Chords for The Corries Come and Join Us

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_ _ Come and join us.
Come [Bb] and join us.
[F] We are the [C] Chosen Few.
_ [F] Come and join us.
[Bb] Come and join us.
[F] At a Scottish _ _ BBQ.
[G] Great wee chorus for those of you who don't know it already.
Come and join us.
Come and join us.
We are the Chosen Few.
Come and join us.
Come and join us at a Scottish BBQ.
And it's all about the great craze this summer all over Scotland of giving barbecues, particularly amongst the Greenbelt set.
You know, your morning sides and things.
Oh yes, they all sat there on their sodden lawns with a rain poured and doing_
_frying
up bits and pieces of giblets and all good clean outdoor fun.
Well, Ron's going to tell us a few words about the Scottish barbecue and we'll join him in the chorus.
And similarly, you at home, you can join.
They all seem to know a wee bit about it.
I don't know why, but they all seem to know it here.
The words are again, come and join us, come and join us, we are the chosen few.
Come and [Gm] join us, come and join us at a Scottish barbecue.
And here's the tune.
[F] Get a shot. _ _
Come and join us, come and [Bb] join us, we are the chosen [F] few.
_ _ _ [C] Come and join us, [F] come and join us, [Bb] at a Scottish barbecue.
At [F] a Scottish _ barbecue.
_ And the charcoal's burning fiercely [Bb] and the smoke gets in your eyes.
[C] The steaks all taste like fried toothpaste and your mouth is [F] full of flies.
You know you've been accepted, you've [Bb] joined the chosen few.
When [G] you have been invited to a Greenbelt barbecue.
Come [F] and join us, come [Bb] and join us, [F] we are the chosen [C] few.
That's lovely.
Come and join us, come [Bb] and join us, [F] at a [Am] Scottish barbecue.
_ [F] Now when the summer sun is bottoming [Bb] in Scotland's happy land.
[C] From countless fires and stranger tires and many [F] solemn bands.
Of unhappy Scotsmen watching [Bb] their lunch go up in flames.
[G] By the smoke and the smell you can plainly tell it's barbie time [F] again.
Come and join us, [Bb] come and join us, [F] we are the [C] chosen few.
That's great singing.
[F] Come and join us, [Bb] come and join us, [F] at a [Am] Scottish [F] barbecue.
_ _ Now the English love the roast beef, [Bb] the French eat snails and frogs.
[C] The Greeks go crackers over their moussaka's and the Chinese [F] love hot dogs.
A Welshman loves to have a [Gm] leek, the Irish eat their stew.
[C] But you just can't beat that half cooked meat at a Scottish [F] barbecue.
Come and join us, [Bb] come and join us, [F] we are the chosen [C] few.
_ [F] Come and join us, [Bb] come and join us, [C] at a Scottish [F] barbecue.
_ Now there's flies stuck in the butter, [Bb] the bread has gone brick hard.
[C] The kids are fighting and the midges are biting, who forgot the [F] AeroGuard?
There's cinders in your whiskey [Bb] and the beer is running out.
[C] And [G] what you saw in Mum's coleslaw you just don't think [E] about.
Come and join us, [Bb] come and _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ join _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ us, [F] at a [C] Scottish [F] barbecue.
_ _ And then when the barbie's over, [Bb] you're homeward where you went.
[C] With a queasy tummy on the family, done many lonely [F] hours you spent.
You might find yourself reflecting, [Bb] as many others do.
Come rain or shine, that's the bloody last time I'm going [Eb] to a barbecue.
Come and join us, [Bb] come and join [F] us, we are the chosen [C] few.
_ Come and join us, come [Bb] and join us, at [Fm] a [C] Scottish _ [F] barbecue. _ _ _ _ _ _
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