{"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":511758,"song":"Arthur Macbride","artist":"Christy Moore","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11565862-arthur-macbride-chords-by-christy-moore/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/511758?type=chord","rating":4.36889,"votes":19,"content":"Not my work got it off a friend. but it is a good Irish song recorded by many people and \r\nbeen around (in some shape or form) since about 200 years ago.\r\n\r\nEven Dylan recorded it. Has also been done by Christy Moore, Paul Brady and the Fureys.\r\n\r\n               Arthur MacBride\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nI had a first cousin called Arthur McBride[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nhe and I took a stroll down by the seaside[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\na seeking good fortune and what might the tide[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nit was just as the day was a dawning[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd after we rested we went on a tramp[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwe met Seargeant Napper and Corporal Cramp[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand a little wee drummer who beat up our camp[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwith his rowdy dou dou in the morning[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said my young fellows if you will enlist[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\na guinea you quickly shall have in your fist[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand besides a crown for to kick up the dust[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand drink the King's health in the morning[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut had we been such fools as to take the advance[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthe wee bit of money we'd have to run chance[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\ndo you think it no scuples for to send us to France[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwhere we would be killed in the morning[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe says my young fellows if I hear but one word[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\ninstantly now will out with my sword[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand into your bodies as strength might afford[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nso now me gay devils take warning[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut Arthur and I we soon took the odds[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand we gave them no chance for to draw out their swords[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nour wacking shillelaghs came over their heads[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand paid them right smart in the morning[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs for the wee drummer we rifled his pouch[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand we made a football of his rowdy dou dou[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand into the ocean for to rock and to roll and[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nbarring the day its returning[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nas for the ould rapier that hung by his side[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwe flung as far as we could in the tide[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTo the divil I pitch you says Arthur McBride[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nto temper your edge in the morning.[/tab]","plain_text":"Not my work got it off a friend. but it is a good Irish song recorded by many people and \nbeen around (in some shape or form) since about 200 years ago.\n\nEven Dylan recorded it. Has also been done by Christy Moore, Paul Brady and the Fureys.\n\n               Arthur MacBride","chords":["D","G","Em","Bm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"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]}}}