Chords for A Comical Genius - The Dubliners (Barney McKenna) - Christ Church Cathedral

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[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ A comical genius was thinking one day
How [D] he'd seep up a job and receive handy pay
[Em] He did not like begging [D] and work was too hard
[Em] So he got a bright notion to join up the guards
Diddle-dee-ay-dum, diddle-dee-ay-dum, diddle-dee-ay-dum-dum-day
A comical genius was thinking one day
[D] How he'd seep up a job and receive handy pay
[Em] He did not like begging and [D] work was too hard
[Em] So he got a bright notion to join up the guards
Diddle-dee-ay-dum, diddle-dee-ay-dum, diddle-dee-ay-dum-dum-day _
Well he went up to Dublin to the depot, went in
Got [D] a new suit of blue, as bright as new pins
[Em] They drilled him, they drilled him, [A] they drilled him [D] so hard
The [Em] old sergeant proclaimed him a fully-fledged guard
Diddle-dee-ay-dum, diddle-dee-ay-dum _ _ _ -dum-day _
He was stationed somewhere near the town of Attai
Round [D] the roads of that district he kept a close eye
All [Em] the girls, they admired him, [D] as all women do
[Em] Fall in love with the guard and his new suit of blue
Diddle-dee-ay-dum, diddle-dee-ay-dum, diddle-dee-ay-dum-dum-day _
They'd laugh, they'd wink, and they'd nod as he'd pass
[D] Oh, but this silly guard had his eye on one mass
[Em] But this little collie, [D] she'd been to die hard
[Em] So made it quite clear that she wanted no guard
Diddle-dee-ay-dum, diddle-dee-ay-dum, diddle-dee-ay-dum-dum-day _
One time while on duty on a dark winter's night
[D] He caught her out cycling without any light
[Em] "'Where's your light, Miss?'
said he, [D] for an answer said she
[E] "'It's next to me, liver, where you'll never be'
Diddle-dee [Em]-ay-dum, diddle-dee-ay-dum, diddle-dee-ay-dum-dum-day
Diddle-dee-ay-dum, diddle-dee-ay-dum, diddle-dee-ay-dum [E]-dum _ -day _ _ _ _ _
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