{"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":2474670,"song":"Arthur Mcbride And The Sergeant","artist":"Paul Brady","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11504935-arthur-mcbride-and-the-sergeant-chords-by-paul-brady/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2474670?type=chord","rating":4.51058,"votes":14,"content":"When in OPEN G/D The chords are:\r\n\r\n[ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]D6sus4[/ch]   [ch]D7sus2[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G/D[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nOh, me and my cousin, one Arthur McBride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]D6sus4[/ch] [ch]D7sus2[/ch]    [ch]D6sus4[/ch]      [ch]D7sus2[/ch]\r\nAs   we     went a-walking   down by the seaside[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G/D[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G/D[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]D6sus4[/ch]\r\nNow, mark what did follow and what did betide[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D6sus4[/ch]   [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nFor it being on Christmas morning...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G/D[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nOut for recreation, we went on a tramp[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]D6sus4[/ch] [ch]D7sus2[/ch]       [ch]D6sus4[/ch]     [ch]D7sus2[/ch]\r\nAnd  we     met Sergeant Napper and Corporal Vamp[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D6sus4[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nAnd a little wee drummer, intending to camp[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D6sus4[/ch]    [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nFor the day being pleasant and charming[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G/D[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\n\"Good morning! Good morning!\" the sergeant did cry[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]D6sus4[/ch]  [ch]D7sus2[/ch]      [ch]D6sus4[/ch]      [ch]D7sus2[/ch]\r\n\"And    the     same to you gentlemen!\" we did reply[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G/D[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]       [ch]G/D[/ch]   [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]D6sus4[/ch]\r\nIntending no harm but meant to pass by[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D6sus4[/ch]   [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nFor it being on Christmas morning[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nBut says he, \"My fine fellows if you will enlist[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]D6sus4[/ch]  [ch]D7sus2[/ch]     [ch]D6sus4[/ch]      [ch]D7sus2[/ch]\r\nIt's ten     guineas in gold I will slip in your fist[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D6sus4[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nAnd a crown in the bargain for to kick up the dust[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D6sus4[/ch]           [ch]G/D[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd drink the King's health in the morning[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G/D[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nFor a soldier he leads a very fine life[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]D6sus4[/ch]  [ch]D7sus2[/ch]    [ch]D6sus4[/ch]         [ch]D7sus2[/ch]\r\nAnd he      always is blessed with a charming young wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G/D[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]D6sus4[/ch]\r\nAnd he pays all his debts without sorrow or strife[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D6sus4[/ch]       [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd always lives pleasant and charming...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G/D[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]        [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nAnd a soldier he always is decent and clean[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch] [ch]D6sus4[/ch]  [ch]D7sus2[/ch]    [ch]D6sus4[/ch]        [ch]D7sus2[/ch]\r\nIn the     finest of clothing he's constantly seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D6sus4[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nWhile other poor fellows go dirty and mean[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D6sus4[/ch]      [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd sup on thin gruel in the morning.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]G/D[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\n\"But\", says Arthur, \"I wouldn't be proud of your clothes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]D6sus4[/ch]  [ch]D7sus2[/ch]   [ch]D6sus4[/ch]       [ch]D7sus2[/ch]\r\nFor you've  only the lend of them as I suppose[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G/D[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G/D[/ch] [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]D6sus4[/ch]\r\nAnd you dare not change them-one-night, for you know[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D6sus4[/ch]       [ch]G/D[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nIf you do you'll be flogged in the morning[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G/D[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nAnd although that we-are single and free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch] [ch]D6sus4[/ch]  [ch]D7sus2[/ch]  [ch]D6sus4[/ch]          [ch]D7sus2[/ch]\r\nWe take    great   delight  in our own company[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D6sus4[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nAnd we have no desire strange faces to see[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D6sus4[/ch]    [ch]G/D[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAlthough that your offers are charming[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G/D[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nAnd we have no desire to take your advance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]D6sus4[/ch] [ch]D7sus2[/ch]    [ch]D6sus4[/ch]     [ch]D7sus2[/ch]\r\nAll ha-----zards and dangers we barter on chance[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G/D[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G/D[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]D6sus4[/ch]\r\nFor you-would-have no scruples for-to-send-us-to France[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D6sus4[/ch]       [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nWhere we would get shot without warning\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G/D[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\n\"Oh now!\", says the sergeant \"I'll have no such chat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]D6sus4[/ch]  [ch]D7sus2[/ch]       [ch]D6sus4[/ch]       [ch]D7sus2[/ch]\r\nAnd I       neither will take it from spalpeen or brat[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D6sus4[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nFor if you  insult me with one other word[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D6sus4[/ch]       [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nI'll cut off your heads in the morning\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]G/D[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nAnd-then Arthur and I we soon drew our hods[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]D6sus4[/ch] [ch]D7sus2[/ch]           [ch]D6sus4[/ch]      [ch]D7sus2[/ch]\r\nAnd we     scarce gave them time for to draw-their-own-blades[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G/D[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G/D[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]D6sus4[/ch]\r\nWhen a trusty shillelagh came over their heads[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D6sus4[/ch]         [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd bade them take that as fair warning[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G/D[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nAnd their old-rusty rapiers that hung by their side[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch] [ch]D6sus4[/ch]  [ch]D7sus2[/ch]      [ch]D6sus4[/ch]   [ch]D7sus2[/ch]\r\nWe flung   them as far as  we   could in the tide[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D6sus4[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\n\"Now take them out, Divils!\", cried Arthur McBride[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D6sus4[/ch]      [ch]G/D[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n\"And temper their edge in the morning\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G/D[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nAnd the little wee drummer we flattened his pow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]D6sus4[/ch] [ch]D7sus2[/ch]     [ch]D6sus4[/ch]      [ch]D7sus2[/ch]\r\nAnd we     made-a-football of his rowdeydowdow[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G/D[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G/D[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]D6sus4[/ch]\r\nThrew it in the tide for to rock and to row[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D6sus4[/ch]    [ch]G/D[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd bade it a tedious returning[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]G/D[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nAnd we having no money, paid-them-off in cracks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]D6sus4[/ch]  [ch]D7sus2[/ch]  [ch]D6sus4[/ch]           [ch]D7sus2[/ch]\r\nAnd we      paid no respect to-their two bloody backs[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D6sus4[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nFor we lathered them there like a pair of wet sacks[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D6sus4[/ch]        [ch]G/D[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd left them for dead in the morning[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G/D[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nAnd so to-conclude and to finish disputes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]D6sus4[/ch] [ch]D7sus2[/ch]     [ch]D6sus4[/ch]        [ch]D7sus2[/ch]\r\nWe  o------bligingly  asked if they wanted recruits[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G/D[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G/D[/ch]  [ch]D7[/ch]   [ch]D6sus4[/ch]\r\nFor we were the lads who would give them hard clouts[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D6sus4[/ch]        [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd bid them look sharp in the morning[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]G/D[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nOh me and my cousin, one Arthur McBride[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]D6sus4[/ch]  [ch]D7sus2[/ch]    [ch]D6sus4[/ch]    [ch]D7sus2[/ch]\r\nAs  we      went a walkin' down by the seaside[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D6sus4[/ch]    [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G/D[/ch]\r\nNow mark what followed and what did betide[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D6sus4[/ch]   [ch]G/D[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nFor it being on Christmas morning[/tab]","plain_text":"When in OPEN G/D The chords are:\n\nG/D D7  D6sus4   D7sus2","chords":["G/D","D7","D6sus4","D7sus2"],"chord_diagrams":{"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]}}}