{"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":2113907,"song":"Eight Beers Mcgee","artist":"The Rumjacks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11459049-eight-beers-mcgee-chords-by-the-rumjacks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2113907?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith achin' heart and steady hand, I'm puttin pen to paper, father dear[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI trust these words'll find you and pray that you can read 'em through your tears[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey say a man that's born to sing can scare away his woes[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd banish all his anger and his pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut the screamin' in my head killed the singin' in my soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I fear I'll never recall the tune again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI've trouble with the sleepin', my shadows weight impossible to bear[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI hear my sister weepin' and callin to me from that other where[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe names o' them I loved are carved into my skin[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe greatest crew a fighter ever had[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey call us gypsy bastards and say it like it's sin[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                                 [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat all our wars are merry and all our songs are sad.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTell 'em I went out dancin', tell 'em I went to war[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTell 'em whatever you want to all the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's said a man dies first when he's parted wi' his soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd second when folk forget to speak his na  -- a -- me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDerry born and barely raised, I'd hardly bear to see the place again[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Till in merrie bloody England I found myself a brother to the end[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's proper that youre grievin', yer poorer for me leavin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe best and fairest any given day[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLet Matty, Marco, Luke, and John bless the slab im lyin on[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKiss me arse and send me on me way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTell 'em I went out dancin' tell 'em I went to war[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTell 'em whatever you want to all the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's said a man dies first when he's parted wi' his soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd second when folk forget to speak his na  -- a -- me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA half a dozen monkeys the devil sent to snap me o'er his knee[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI slapped their filthy tongues back in their skulls and did it laughin' wickedly[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSmash the right and fuck the left, I'll curse 'em with my dyin' breath[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAs bent as each to other I would say[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe only drum I march to is me Irish bloody heart[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nkickin' out against its brittle cage.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTell 'em I went out dancin' tell 'em I went to war[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTell 'em whatever you want to all the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's said a man dies first when he's parted wi' his soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd second when folk forget to speak his na  -- a -- me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTell 'em I went down swingin' tell 'em I went to war[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTell 'em whatever you want to all the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's said a man dies first when he's parted wi' his soul[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd second when folk forget to speak his na  -- a -- me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSpeak my name (4x)[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","G","Dm","Em","C","A"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}