{"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":2904578,"song":"Red Haired Boy","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11652862-red-haired-boy-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2904578?type=chord","rating":4.96139,"votes":8,"content":"**NOTE: also called \"Little Beggar Man\"\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n| [ch]G[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]F[/ch]   |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n\r\n| [ch]G[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]F[/ch]   |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n\r\n| [ch]F[/ch]   | [ch]C[/ch]  | [ch]G[/ch]   |  [ch]F[/ch]  |\r\n| [ch]C[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]F[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch]   |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n\r\n| [ch]F[/ch]   | [ch]C[/ch]  | [ch]G[/ch]   |  [ch]F[/ch]  |\r\n| [ch]C[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]F[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch]   |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI am a little Beggar and a Beggar I have been[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor three score'r more on this Isle of green[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI go down to Lithy and down to Sligo[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I go by the name of old Johnny Dew[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOf all the trades a-goin' now beggin is the best[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen a man gets tired he can sit down 'a rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe begs for his supper he has nothin' else to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen his cart around the corner with his old Rigadoo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI slept last night in Curabawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nwhen the night came along and I slept till the dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith holes in the roof and the rain a-comin' through[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the cats and the rats were playin' peeka-boo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen who should awaken but the woman of the house[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWith her white spotty apron and her calico blouse[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe began to frighten and the mice said boo![/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI said don't be afraid ma'am it's old Johnny Dew.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI met a little flaxy haired girl one day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nGood morning little flaxy haired girl I did say[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGood morning little Beggar Man and how do you do[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith your rags and your bags and your old Rigadoo[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBuy a pair of leggings with a collar and a tie[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd a nice big lady I will fetch by and by[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBuy a pair of goggles and I'll color them blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd an old fashioned lady I will make her too[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOver the fields with me pack on me back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOver field with me great heavy sack[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith holes in my shoes and the toes a'peekin' through[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSingin' skitta rink-a-diddle now it's only Johnny Dew[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI must be going to bed for it's gettin' late at night[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe fire's all been raked and out goes the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell now you've heard the story of me old Rigadoo[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's 'good-bye, God-be-with-you' says old Johnny Dew.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n| [ch]G[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]F[/ch]   |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n\r\n| [ch]G[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]F[/ch]   |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n\r\n| [ch]F[/ch]   | [ch]C[/ch]  | [ch]G[/ch]   |  [ch]F[/ch]  |\r\n| [ch]C[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]F[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch]   |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n\r\n| [ch]F[/ch]   | [ch]C[/ch]  | [ch]G[/ch]   |  [ch]F[/ch]  |\r\n| [ch]C[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]F[/ch]   | [ch]G[/ch]   |\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] |","plain_text":"**NOTE: also called \"Little Beggar Man\"\n\n\n[Intro]\n| G   | G C | G  | F   |\n| G   | G C | G  | D G |\n\n| G   | G C | G  | F   |\n| G   | G C | G  | D G |\n\n| F   | C  | G   |  F  |\n| C   | G  | F   | G   |\n| G C | G  | D G |\n\n| F   | C  | G   |  F  |\n| C   | G  | F   | G   |\n| G C | G  | D G |\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n| G   | G C | G  | F   |\n| G   | G C | G  | D G |\n\n| G   | G C | G  | F   |\n| G   | G C | G  | D G |\n\n| F   | C  | G   |  F  |\n| C   | G  | F   | G   |\n| G C | G  | D G |\n\n| F   | C  | G   |  F  |\n| C   | G  | F   | G   |\n| G C | G  | D G |","chords":["G","C","F","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]},"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]}}}