce gave them time for [C] to draw their own blades
[G] When a trusty chilele came over their heads And had them taken at a [D] spell _ _ [G] morning
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_ [Bm] And their old [D] rusty _ [G] rafers that hung by their side [C] We flung them [G] as far [C] as we could in the tide
_ [G] Now take them out of those, _ cried Arthur my bride And tempered their edge [D] in the morning _
_ [G] And the little [D] wee drummer [G] we flattened his plough And we made a football [C] of this rowdy _ dowdow
[G] Threw it [A] in the tide [G] for to rock and to roll And bad at a tedious [D] _ _ [G] returning
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we haven't [Am] no money, [G] paid them off in cracks _ [C] And we paid [G] no respect to their [C] two bloody backs
[G] While we [A] lauded them there [G] like a pair of wet sacks And left them for dead [D] in the _ morning
_ [G] And so to [A] conclude [G] and to finish disputes We [C] _ _ [G] obligingly asked if [C] they wanted to recruise
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While we [A] were the [G] lot who would give them hard plugs _ And bid them look sharp [D] in the _ _ [G] morning _
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Oh me and my cousin won Arthur my bride [C] As we [G] went a-walking down by the seaside
I mark what [A] followed [G] and what did we tide For it being on _ Christmas [D] _
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