Chords for Frank Hennesy - Cardiff Born Cardiff Bred

_ I want two [G] streets bald. _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] Well I learned the tarp [C] in Cardiff,
_ [D] and I tarps Cardiff okay.
_ _ [G] I learned it in the [C] little old school house,
[D] down the bottom of Old Tiger Bay.
[Am] [G] Because I'm Cardiff bald, [C] _
Cardiff red,
[D] when I die [G] time be Cardiff dead.
They'll build a little [C]
new squad,
[D] in memory [G] of me.
_ [D] Aren't you a wee [G] Erskine yet?
_ [D] _ _ _ Well there were Polish and there [C] were Italians,
_ _ [D] _
Pakistanis [G] and there were [D] Greeks,
I don't believe it, [G] but I was the only [C] _ Welshman,
[D] _ who knew the right way to speak.
Because [G] I'm Cardiff bald, _ [C] Cardiff red,
[D] when I die time be Cardiff [G] dead.
They'll build a [C] little new squad,
_ [D] in memory [G] _ of me.
_ [D] _ I nag a [G] pack a year,
_ [D] _ _ _
[G] well I thought I'd take [C] a vacation, _
[D] to _ Aberystwyth, watch on sea. _
[G] _ When I arrived at the [C] station,
there was [Bm] [A] nobody talking like me.
Because [G] I'm Cardiff bald, [C] Cardiff red,
[D] _ when I die time [G] be Cardiff dead.
They'll build a little [C] new squad, _
[D] in memory [G] of me. _
_ [D] Arriba, arriba, [G] arriba! _ _ _
[D] _ _ That's Barry [G] Packard. _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] I wanted a public [C] convenience,
_ [D] a policeman came walking [G] [D] along.
He [G] said, show me your hand, I [C] said,
let me see that, [D] he said,
down by the sea and straight on.
[Am] Because [G] I'm Cardiff bald, [C] _ Cardiff red,
[D] when I die [G] time be Cardiff dead.
They'll build a little [C] new squad,
[D] in memory [G] _
of me.
_ [D] _ _ _
[G] Oh, do you know my [C] Aunty Mary?
She [D] used to drink in the [G] Mashinesser [D] Butte. _
[G] She'd be moving to New [C] Zealand,
now [D] because of the Wellington boot.
[G] Oh, I'm Cardiff bald, [C] Cardiff red,
[Dm] when I die [G] time be Cardiff dead.
They'll build a little [C] new squad,
_ [Em]
in memory _ [G] of me.
[D] Well, _ _ [G] my name is Mohamed [C] Ali,
_ _ _ [D] _ Mohamed Ali Jones.
_ [G] _ I've got Jamaica [C] in my blood,
[D] but few streets in my bones.
Because [G] I'm Cardiff bald, [C] Cardiff red,
[D] when I [G] die time be Cardiff dead.
They'll build a [C] little new squad,
[G] in memory of me.
_ [D] And this one was specially [G] commissioned
by the Wales Tourist Board.
[D] _ _ _
[G] Do you know my cousin [C] Lily? _ _
[D] She took some friends from Norwich,
_ [G]
on holidays [C] up North [D] Wales,
in a self-igniting coffee jar.
[G]
I'm Cardiff bald, _ [C] Cardiff red, _
[D] when I die [G] time be Cardiff dead.
They'll build a little new [C] squad, _
[D] in memory [G] of me. _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] Now, Margaret Thatcher [C] came to Cardiff,
_ [D] to speak about _
[G] [D] devolution.
_ [G] We had to send her down [C] Forth Mamma [Am] Road,
for a course on _ elocution.
Because [G] we're Cardiff bald, [C] Cardiff red,
[D] when I [G] die time be Cardiff dead.
They'll build a [C] little new squad,
_ [D] in memory [G]
of me.
_ _ [D] _ And this is a highly [G] political one, ladies and gentlemen,
[D] written in honour of the [G] Toxland riots.
_ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] There was a riot in Cardiff [C] last Saturday night,
[D] with cocktails by [G] Molotov.
[D] _ They [G] threw a petrol bomb in [C] the Greyhound,
and [Am] he drank it before it went off.
Oh, [G]
I'm Cardiff bald, [C] Cardiff red, _
[D] when I die time [G] be Cardiff dead.
They'll build a little [C] plotting squad,
[D] in memory [G] of me. _
[D] _ _ _ [G] Now, Cardiff is a [C] beautiful city, Grigio.
[D] We've got the castle and Cardiff lambs packed.
[G] We're thinking of adopting [C] a mascot,
_ [D] a great big huge point of brain stack.
Because [G] we're Cardiff bald, _ [C] Cardiff red,
[D] when I die [G] time be Cardiff dead.
They'll build a