When I Was A Lad Chords by Barnbrack

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[E] _ [B] _ _ Rows of back-to-back [C#m] houses covered in smoke and grime
[F#] Children skipping in the [B] streets and [E] washing [B] on the line
Scarf tucked down your [C#m] jersey to keep you from the cold
[F#] I wore a woolly balaclava [B] when [E] I was [B] nine years old
[E] Well, I was a lad, neighbours were neighbours
[B] Well, I was a lad doing you [F#] favours
People giving [E] people a hand no [B] matter how small
_ [E] When I was a lad, dolly mixtures [B] when I was a lad
Saturday pictures [F#] when I was a lad
Those were the greatest [B] days of [E] [B] all
_ School from Monday to [C#m] Friday, I learned to read and write
[F#] Grandad sitting on the [B] doorstep [E] in the [B] fading light
Tin bat hanging from a six-inch [C#m] nail, lino on the floor
[F#] Lava tree out in the [B] backyard, [E] sit with your [B] foot against the door
[E] Well, I was a lad, neighbours were neighbours
[B] Well, I was a lad doing you [F#] favours
People giving [E] people a hand no [B] matter how small
_ [E] When I was a lad, dolly mixtures [B] when I was a lad
Saturday pictures [F#] when I was a lad
Those were the greatest [B] days of [E] all
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_ [G] _ _ [C] Times were hard in winter, [Dm] but mother kept us fed
[G] All night huddled round the fire [C] side, [F] overcoats [C] on the beds
We were a great big family, [Dm] we all slept head to toe
[G] In a big brass bed up in the back [C] room, it [F] seemed so [C] long ago
Well, [F] I was a lad, neighbours were neighbours
[C] Well, I was a lad doing you favours
[G] People giving [F] people a hand no [C] matter how small
When [F] I was a lad, dolly mixtures [C] when I was a lad
Saturday pictures [G] when I was a lad
Those were the greatest [C] days of [F] all
[C] Well, [F] I was a lad, neighbours were neighbours
Well, [C] I was a lad doing you favours
[G] People giving [F] people a hand no [C] matter how small
Well, [F] I was a lad, dolly mixtures when [C] I was a lad
Saturday pictures [G] when I was a lad
Those were the greatest [C] days of [F] all
[C] _ [G] Well, I was a lad, those were the greatest [C] days of all
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