Chords for Herb Pedersen - The Hey Boys

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When I was a young man I lived along the Merrimack, washed in the river when the water [B] ran clean.
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] I waited for the day I could buy me a cattle, I can see a lot of things that I never [F#] have _ seen.
_ _ Hey, [C#] hey, hey _ [F#] boys, I think I'm [C#] getting old. _ _
_ _ _ [B] Sitting [C#] by the fire [B] when the weather [C#] gets _ cold. _ _
I don't care _ [F#] _ _
down [G#] around the _ _ farm, _ _ [C#] and another little drink [F#] won't do us [G#] any _ _ _ harm. _ _ _
[C#] Bear back, talk about your politics, fight about religion and worry [B] about war. _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#] _ I'll sit spitting in the fireplace and pour a little cider when your throat [F#] gets _ _ _ old.
Hey, [C#] hey, hey boys, I think I'm getting _ old. _ _ _
_ [B] Sitting [C#] by the fire [B] when the weather [C#] gets cold.
_ _ _ I [F#] don't care _ _ _ down around the [G#] _ _ farm, _ _ [C#] and another little drink [F#] won't do us [G#] any _ harm.
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Hey, [C#] hey, hey boys, I think I'm getting _ _ _ old.
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Sitting [C#] by the fire [B] when the weather [C#] gets cold.
_ _ _ [D#] I [F#] don't care _ _ _ down [G#] around the _ _ _ _ farm, [C#] and another little drink won't do us any [G#] _ harm. _
_ Hey, [C#] hey, hey boys, I think I'm getting _ _ old. _ _
_ [B] Sitting [C#] by the fire [B] when the weather [C#] gets cold.
_ _ _ I [F#] don't care _ _ _ down [G#] around the _ farm, _ _ _ _ [C#] _
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_ _ _ [B] another little drink won't do [C#] us any harm. _ _ _ _
[B] And another little drink [F#] won't do us any [C#] harm.
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