Chords for Explainer - When Basil Come

[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
This [Ab] song _ _ is [Bb] specially dedicated [Eb] _ to the high _ [Bb] and the mighty, _ the weak _
[A] and the [Ab] strong, to [Gm] everyone, _ everywhere.
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[Eb] Whenever death comes, _ [Cm] _
as you [Eb] know he must, _ [Cm] _
I say would [Eb] you beg [Cm] for time to straighten up [Fm] your things, but
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would you [Fm] say he's _ [E] impotent, _ he [Ab] should not make _ [Bb] appointments, _ _ _ _ beggars lying all _ about, with flight buzzing round their mouth,
would you tell him as he'll go and [Eb] check them all, _ _ _ _ cause he don't go back _ [Ab] once he _ [Bb] comes, _ _ [Eb] he don't take _ [Gm] bribe or cash [Ab] nor _ [Bb] rum, _
[A] _ _ [Ab] _ _ if [Bb] you lash on the [Gm] face, or he [Cm] should wait every [Ab] day, it's [Bb] time _ _ [Cm] before he _ comes, _
[F] _ [Ab] I say [Bb] contest _ before [Cm] death _ [Ab] comes. _
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_ _ [Eb] _ _ Whenever [Gm] _ _
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[Eb] _ _ death _ _ [Cm] comes, as you know he must, _ _ I say [Eb] would you watch the [Cm] guy just so and [Fm] start to cross,
_ [Bb] _
would you say you're all [E] kind to neighbours, _ you [Ab] never give them _ [Bb] horrors, _ _ or you always used to mountain [Eb] out _ sunshine, _ _
_ cause he don't go _ back _ [Ab] once he comes, [Bb] _
_ he don't [Eb] take _ [Bb] bribe or _ cash [Fm] nor rum,
_ [Bb] _
[A] _ _ [Ab] _ if you suffer [Bb] _
for this man, who [Eb] should get _ [Ab] promotion, _ it's [Bb] time _ before [Cm] he _ _ _ [Dm] comes, [Ab] I say contest [Bb] _
before _ [Eb] death comes.
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Whenever death _ [Cm] comes, as he must [Gm] someday, _ _ [Cm] _ _
would you [Eb] be able [Cm] friend to turn to the guy [Fm] and say,
_ [Bb] _ the many [Fm] homes you have [E] broken, _ so [Ab] much lies you have [Bb] spoken, _ _ _ the different candles that you light, to make your neighbour light a blight,
_ check yourself and make [Fm] sure your business [Eb] runs, _ _ _ _ cause he don't go back _ [Ab] once he comes, _ [Bb] _ he [Eb] don't take _ [Bb] bribe or cash [Fm]
nor rum,
[Bb] _ _ [A] _ _ [Ab] _
so if [Bb] you're just on the [Gm] face, or he [Eb] should wait every [Ab] _
day, it's time [Bb] _ before [Cm] he _ comes, _ _ [D] [Ab] I say contest _ [Bb] before _ [Eb] death _ [Cm] comes.
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contest [Bb] _ before _ [Cm] he comes, he comes like a thief [Bb] in the [Ab] night, _
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make sure your business [Ab] rides, _ _ contest [Bb] _ before [Cm] he comes,
when he [Bb] make he [Ab] attack, _ _
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fast he going _ [Ab] back. _ _
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