{"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":2442727,"song":"The Kings Shilling","artist":"Karan Casey","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11500304-the-kings-shilling-chords-by-karan-casey/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2442727?type=chord","rating":4.64603,"votes":7,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh, my love has left me with bairns twa[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's the last of him I ever saw[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe joined the army and marched to war[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am7[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe took the shilling, he took the shilling and he's off to war[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nCome, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake the king's shilling and you're off to war[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, did he look as he marched along[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith his kilt and sporran and his musket gun?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLadies tipped him as he marched along[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe sailed out by, he sailed out by the Broomielaw[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPipes did play as he marched along[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the soldiers sang out a battle song[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"March on, march on,\" cried the captain gay[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am7[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor king and country, for king and country we will fight today[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nCome, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake the king's shilling and you're off to war[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, the battle rattled to the sound of guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the bayonets flashed in the morning sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe drums did beat and the cannon roared[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Am7[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the shilling didn't seem, oh, the shilling didn't seem much worth the war[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nCome, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake the king's shilling and you're off to war[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, the men they fought and the men did fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCut down by bayonet and musket ball[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMany of these brave young men[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am7[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWould never fight for, would never fight for the king again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nCome, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake the king's shilling and you're off to war[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nCome, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake the king's shilling and you'll die in war[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]Am7[/ch]\r\nCome, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake the king's shilling and you'll die in war[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDie in war[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou'll die in war[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG    C    G    C    Am7  C   G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","Am7","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}