Chords for Planxty - Arthur McBride (1973 Album Version)

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[E] I had a first cousin called Arthur McBride, [A] He and [E] I took a stroll [B] down by the [A] seaside,
[E] A-seeking good fortune and what might be tied, T'was just as the [B] day [A] was a _
[B] [E]-dawnin',
Then after restin' [A] we both took a [B] tramp, [A] We met [E] Sergeant Harper and Corporal [A] Cramp,
[E] Besides the wee drummer who beat up for camp, With this rowdy dowdow in the morning.
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[E] He says, my young fellows, if you will enlist, [A] A [E] guinea quickly [B] shall have [F#m] in your fist,
[E] Besides a crown for to kick off of the dust, And drink the king's health in [A] the [B] morning.
[E] Had we been such fools as to [A] take [B] the advance, [A] Though we [E] bet a mornin' we had to [F#m] run [E] chance,
Well, you'd think it no scruple to send us to France, Where we would be killed in the morning. _
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[E] He says, my young fellows, if I hear but one word, [F#m] I [E] instantly now [B] will outwit [A] my sword,
[E] And into your bodies a strength will afford, So now my gay devils [A] take [B]
[E] warning.
But Arthur and I, [A] we [B] took in the odds, [A] We gave [E] them no chance for to launch [F#m] out their swords,
[E] Our whacking shillelaghs came over their heads, And paid them right smart in the morning.
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[E] As for the wee drummer, we rifled his pouch, [A] And we made a [E] football of this rowdy [A] dowdow,
[E] And into the ocean to rock and to roll, And batted [B] as he [A] is [B] returning.
[E] As for the el-ray [A] deer that hung by [B] his [A] side, We flung it [E] as [B] far as we could in [A] the [E] tide,
To the devil I pitch you, says Atham, and cry, To temper your steel in the morning.
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