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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2738964,"song":"Macnamaras Band","artist":"Bing Crosby","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2738964-macnamaras-band-chords-by-bing-crosby/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2738964?type=chord","rating":4.59631,"votes":7,"content":"[Intro]\r\nG///    Am///   D///    G///\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, me   name is MacNamara , I'm the leader of the band[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAlthough we're few in   numbers, we're the finest in the  land[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe play at wakes and weddings and at every fancy ball[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd when we play the funerals, we   play the March from Saul[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nMcCarthy pumps the old bassoon while  I the pipes do play[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is something grand[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA credit to old Ireland is  MacNamara's band[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\nG///    Am///   D///    G///\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRight now we are rehearsing for a very swell affair[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThe annual celebration, all the gentry will be   there[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen General Grant to Ireland came he took me by the hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSays  he, I never saw the likes of  MacNamara's Band[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nMcCarthy pumps the old bassoon while  I the pipes do play[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is something grand[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA credit to old Ireland is  MacNamara's band[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\nG///    Am///   D///    G///\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, my name is Uncle Julius and from Sweden I did come[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nTo play with MacNamara's Band and beat the big bass  drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd when I march along the street the ladies think I'm grand[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey shout, there's Uncle Julius playing  with an Irish band[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, I wear a bunch of shamrocks and a uniform of green[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A7[/ch]       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm the funniest lookin' Swede that you have  ever seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere’s O'Brians, O'Ryans, Sheehans and Meehans, they come from Ireland[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut, by yimminy, I'm the only Swede in  MacNamara's Band[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, the drums go bang and the cymbals clang and the horns they blaze away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nMcCarthy pumps the old bassoon while  I the pipes do play[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd Henessee Tennessee tootles the flute and the music is something grand[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA credit to old Ireland is  MacNamara's band[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\nG///    Am///   D///    G///","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG///    Am///   D///    G///\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nG///    Am///   D///    G///\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nG///    Am///   D///    G///\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG///    Am///   D///    G///","chords":["G","Am","D","C","A7","D7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}