{"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":733073,"song":"The Begging Song","artist":"Martin Carthy","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11585474-the-begging-song-chords-by-martin-carthy/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/733073?type=chord","rating":4.81266,"votes":3,"content":"If you want to play along to the track on the Life and Limb Album then you need a Capo on 5th. \r\nI'm not convinced by the D in the chorus but I can't find anything better to fit.\r\n\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                    Martin Carthy - The Begging Song\r\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOf all the trades in England the beggin' is the best[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor when a beggar's tired he can lay him down and rest[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus] \r\n(after each verse):\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd a-beggin' I will go[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd a-beggin' I will go [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI got on the train in Carlisle they kicked me out at Crewe[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI slept on every paving-stone from there to Waterloo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI got breakfast off the Embankment I got my lunch and tea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd only the finest cardboard made a home that was fit for me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe sit on the stair at Leicester Square from seven o'clock till ten[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen round the back of the Connaught House for dinner from out of a bin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI can rest when I am tired and I heed no master's bell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA man'd be daft to be a king when beggars live so well[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe law came down to see us they came down three together[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey put out the fire they left us there Oh Lord how we did shiver[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI am a Victorian value I'm enterprise poverty[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCompletely invisible to the state and a joy to Mrs T[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOf all the trades in England the beggin' is the best[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor when a beggar's tired he can lay him down and rest[/tab]","plain_text":"If you want to play along to the track on the Life and Limb Album then you need a Capo on 5th. \nI'm not convinced by the D in the chorus but I can't find anything better to fit.\n\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                    Martin Carthy - The Begging Song\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n[Chorus] \n(after each verse):\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]","chords":["D","Am","C","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]}}}