I Belong to Glasgow Chords by Andy Stewart
Tempo:
163.05 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Will Hyfe.
Now he wrote the international drinking song of people who enjoy a jam everywhere
and he was inspired to write this song by something he saw in Central Station, Glasgow
in the wee small hours of the morning.
He was on his way to play a theatrical date in England
and there was only three people in the Central Station, himself, a young Highland policeman
and a wee drunken Glasgow bachel, a diminutive little fellow not terribly well dressed.
Now this wee bachel was what we call in Scotland stout and drunk.
Now that means your feet touch
the ground and they leave it but they never come down again.
Well the policeman was very ashamed
to see a fellow Scot in such a state of inebriation and he went over and he tapped the wee Glasgow
bachel from behind and he said, tell me sir, do you belong to Glasgow?
He says, no officer,
Glasgow belongs to me.
[D] I've been with a few Macaronis, [G] one or two pals of [C#] mine.
[Bm] We went
in [E] a hotel and we [E] did very well and then we came [A] out once again.
[G] Ah but then we went into [D] another
[G]
and that is the reason [D] I'm through.
[C#] [D]
[E] We had six [Em] [C#] lochendorises then sang [Bm] a [E] chorus.
[A] Now listen, [Bm] I'll sing it [A] with you all together.
[D] Now I belong to Glasgow,
[G] near old Glasgow [D] town.
[E] Ah [D] but what is the matter [Bm] with Glasgow?
Where [E] it's going?
[A] [C#]
[D] I'm only [Bm] a common [E] old [A] working chap [G] as [D] anyone here [E] can see.
[A] [D] But when I [G] get a couple [D] of breaks [B] on a Saturday, [E] Glasgow [A] [D]
belongs to me, [G#m] to me.
Now [G] there's no harm in [D] being teetotal [G] and saving a tenpence or two.
[D] [Bm] If you've [G#] nothing to spend
then you've nothing [E] to lend and that's all the better [A] for you.
[D] But there's no [G] harm in [D] taking
a draffy [G] for it ends all your trouble and [D] strife [E] and it gives [G#] you the feeling [A] that when [C#] you get
home, [A] you won't [Bm] give up for [A]
the [C#] wave.
[D]
I belong to Glasgow,
[G] near old [D] Glasgow [A] town.
[D] Ah but what is
the matter [Bm] with Glasgow?
Where [E] it's going?
[A]
[D] I'm only a [Bm] common [E] old working [A] chap [G] as anyone [D] here [E] can see.
[A] But when [D] I get [G] a couple [D] of [C#] drinks on [B] a Saturday, [E] [F#m] Glasgow [A] belongs to [D] me.
[Bm] [D]
[N]
Now he wrote the international drinking song of people who enjoy a jam everywhere
and he was inspired to write this song by something he saw in Central Station, Glasgow
in the wee small hours of the morning.
He was on his way to play a theatrical date in England
and there was only three people in the Central Station, himself, a young Highland policeman
and a wee drunken Glasgow bachel, a diminutive little fellow not terribly well dressed.
Now this wee bachel was what we call in Scotland stout and drunk.
Now that means your feet touch
the ground and they leave it but they never come down again.
Well the policeman was very ashamed
to see a fellow Scot in such a state of inebriation and he went over and he tapped the wee Glasgow
bachel from behind and he said, tell me sir, do you belong to Glasgow?
He says, no officer,
Glasgow belongs to me.
[D] I've been with a few Macaronis, [G] one or two pals of [C#] mine.
[Bm] We went
in [E] a hotel and we [E] did very well and then we came [A] out once again.
[G] Ah but then we went into [D] another
[G]
and that is the reason [D] I'm through.
[C#] [D]
[E] We had six [Em] [C#] lochendorises then sang [Bm] a [E] chorus.
[A] Now listen, [Bm] I'll sing it [A] with you all together.
[D] Now I belong to Glasgow,
[G] near old Glasgow [D] town.
[E] Ah [D] but what is the matter [Bm] with Glasgow?
Where [E] it's going?
[A] [C#]
[D] I'm only [Bm] a common [E] old [A] working chap [G] as [D] anyone here [E] can see.
[A] [D] But when I [G] get a couple [D] of breaks [B] on a Saturday, [E] Glasgow [A] [D]
belongs to me, [G#m] to me.
Now [G] there's no harm in [D] being teetotal [G] and saving a tenpence or two.
[D] [Bm] If you've [G#] nothing to spend
then you've nothing [E] to lend and that's all the better [A] for you.
[D] But there's no [G] harm in [D] taking
a draffy [G] for it ends all your trouble and [D] strife [E] and it gives [G#] you the feeling [A] that when [C#] you get
home, [A] you won't [Bm] give up for [A]
the [C#] wave.
[D]
I belong to Glasgow,
[G] near old [D] Glasgow [A] town.
[D] Ah but what is
the matter [Bm] with Glasgow?
Where [E] it's going?
[A]
[D] I'm only a [Bm] common [E] old working [A] chap [G] as anyone [D] here [E] can see.
[A] But when [D] I get [G] a couple [D] of [C#] drinks on [B] a Saturday, [E] [F#m] Glasgow [A] belongs to [D] me.
[Bm] [D]
[N]
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Will Hyfe.
Now he wrote the _ international drinking song of people who enjoy a jam everywhere
and he was inspired to write this song by something he saw in Central Station, Glasgow
in the wee small hours of the morning.
