Chords for The Midges

[E] I'm sure you'll [Fm] find them up to [Bb] scratch.
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_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] The midges, the midges, [Ab] the no-gone _ ickages, [Cm] the midges is really [F] the limit.
[C] _ _ [Eb] We teeth like _ piranhas, they [Ab] drive you _ bananas [Eb] if you let them [Bb] get under [Eb] your cimet. _
_ _ The Lord put the [Ab] Garden of Eden [Fm] on earth, [Gm] and it's north of the Tweed, we [F] believe.
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_ [Eb] Aye, _ Scotland's the place, [Fm] and the whole human race [Bb] started off with Macadam [Eb] and Eve. _
_ In six days or under, [Ab] he [Fm] finished this wonder, [Cm] except for the [B] porphyry _ [Bb] bridges. _
[Eb] Then always a bloke [Ab] for a practical joke, [Eb] he made Scotland [Bb] the home [Eb] of the [Bb] midges. _
Oh, [Eb] the midges, the [Ab] midges, the no-gone ickages, the [Cm] midges is really [F] the limit.
[C] _ _
[Eb] We teeth like _ piranhas, [Ab] they drive you _ bananas [Eb] if you let them [Bb] get under [Eb] your cimet. _ _ _
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Back [Eb] in _ _ 1314, the [Ab] proud Edward [Fm] was keen [Eb] to take Scotland [Cm] _
into [F] his care.
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[Eb] But he made a U-turn when [Ab] he reached _ [Fm] Bannockburn, just [F] a few weeks before [Eb] Glasgow Fair. _ _
For the midges let loose by [Ab] King Robert [Fm] the Bruce, [Eb] straight into [Cm] the English [B] gutter.
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[Eb] So they ran off in tears, [Ab] and for 600 years they've [Eb] been blocking [Bb] way _ [Eb] 74.
_ Oh, the midges, the midges, [Ab] the no-gone ickages, [Eb] the midges [Cm] is really [F] the limit.
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[Eb] We teeth like [F] _
piranhas, [Ab] they drive you bananas [Eb] if you let them [Bb] get under [Eb] your cimet. _ _ _
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[Eb] Now never forget when [Ab] the sun's going [Fm] to set, and [Gm] the midges arise and [F] loch it.
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[Eb] Like the vampires you see played [Fm] by Christopher Lee, [Eb] they will give you [Bb] a pain [Eb] in the neck. _ _
You can smack them and whack them, [Ab] in vain you'll [Fm] attack them, [Cm] for they know every move that [F] you make.
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[Eb] If you manage to kill you, [Ab] another half million [Eb] are ready [Bb] to come to [Eb] the wick.
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Oh, [Eb] the midges, the midges, [Ab] the no-gone ickages, [Eb] the [Cm] midges is really [F] the limit.
[C] _ _
[Eb] We teeth like _ [Ab] piranhas, they drive you bananas [Eb] if you let [Bb] them get under [Eb] your cimet. _ _
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[Eb] Now _ Tocqueville the _ [Ab] Piper's a giant [Fm] of a man, [Gm] with a sparring as long [F] as your arm.
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[Eb] And in Oban he's known [Ab] for the sound of [Fm] his drone, [Eb] and a peabrook [Bb] of [Eb] real highland charm. _
But they're _ sighing and sobbing, [Ab] the ladies, [Fm] the mob, and [Eb] for Tocqueville [Cm] is not what [F] he was.
[Bb] _ _
[Eb] Since a midge in _ Glenbranter [Ab] got hold of his [Gb] chanter, [Eb] and [Bb] carried it off in his [Bb] jaws. _
_ [Cm] Oh, _ _ [Dbm] _
_ _ [Bb] the _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] midges, the no-gone ickages, [Eb]
the [Cm] midges is really [F] the limit.
[C] _ _ [Eb] We teeth [G] like piranhas, [Ab] they drive you _ bananas [Eb] if you let them [Bb] get under [Eb] your cimet.
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