{"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":2526843,"song":"The Bantam Cock","artist":"The Corries","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11510745-the-bantam-cock-chords-by-the-corries/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2526843?type=chord","rating":0.13268,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe was a fine upstanding bantam cock,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo brisk and stiff and spry,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith springy step and jaunty plume[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd a purposeful look in his eye,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn his little black laughing eye,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI took him to the coop and introduced him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo my seventeen wide-eyed hens.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe tupped and he tupped as a hero tups[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd he bowed to them all, and then[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe upped and he tupped 'em all again, he did.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd then upon the peace of me ducks and me geese[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe boldly did intrude.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith glazed eyes and open mouths[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey bore it all with fortitude[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd a little bit of gratitude, they did.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe jumped my giggling guinea fowl[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe thrust his attentions upon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy twenty hysterical turkeys and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA visiting migrant swan.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut the bantam thundered on, he did.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe groped me fan-tailed pigeons and[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMe lily-white columbine,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd as I was locking up the budgerigar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe jumped my parrot from behind;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWho was sitting on me shoulder at the time.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut all of a sudden with a gasp and a gulp[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe clapped his hands to his head,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFell flat on his back with his feet in the air.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy bantam cock lay dead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the vultures circled overhead.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhat a noble beast; what a champion cock;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhat a way to live and to die.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI was diggin' him a grave to protect his bones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFrom the hungry buzzards in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen the bantam opened up a sly little eye.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe gave me a wink and a terrible grin[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe way that rapists do.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe said, 'You see them silly daft buggers up there?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey'll be down in a minute or two;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey'll be down in a minute or two.'[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]","chords":["Am","G","F","Em","E","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"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]}}}