{"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":1859979,"song":"Navy Boots On","artist":"Liam Clancy","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11413912-navy-boots-on-chords-by-liam-clancy/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1859979?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Liam Clancy - Navy Boots On\r\n\r\n\r\n## NOTE: I have left the title spelled 'Navy', as it is on the record.  ##\r\n##       However, the correct spelling and pronunciation is 'Navvy', a  ##\r\n##       contraction of the word Navigator. That is what the unskilled  ## \r\n##       Irish canal and railroad labourers were called in England.     ##\r\n\r\n\r\nCAPO: 1st Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[INTRO:] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1:]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm a bold Irish navvy who worked on the line[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the first place I worked was Newcastle-on-Tyne[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut through a misfortune that happened in fun[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI remember the night I'd me navvy boots on[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2:]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen the day's work was over I shaved off me beard[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo meet the young lady, I was well prepared[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor to meet the young lady, I then hurried down[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I met her that night with me navvy boots on[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3:]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I knocked on her window, my knock it was low[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I knocked on her window, my knock she did know[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe jumped out of bed crying, \"Is that you John?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Well, it even it is, love, with me navvy boots on\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4:]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen she opened the door and invited me in[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Come up to the fire, love, and warm your skin\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, her room door being open and the blankets turned down[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI jumped into bed with me navvy boots on[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 5:]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was all of that night we did sport and did play[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNever thinking of time as it soon passed away[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen she leaped out of bed crying, \"What have I done?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor the child will be born with his navvy boots on\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 6:]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI chastised me love so for talking so wild[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Ya foolish young girl, you will never have a child\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor all that I, ditched her, 'twas only in fun[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen I ran like hell with me navvy boots on[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 7:]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was very soon after I was summoned to court[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo pay for me sins there as every man ought[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI give ten bob a week now to pay for the fun[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat I had that night with me navvy boots on[/tab]","plain_text":"Liam Clancy - Navy Boots On\n\n\n## NOTE: I have left the title spelled 'Navy', as it is on the record.  ##\n##       However, the correct spelling and pronunciation is 'Navvy', a  ##\n##       contraction of the word Navigator. That is what the unskilled  ## \n##       Irish canal and railroad labourers were called in England.     ##\n\n\nCAPO: 1st Fret\n\n\n\n[INTRO:] C\n\n[VERSE 1:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 4:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 5:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 6:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 7:]","chords":["C","F","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}