The Little Drummer Girl Chords by Karan Casey & John Doyle

[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _
I [B] was brought up in Yorkshire and when I was sixteen I ran away to London [G] and a soldier [F#m] I became.
[Bm] Me white cap and feathers likewise [F#m] me rattle and drum, [B] they learned me [F#m] to play upon the
rub-a [B]-dub-a-dum.
With me gentle [E] weight so [Bm] slender and my fingers [A] long and small could [B] play upon the rub-a-dub-a-dum
the best of them [Bm] all. _ _ _ _
_ [B] Many a world of fights me [Bm] boys I saw [E] till the [B] field, how boldly I defied them [G] all and
I [F#m] refused to yield.
[B] But none of me [Bm] trousers were [F#m] lofted I did [B] smile, to think [F#m] I lay with a thousand men
and needn't [B] all the while.
Me white cap and [F#m] feathers [Bm] likewise me [F#m] rattle and [Bm] drum, they learned me to play upon the
rub-a [F#m]-dub-a-dum.
[Bm] With me gentle weight so slender and my fingers [A] long and small [G] could play [A] upon the rub-a [F#]-dub-a-dum
the best [Bm] of them all.
_ [A] _ _
_ [Bm] _ [F#m] _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _
[B] They never found my secret [E] out until this [Bm] very hour, they sent [B] me up to London to be
[F#m] sentry at their tower.
[B] The lady fell in love with me, found I [C#] was a [B] maid, she sent me to my officer and my [F#m] secret
she betrayed well [Bm] he humbled my [C#] red tunic [Bm] and he found that it was true.
It's a shame he said to lose a pretty [F#m] grummer boy like you.
And [Bm] now I must return and go it all along _ with my [B] old [F#m] comrades no longer can [Bm] I roam
with me white cap [A] and [Bm] feathers likewise [F#m] me rattle and drum _ [Bm] they learned me to play upon
[G] the [F#m] rub-a-dub-a [Bm]-dum with me gentle [A] weight so [Bm] slender and my fingers [C#] long and small
[G] could [A] play upon the [F#] rub-a-dub-a-dum the best [E] of them all.
[G] With me [A] white cap and [Bm] feather likewise me [F#m] rattle and drum [B] they learned me to play [G] upon
the [F#m] rub-a-dub-a-dum [B] with me gentle [A] weight so slender [Bm] and my fingers [F#m] long and small
[G] could play [A] upon the rub-a [F#]-dub-a-dum the best [Bm] of them all.
_ [C#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [C#m] _ [Bm] _ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] _ [F#m] _ [G] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ [F#m] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C#m] _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _