{"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":820723,"song":"The Blaydon Races","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11596671-the-blaydon-races-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/820723?type=chord","rating":4.88958,"votes":3,"content":"The Blaydon Races; A Geordie folk song.  Sung at Newcastle United Football \r\nMatches...HOWAY THE LADS!\r\n\r\nI went to Blaydon Races\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nTwas on the ninth of June[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\t              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEighteen Hundred and Sixty Two[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn a summer's afternoon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\t       [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI took the bus from Balmbras[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd she was heavy laden[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\t            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAway we went along Collingwood Street[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThat's on the Road to Blaydon[/tab]\r\n[ch]A7[/ch]\t              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nOh me lads, you should've seen us gannin\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t          [ch]A7[/ch]\t            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPassing the folks along the road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd all of them were starin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll the lads and lasses there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey all had smilin' faces[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGannin along the Scotswood Road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nTo see the Blaydon Races[/tab]\r\n\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nWe flew past Armstrong's factory\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd up by the Robin Adair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\t   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut gannin ower the Railway Bridge[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe bus wheel flew off there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\t[ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThe lasses lost their crinolines[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd veils that hide their faces[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nI got two black eyes and a broken nose[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn gannin to Blaydon Races[/tab]\r\n[ch]A7[/ch]\t     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\nOh me lads, you should've seen us gannin\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t[ch]A7[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nPassing the folks along the road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd all of them were starin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll the lads and lasses there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey all had smilin' faces[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGannin along the Scotswood Road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nTo see the Blaydon Races[/tab]\r\n\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nNow when we got the wheel back on\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAway we went again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\t   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut them that had their noses broke[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey went back ower hyem[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\t[ch]A7[/ch]\r\nSome went to the dispensary[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd some to Doctor Gibbses[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd some to the infirmary[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo mend their broken ribses[/tab]\r\n[ch]A7[/ch]\t     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nOh me lads, you should've seen us gannin\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t[ch]A7[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nPassing the folks along the road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd all of them were starin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll the lads and lasses there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey all had smilin' faces[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGannin along the Scotswood Road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nTo see the Blaydon Races[/tab]\r\n\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\nWe flew across the Tyne Bridge\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd came to Blaydon Toon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\t   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe barman he was calling then[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey called him Jackie Broon[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\t[ch]A7[/ch]\r\nI saw him talking to some chaps[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd them he was persuadin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo gan and see Geordie Ridley's show[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt the Mechanics' Hall in Blaydon[/tab]\r\n[ch]A7[/ch]\t     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nOh me lads, you should've seen us gannin\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t[ch]A7[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nPassing the folks along the road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd all of them were starin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll the lads and lasses there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey all had smilin' faces[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGannin along the Scotswood Road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nTo see the Blaydon Races[/tab]\r\n\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\nNow when we got to Paradise\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere were bonny games begun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\t   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere were four and twenty on the bus[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd how we danced and sung[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\t[ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThey called on me to sing a song[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo I sang 'em 'Paddy Fagan'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nI danced a jig and I swung me twig[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe day I went to Blaydon[/tab]\r\n[ch]A7[/ch]\t     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nOh me lads, you should've seen us gannin\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t[ch]A7[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nPassing the folks along the road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd all of them were starin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll the lads and lasses there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey all had smilin' faces[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGannin along the Scotswood Road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nTo see the Blaydon Races[/tab]\r\n\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\nThe rain it poured down all the day\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd made the ground quite muddy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\t   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCoffee Johnny had a white hat on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShouted 'Wee stole the cuddy?'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]\t[ch]A7[/ch]\r\nThere were spice stalls and monkey shows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd old wives selling ciders[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the chap on the ha'penny roundabout[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaying 'Any more lads for riders?'[/tab]\r\n[ch]A7[/ch]\t     [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nOh me lads, you should've seen us gannin\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\t[ch]A7[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nPassing the folks along the road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd all of them were starin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAll the lads and lasses there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey all had smilin' faces[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A7[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGannin along the Scotswood Road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\t[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nTo see the Blaydon Races[/tab]\r\n\t[ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"The Blaydon Races; A Geordie folk song.  Sung at Newcastle United Football \nMatches...HOWAY THE LADS!\n\nI went to Blaydon Races\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA7\t              D\n\n\nOh me lads, you should've seen us gannin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\tD\n\n\nWe flew past Armstrong's factory\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA7\t     D\n\nOh me lads, you should've seen us gannin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\tD\n\n\n\nNow when we got the wheel back on\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA7\t     D\n\n\nOh me lads, you should've seen us gannin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\tD\n\nWe flew across the Tyne Bridge\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA7\t     D\n\n\nOh me lads, you should've seen us gannin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\tD\n\nNow when we got to Paradise\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA7\t     D\n\n\nOh me lads, you should've seen us gannin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\tD\n\nThe rain it poured down all the day\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA7\t     D\n\n\nOh me lads, you should've seen us gannin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\tD","chords":["A","D","A7","G","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}