{"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":2593767,"song":"Gunga Din","artist":"Peter Bellamy","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11519011-gunga-din-chords-by-peter-bellamy/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2593767?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou may talk o' gin and beer[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen you're quartered safe out 'ere,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAn' you're sent to penny-fights an' Aldershot it;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut when it comes to slaughter[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou will do your work on water,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAn' you'll lick the bloomin' boots of 'im that's got it.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow in Injia's sunny clime,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI used to spend my time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll a-servin' of 'Er Majesty the Queen,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf all them blackfaced crew[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe finest man I knew[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWas our regimental bhisti, Gunga Din.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was “Din! Din! Din![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou limpin' lump o' brick-dust, Gunga Din![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHi! slippery hitherao![/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWater, get it! Panee lao![/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou squidgy-nosed old idol, Gunga Din.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe uniform 'e wore[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWas nothin' much before,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAn' rather less than 'arf o' that be'ind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor a piece o' twisty rag[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAn' a goatskin water-bag[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWas all the field-equipment 'e could find.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the sweatin' troop-train lay[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a sidin' through the day,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhere the 'eat would make your bloomin' eyebrows crawl,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe shouted “Harry By!”[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill our throats were bricky-dry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen we wopped 'im 'cause 'e couldn't serve us all.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was “Din! Din! Din![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou 'eathen, where the mischief 'ave you been?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou put some juldee in it[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOr I'll marrow you this minute[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you don't fill up my helmet, Gunga Din!”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n'E would dot an' carry one[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill the longest day was done;[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAn' 'e didn't seem to know the use o' fear.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf we charged or broke or cut,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou could bet your bloomin' nut,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'E'd be waitin' fifty paces right flank rear.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith 'is mussick on 'is back,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'E would skip with our attack,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAn' he'd watch us till the bugles made “Retire”,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAn' for all 'is dirty 'ide[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'E was white, clear white, inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen 'e went to tend the wounded under fire![/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was “Din! Din! Din!”[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith the bullets kickin' dust-spots on the green.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the cartridges ran out,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou could hear the front-files shout,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n“Hi! ammunition-mules an' Gunga Din!”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI shan't forgit the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I dropped be'ind the fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith a bullet where my belt-plate should 'a' been.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI was chokin' mad with thirst,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAn' the man that spied me first[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWas our good old grinnin', gruntin' Gunga Din.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'E lifted up my 'ead,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAn' he plugged me where I bled,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAn' 'e guv me 'arf-a-pint o' water-green:[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt was crawlin' and it stunk,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut of all the drinks I've drunk,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm gratefullest to one from Gunga Din.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was “Din! Din! Din![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Ere's a beggar with a bullet through 'is spleen;[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'E's chawin' up the ground,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'E's kickin' all around:[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor Gawd's sake git the water, Gunga Din!”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n'E carried me away[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo where a dooli lay,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAn' a bullet come an' drilled the beggar clean.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'E put me safe inside,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAn' just before 'e died,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n“I 'ope you liked your drink”, sez Gunga Din.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I'll meet 'im later on[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt the place where 'e is gone--[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhere it's always double drill and no canteen;[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'E'll be squattin' on the coals[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGivin' drink to poor damned souls,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAn' I'll get a swig in hell from Gunga Din![/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYes, Din! Din! Din![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou Lazarushian-leather Gunga Din![/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThough I've belted you and flayed you,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy the livin' Gawd that made you,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou're a better man than I am, Gunga Din![/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nA   D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nA   D\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nA   D\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]","chords":["A","D","G","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}