Arthur McBride Chords by Andy Irvine & Paul Brady
- Key: G
- BPM: 158
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
ARTHUR MCBRIDE CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] G D G C G D ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ G C G ■ ■ ■ [Verse] G Oh me and my cousin one Arthur McBride C G C As we went awalking down by the seaside G Am7 G Now mark what followed and what did betide D For it being on Christmas morning G Am7 G Out for recreation we went on a tramp C G C And we met sergeant napper and corporal vamp G Am7 G And the little wee drummer intending to camp D7 G For the day being pleasant and charming ■ Am7 G Good morning good morning the sergeant did cry G And the same to you gentlemen we did reply D G Intending no harm but meant to pass by D For it being on christmas morning G Am7 G But says he My fine fellows if you would enlist C Bm7 G C G It's ten guineas of gold I will slip in your fist Am7 G And a crown in the bargain for to kick up the dust D G And drink the king's health in the morning ■ G For a soldier he leads a very fine life G And he always is blessed with a charming young wife [Chorus] D G And he pays all his debts without sorrow and strife D And always lives pleasant and charming G Am7 G And a soldier he always is decent and clean C Bm7 G C In the finest of clothing he is constantly seen G Am7 G While other poor fellows go dirty and mean D And sup on thin gruel in the morning [Inst] G C G C G D G C ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Intro] G C G D G ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] G But says Arthur I wouldn't be proud of your clothes C G C For you've only the lend of them as I suppose G Am7 G And you dare not change them one night for you know C G D If you do you'll be flogged in the morning G Am7 G And although that we are single and free C G C We take great delight in our own company G And we have no desires strange faces to see D G D Although that your offers are charming ■ ■ G Asus4 G And we have no desire to take your advance C G C All hazards and dangers we barter on chance G Am7 G For you would have no scruples to send us to france D Where we would get shot without warning G Dsus4 Bm7 D Am7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ G Am7 G Oh now says the sergeant I'll have no such chat C G C And I neither will take it from small penal brats G Am7 G For if you insult me with one other word D7 I'll cut off your heads in the morning G Am7 G And then Arthur and I we soon drew our hods C G C And we scarce gave them time for to draw their own blades G Am7 G When a trusty shillelagh came over their heads D G D And bade them take that as fair warning ■ G And their own rusty rapiers that hung by their sides C G C We flung them as far as we could in the tide G Am7 G Now take them up devils cried Arthur McBride D Am D And temper their edge in the morning ■ ■ G Am D7 G And the little wee drummer we flattened his bow C G C And we made a football of his rowdydowdow G Am Am7 G Threw it in the tide for to rock and to roll [Chorus] A G D And bade it a tedious returning ■ ■ Bm7 Am7 G And we haven't no money paid them off in cracks C G C And we paid no respect to their two bloody backs G D G For we lathered them there like a pair of wet sacks D7 D And left them for dead in the morning ■ G A G And so to conclude and to finish disputes C G C We obligingly asked them if they wanted recruits G Am7 G For we were the lads who would give them hard clouts D And bid them look sharp in the morning [Inst] G C G C G D G ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] G Oh me and my cousin one Arthur McBride C G C As we went awalking down by the seaside G Am7 G Now mark what followed and what did betide D G For it being on Christmas morning ■ [End]