A Decent Cup of Tea Chords by Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe Tones

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_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ You can sip it, you can slurp it, and no matter what you work [Abm] it in the morning, in the evening [E] you can drink [Gb] it hot or cold, [B] and you can take it with no sugar, or give it to your mother, [Abm] it's the darling of the morning, a decent [B] cup of tea.
You can drink the mugs galore, and your head is never [Abm] sore, if you're steppin' at a [E] party, and you're [Gb] dancin' jigs and reels, [B] and whiskey drinkers will be whinin' with the shakin' and the [Abm] cryin', in the morning they'll be dyin' for a decent [B] cup of tea.
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Them Hindus in the [E] deli keep the [Gb] warmth in your [B] belly, on a cold and frosty morning, just to keep [Gb] your tongue as warm, [Abm] or you don't care for chocolate toffee, [E] you can keep [Gb] your beer and coffee, [Abm]
give me a singing kettle as it sits [B] upon the [Abm] stove.
Every Tom, Dick and Harry [E] loves the tea [Gb] he gets from [B] Barney, he makes it brown and black and every colour [Gb] in between, [Abm] _
Oriental Mr Beaulieu [E] has the tea [Gb] that's good for who [Abm] he's at a wake or at a [E] party, with [Gb] buttermilk and cream.
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Mr Lyons has the cup for your dinner and your [Abm] supper, and the steadily's lipped [E] and they have [Gb] quality and [B] brand, in health if you are ailin', take a mug of elder [Abm] jailin', or sip upon a zotty tea from China [B] or Japan.
While women like to gossip, while down the throat they toss [Abm] it, health elders like to drink [E] it just to pass [Gb] the time away, [B]
the navvy wear a shovel now without his tea is trouble, [Abm] if he doesn't care his break now wear a [B] sandviches and tea.
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The British sips it [E] nicely, the [Gb] Yankee likes it [B] icy, the Japanese and Russians and the Arab [Gb] likes his brew, [Abm]
you can drink now as you please, [E] give a cheer [Gb] for them Chinese, [Abm]
they love to take it sippin' sweet and sour [B] or with a stew.
[Abm] Hold your hindus in your [E] deli, keep the [Gb] warms in your belly, [B] on a cold and frosty morning just to keep [Gb] your toes warm, [Abm] or you don't care for chocolate toffee, [E] you can keep [Gb] your beer or coffee, [Abm]
give me a singing kettle [E] as it sits [Gb] upon the stove.
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Countrymen, reggae and heavy metal [Abm] rockers all rush for the kettle [E] when the show [Gb] it is a [B] stopper, the football holding men and rugby when they're trying, [Abm]
all run for the kettle when the whistle [B] blows for time.
For breakfast and lunch and your supper and your dinner, [Abm]
everybody loves the cup and now the saints [Gb] and the sinners, [B]
for tea is very sure it's the remedy and cure [Abm] for the straightened up fella to send [B] him on his way.
[Abm] We drink it in the morning [E] just before [Gb] the day is done [B] and then we take it strong or weak or with a torque [Gb] or with a [Abm] greak, the clergy with the [E] callers and the Yankee [Gb] with his dollars [Abm] all up to take a drop of milk and sugar [B] in the day.
[Abm] Hold your hindus in your deli, [E] keep the warms [Gb] in your belly, [B] on a cold and frosty morning just to keep your [Gb] toes warm, [Abm] or you don't care for chocolate toffee, [E] you can keep your [Gb] beer or coffee, [Abm] just give me a singing kettle [E] as it sits [Gb] upon the stove.
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All the politicians and the men in high positions, [Abm] the gailers, the [E] impalers, the be-tard, the [Gb] chot, the dollers, [B] the whingers and the ballers, the scroungers and the [Abm] stallers, they love to take it sipping with a biscuit [B] or a bun.
To wake her at a party you can take it strong and hearty, [Abm] you can boil the water rosy, [E] you can warm it [Gb] in a cosy, [B]
in the year that's coming you can tell what's up and running [Abm] just by looking at the tea leaves at the bottom [B] of the cup.
[Abm] Hold your hindus in your deli, [E] keep the warms [Gb] in your belly, [B] on a cold and frosty morning just to keep your [Gb] toes warm, [Abm] or you don't care for chocolate toffee, [E] you can keep your [Gb] beer or coffee, [Abm] just give me a singing kettle as it [B] sits _ _ [Abm] _
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