{"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":1751603,"song":"Gunga Din","artist":"Jim Croce","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11378380-gunga-din-chords-by-jim-croce/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1751603?type=chord","rating":4.75572,"votes":14,"content":"Wish I knew the picking or had the complete tab, but if you want to strum it out, I'm pretty sure this is 100%.\r\n\r\nCapo 5. \r\n\r\n(Spoken)\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou may talk of gin and beer[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen you're stationed way out here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAn' you're sent to penny fights an' Aldershot it[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut when it comes to slaughter[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou will do your work for water[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAn' you'll lick the bloomin' boots of 'im that's got it.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow in Inja's sunny clime[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere I used to spend my time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nServin' her Majesty the Queen[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf all the black faced crew[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe finest man I knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWas regimental bhisti, Gunga Din[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe uniform he wore[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWas nothin' much before[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAn' rather less than half of that behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut a piece of twisty rag[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAn' a goatskin water bag[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWas all the field equipment he could find[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen a sweatin' troop train lay[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn a sidin' through the day[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere the heat would make you bloomin' eyebrows crawl[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe shouted, \"Harry by”[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTill our throats were bricky-dry[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen wopped him 'cause he couldn't serve us all.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe would dot an' carry one[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTill the longest day was done[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAn' never seemed to know the use of fear[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf we charged a broke or cut[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou could bet your bloomin' nut[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe'd be waitin' fifty paces right flank rear.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith his mussick on his back[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe would skip to our attack[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAn' watch us till the bugles made “Retire\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAn' for all his dirty hide[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nHe was white, clear white inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen he went to tend the wounded under fire.[/tab]\r\n\r\n(Spoken)\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt was Din, Din, Din[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith the bullets kickin' dust spots on the green[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd when the cartridges ran out[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou could hear the front files shout[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSend ammunition mules, and Gunga Din![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI shan't forget the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhen I fell behind the fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith a bullet where my belt plate should a' been[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was chokin' mad with thirst[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAn' the man that spied me first[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWas our good old grinnin', gruntin' Gunga Din[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe lifted up my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAn' he plugged me where I bled[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAn' he gave me half a pint of water green[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was crawlin' and it stunk[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut of all the drinks I've drunk[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm most grateful to the one from Gunga Din[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe carried me away[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo where a dooli lay[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAn' a bullet came and drilled the beggar clean[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe carried me inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAn' just before he died[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI hope you liked your drink said Gunga Din.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I'll meet him later on[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn the place where he as gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere it's always double drill and no canteen[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe'll be squattin' on the coals[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nGivin' drinks to poor damned souls[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll catch a swig in hell from Gunga Din[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt was Din, Din, Din[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou Lazarushian-leather Gunga Din[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTho' I've belted you an' flayed you[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBy the livin' God that made you[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou're a better man than I am, Gunga Din[/tab]","plain_text":"Wish I knew the picking or had the complete tab, but if you want to strum it out, I'm pretty sure this is 100%.\n\nCapo 5. \n\n(Spoken)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Spoken)","chords":["Am","G","C","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}