Chords for Harris and the Mare

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[C] Harris, my old friend, [Bb] good to see you face [F] again.
_ [Bb] More welcome, though, [F] yon trap and that old mare,
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_ [Bb] For the wife is in a [F] swoon and I am all alone.
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Harris, fetch thy [F] mare and take us home. _
_ _ _ [C] The wife and I came out [Bb] for a quiet glass of [F] stout, _
[Bb] And a word or two with neighbors in the [F]
[C] room.
_ _ _ [Bb] But young Clary he came in [F] as drunk and wild as sin,
And swore the wife would leave the place with him.
_ _ _ _ [C] But the wife as quick as thought, _ said, [Bb] no I'll bloody [F] not,
_ [Bb] Then struck the brutal blow about the [C] head. _ _ _
He [Bb] raised his ugly paw and he lashed her on [F] the jaw,
_ [Bb] And she fell unto the floor like she were [F] dead. _ _
_ [C] Now, Harris, well you know, [Bb] I've never struck an angry [F] blow,
_ [Bb] Nor would I keep a friend who [F] raised his hand.
[C] _ _ I was a conchie in the war, _ crying, what [Fm] the hell's this for?
But I had [Bb] to see his blood to be a [F]
man.
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[C] I grabbed him by his coat, _ [Bb] spun him round and took his [F] throat,
_ [Bb] And beat his head upon the parlour [F] door.
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He dragged [Bb] out an awful knife, and he roared, I'll have [F] your life.
Then [Ab] he stuck me [G] and I fell unto [F] the floor. _
_ _ [C] Now blood I was from neck to thigh, _ [Bb] bloody murder in [F] his eye.
As [Bb] he shouted out, I'll finish you [C] for sure.
_ _ _ _ [Bb] But as the knife came down, I lashed out from [F] the ground,
[Bbm] And the knife was [Gm] in his breast and he [F] rolled.
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[C] Now with the wife as cold as clay, [Bb] I carried her [F] away.
_ No hand was raised to help us through the [C] door, _ _
_ And [Bb] I've brought her half [F] a mile, but I've had to rest [Fm] a while, _ _
And none of them I'll call. _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] For when the knife came down, I was helpless on the [F] ground.
No [Bb] _ neighbour stayed his hand, I was [C] alone.
_ _ _ [Bb] By God, I was a [F] man, but now I cannot [Fm] stand.
_ _ Please, Harris, [G] fetch thy mare and [Fm] take us home. _ _ _
[C] Oh, Harris, fetch thy mare and take us out of [F] here.
In my [Bb]
nine and fifty years, [F] I'd never [C] known
_ _ That to [Bb] call myself a man, for my loved [C] one I must stand.
Now, [Bbm] Harris, fetch thy [G] mare [F] and take us home.
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