He was on his way to play a theatrical date in England
and there was only three people in the Central Station, himself, _ a young Highland policeman
and a wee drunken Glasgow bachel, _ _ _ a diminutive little fellow not terribly well dressed. _ _
Now this wee bachel was what we call in Scotland _ stout and drunk.
_ _ Now that means your feet touch
the ground and they leave it but they never come down again.
_ _ _ Well the policeman was very ashamed
to see a fellow Scot in such a state of _ inebriation and he went over and he tapped the wee Glasgow
bachel from behind and he said, tell me sir, do you belong to Glasgow?
_ He says, no officer,
_ _ Glasgow belongs to me. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] I've been with a few Macaronis, [G] one or two pals of [C#] mine.
[Bm] We went
in [E] a hotel and we [E] did very well and then we came [A] out once again.
_ [G] Ah but then we went into [D] another
_ [G]
and that is the reason [D] I'm through.
[C#] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] We had six _ [Em] _ [C#] lochendorises then sang [Bm] a [E] chorus.
[A] Now listen, [Bm] I'll sing it [A] with you all together.
[D] Now I _ belong to _ Glasgow, _ _ _
[G] _ near old Glasgow [D] _ town.
[E] _ Ah [D] but what is the matter [Bm] with Glasgow?
_ Where [E] it's _ going? _ _
[A] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[D] I'm only [Bm] a common [E] old [A] working chap [G] as [D] anyone here [E] can see.
[A] _ [D] But when I [G] get a couple [D] of breaks [B] on a Saturday, [E] _ Glasgow [A] _ _ [D]
belongs to me, _ [G#m] to me.
_ _ Now [G] there's no harm in [D] being teetotal _ [G] and saving a tenpence or two.
[D] _ [Bm] If you've [G#] nothing to spend
then you've nothing [E] to lend _ and that's all the better [A] for you.
_ [D] But there's no [G] harm in [D] taking
a draffy _ [G] for it ends all your trouble and [D] strife _ _ [E] and it gives [G#] you the feeling [A] that when [C#] you get
home, [A] you won't [Bm] give up for [A]
the _ _ [C#] wave.
[D] _
_ I _ belong to Glasgow, _ _ _
[G] _ near old _ [D] Glasgow _ [A] town. _
[D] Ah but what is
the matter [Bm] with _ Glasgow?
Where [E] it's going? _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] I'm only a [Bm] _ common [E] old working [A] chap _ [G] as anyone [D] _ here [E] can see.
_ [A] _ But when [D] I get [G] a couple [D] of [C#] drinks on [B] a Saturday, [E] _ [F#m] Glasgow _ [A] belongs _ _ to _ [D] me.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Now he wrote the _ international drinking song of people who enjoy a jam everywhere
and he was inspired to write this song by something he saw in Central Station, Glasgow
in the wee small hours of the morning.
He was on his way to play a theatrical date in England
and there was only three people in the Central Station, himself, _ a young Highland policeman
and a wee drunken Glasgow bachel, _ _ _ a diminutive little fellow not terribly well dressed. _ _
Now this wee bachel was what we call in Scotland _ stout and drunk.
_ _ Now that means your feet touch
the ground and they leave it but they never come down again.
_ _ _ Well the policeman was very ashamed
to see a fellow Scot in such a state of _ inebriation and he went over and he tapped the wee Glasgow
bachel from behind and he said, tell me sir, do you belong to Glasgow?
_ He says, no officer,
_ _ Glasgow belongs to me. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] I've been with a few Macaronis, [G] one or two pals of [C#] mine.
[Bm] We went
in [E] a hotel and we [E] did very well and then we came [A] out once again.
_ [G] Ah but then we went into [D] another
_ [G]
and that is the reason [D] I'm through.
[C#] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] We had six _ [Em] _ [C#] lochendorises then sang [Bm] a [E] chorus.
[A] Now listen, [Bm] I'll sing it [A] with you all together.
[D] Now I _ belong to _ Glasgow, _ _ _
[G] _ near old Glasgow [D] _ town.
[E] _ Ah [D] but what is the matter [Bm] with Glasgow?
_ Where [E] it's _ going? _ _
[A] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
[D] I'm only [Bm] a common [E] old [A] working chap [G] as [D] anyone here [E] can see.
[A] _ [D] But when I [G] get a couple [D] of breaks [B] on a Saturday, [E] _ Glasgow [A] _ _ [D]
belongs to me, _ [G#m] to me.
_ _ Now [G] there's no harm in [D] being teetotal _ [G] and saving a tenpence or two.
[D] _ [Bm] If you've [G#] nothing to spend
then you've nothing [E] to lend _ and that's all the better [A] for you.
_ [D] But there's no [G] harm in [D] taking
a draffy _ [G] for it ends all your trouble and [D] strife _ _ [E] and it gives [G#] you the feeling [A] that when [C#] you get
home, [A] you won't [Bm] give up for [A]
the _ _ [C#] wave.
[D] _
_ I _ belong to Glasgow, _ _ _
[G] _ near old _ [D] Glasgow _ [A] town. _
[D] Ah but what is
the matter [Bm] with _ Glasgow?
Where [E] it's going? _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] I'm only a [Bm] _ common [E] old working [A] chap _ [G] as anyone [D] _ here [E] can see.
_ [A] _ But when [D] I get [G] a couple [D] of [C#] drinks on [B] a Saturday, [E] _ [F#m] Glasgow _ [A] belongs _ _ to _ [D] me.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
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