{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1729913,"song":"Nicky Tams","artist":"Robin Hall And Jimmie Macgregor","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11369059-nicky-tams-chords-by-robin-hall-and-jimmie-macgregor/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1729913?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Traditional Scottish folk song\r\n\r\nIntro = [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse 1\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I wis barely 12 'ears aul' I left the pairish skool[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMa father fee'd me tae the mains tae chaw his milk an' meal[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI first pit on ma nerra breeks tae hap ma spin'le trams[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen bucklet roond ma k-nappin' k-nees a pair o' nicky tams[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFirst I got on for bailie loon an then I got on for third[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAn' yne of course I hid tae get the horseman's gripping word[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA loaf o' breid tae be ma piece a bottle for drinkin' drams[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBit ye canna gae throo the calf-hoose door without yer nicky tams[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 3\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe fairmer I am wi' the noo he's wealthy but he's mean[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThough corn's cheap his horse is thin his hairness fairly deen[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe gars us load wir cairts aye fu' his conscience has nae qualms[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]   d\r\nWhen breist-straps brak there's neething like a pair o' nicky tams[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 4\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm coortin' bonnie Annie noo Rob Tamson's kitchie-deem[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe is five-and-forty an' I am seiventeen[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe clorts a muckle piece tae me wi' different kin's o' jam[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]   d\r\nAn' she tells me ilke nicht that she admires ma nicky tams[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 5\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI' mornin' ah put on me claus the kirkie for tae gyang[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMa collar it was unco ticht ma breeks were nane ower lang[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI had ma Bible in ma pooch likewise ma book o' Psalms[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFan Annie roart \"Ye muckle gype, tak' aff yer nicky tams\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 6\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThough unco sweir I took them aff the lassie for tae please[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut aye ma breeks they lirket up aroon aboot ma knees[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nA wasp gaed crawlin' up ma leg in the middle o' the Psalms[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAn' nivir again will I rig the kirk withoot ma nicky tams[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 7\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI affen thocht I'd like tae be a bobby on the force[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBit maybe I'll get on the cars tae drive a pair o' horse[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWherever it's my lot tae be the bobbies or the trams[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll never forget the happy days I wore ma nicky tams[/tab]","plain_text":"Traditional Scottish folk song\n\nIntro = D C D\n\nVerse 1\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 4\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 5\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 6\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 7","chords":["D","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]}}}