Chords for Planxty - Arthur McBride

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[F] I had a first cousin called Arthur McBride [Bb] He and I [F] took a stroll down by [Bb] the seaside
[F] A-seeking good fortune and what might betide T'was just [C] as the day [Bb] was a [C]
-dawnin'
[F] Then after [Bb] restin' we both [C] took a tram [Bb] We met [F] Sergeant Harper [C] and [Bb] Corporal Cram
[F] _ Besides the wee drummer who beat up for a cap Was his [Bb] rowdy dowdow [F] in the morning
_ _ [Bb] He _ [C] _ _ _
_ [F] says, my young fellows, if you will enlist [Bb] A [F] guinea pig [C] they will get [Bb] in your fist
[F] Besides a ground bird to pick up the dust And drink [C] the king's [Bb] health in the [C]
morning
[F] For a soldier he [Bb] leads a very [C]
fine life [Bb] He [F] always is blessed [C] with a [Bb] charming young wife
[F] And he pays all his debts without sorrow or strife And always [Bb] lives [F] happy and charming
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_ [F] _ now me bold sergeant we are not for sale [Bb] We'll [F] make no such bargain and your [Bb] bribe won't avail
[F] We're not tired of our country, we don't care to sail Although the juror [Bb] offer is _ [C]
charming
[F] And if we were such fools [Bb] as to take [C] the advance [Bb] It's right [F] bloody slender would be [Bb] our [F] fortunes
For the queen wouldn't _ send us to France Where we would be shot without warning
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[F] And now me bold fellows if I hear but one word [Bb] I [F] instantly now [C] will [Bb] outmatch my sword
[F] And into your bodies a strength will afford So now [C] my gay devils [Bb] take _ [C]
warning
[F] That Arthur and I [Bb] we took [C] the odds [Bb] We gave them [F] no chance [C] but a long [Bb] shot their sword
[F] Our whacking chalet it came over their heads And paid them [Bb] right [C] smart [F] in the morning
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_ [F] for the weak drummer we riped with his pouch [Bb] And we made [F] a football [C] of his rowdy [Bb]
cowdow
[F] And into the ocean dropped him to roll And [C] barred him the tedious [Bb] _ _ [C]
returning
[F] As for the old [Bb] greybeard and hung [C] by his side [Bb] We've come [F] in as far as we could [Bb] in the tide
[F] To the heavenly light which chooses our black bride To [Bb] temper their steel [F] in the morning _
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