{"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":2834455,"song":"The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn","artist":"The Pogues","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2834455-the-sick-bed-of-cuchulainn-chords-by-the-pogues/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2834455?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":26,"content":"                   THE SICK BED OF CUCHULAINN\r\n\r\n  [INTRO]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n  McCormack and Richard Tauber, Are singin' by the bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  There's a glass of punch below your feet,  And an angel at your head[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n  There's devils on each side of you,  With bottles in their hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  You'll need one more drop of poison,  And you'll dream of foreign lands[/tab]\r\n\r\n  [STRUM CHANGE]\r\n (1, 2, 3,)\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  When you pissed yourself in Frankfurt,  And got syph down in Cologne[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  And you heard the rattlin' death trains, As you lay there all alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]Bb[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Frank Ryan brought you whiskey, In a brothel in Madrid[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  And you decked some fuckin' blackshirt,  That was cursing all the yids[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  At the sick bed of Cuchulainn,  We'll kneel and say a prayer[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  And the ghosts are rattlin' at the door,  And the Devil's in the chair, Wheew[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n  [INST]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  And,  In the Euston Tavern,  You screamed it was your shout[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  But they wouldn't give you service, So you kicked the windows out[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  They took you out into the street,  Kicked you in the brains[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  So you walked back in through a bolted door, And did it all again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  At the sick bed of Cuchulainn,  We'll kneel and say a prayer[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  And the ghosts are rattlin' at the door, And the Devil's in the chair, Hey[/tab]\r\n\r\n                                                 *STRUM*\r\n  [INST]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   *CHANGE*\r\n           [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n  You remember that foul evening,  When you heard the Banshees howl[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  There were lazy drunken bastards singin',  Billy In The bowl[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n  They took you up to midnight mass,  And left you in the lurch[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Dm[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  So you dropped a button in the plate, And spewed up in the church[/tab]\r\n\r\n  [STRUM CHANGE]\r\n  (1, 2, 3,)\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Now, You'll sing a sing of liberty, For blacks and paks and jocks[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  And they'll take you from this dump you're in,   And stick you in a box[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Bb[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  Then they'll take you to Cloughprior, And shove you in the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bb[/ch]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\n  But you'll stick your head back out and shout,  We'll have another round[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Bb[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  At the graveside of Cuchullainn,  We'll kneel around and pray[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n  And God is in his Heaven, And Billy's down by the bay, Whoow[/tab]\r\n\r\n  INST:    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]      TO FADE","plain_text":"THE SICK BED OF CUCHULAINN\n\n  [INTRO]   C   Dm   C   Dm     C   Dm    F    C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  [STRUM CHANGE]\n (1, 2, 3,)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  [INST]   F   F   Bb   C        F   F   Bb   F\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                                 *STRUM*\n  [INST]   F   F   Bb   C        F   F   Bb   C   *CHANGE*\n           F   F   Bb   C        F   F   Bb   F      C       C\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  [STRUM CHANGE]\n  (1, 2, 3,)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  INST:    F    F   Bb    C         F    F   Bb    F      TO FADE","chords":["C","Dm","F","Am","Bb"],"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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}