{"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":653362,"song":"Arthur Mcbride","artist":"Bob Dylan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/653362-arthur-mcbride-chords-by-bob-dylan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/653362?type=chord","rating":3.41856,"votes":8,"content":"This is a traditional song off Bob Dylan's 1992 album 'Good As I Been To You'.\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, me and my cousin, one Arthur McBride,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAs we went a-walkin' down by the seaside,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMark now what followed and what did betide,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor it bein' on Christmas mornin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow, for recreation, we went on a tramp,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd we met Sergeant Napper and Corporal Vamp[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd a little wee drummer intending to camp,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor the day bein' pleasant and charmin'.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Good morning, good morning,\" the Sergeant he cried.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"And the same to you, gentlemen,\" we did reply,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIntending no harm but meant to pass by,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor it bein' on Christmas mornin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"But,\" says he, \"My fine fellows, if you will enlist,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nTen guineas in gold I'll stick to your fist,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd a crown in the bargain for to kick up the dust,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd drink the king's health in the morning.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"For a soldier, he leads a very fine life,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd he always is blessed with a charming young wife,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he pays all his debts without sorrow or strife,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd he always lives pleasant and charmin',[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd a soldier, he always is decent and clean,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn the finest of clothing he's constantly seen.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile other poor fellows go dirty and mean,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd sup on thin gruel in the morning.\"[/tab]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"But,\" says Arthur, \"I wouldn't be proud of your clothes,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor you've only the lend of them, as I suppose,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut you dare not change them one night, for you know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nIf you do, you'll be flogged in the morning,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd although that we're single and free,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe take great delight in our own company,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe have no desire strange places to see,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAlthough that your offers are charming.[/tab]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"And we have no desire to take your advance,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAll hazards and dangers we barter on chance,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor you'd have no scruples for to send us to France,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhere we would get shot without warning,\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Oh no,\" says the Sergeant. \"I'll have no such chat,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd neither will I take it from snappy young brats,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor if you insult me with one other word,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'll cut off your heads in the morning.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Arthur and I, we soon drew our hogs,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd we scarce gave them time to draw their own blades[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen a trusty shillelagh came over their head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd bid them take that as fair warning.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd their old rusty rapiers that hung by their sides,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe flung them as far as we could in the tide,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Now take them up, devils!\" cried Arthur McBride,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n\"And temper their edge in the mornin'!\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the little wee drummer, we flattened his bow,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd we made a football of his rowdy-dow-dow,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThrew it in the tide for to rock and to roll,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd bade it a tedious returning,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we havin' no money, paid them off in cracks.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe paid no respect to their two bloody backs,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd we lathered them there like a pair of wet sacks,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd left them for dead in the morning.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd so, to conclude and to finish disputes,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe obligingly asked if they wanted recruits,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor we were the lads who would give them hard clouts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd bid them look sharp in the mornin'.[/tab]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, me and my cousin, one Arthur McBride,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nAs we went a-walkin' down by the seaside,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMark now what followed and what did betide,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nFor it bein' on Christmas mornin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nTwo simple chords each line, easiest song ever!\r\nSorry if wrong. I don't think any other chord site has the chords of this song.","plain_text":"This is a traditional song off Bob Dylan's 1992 album 'Good As I Been To You'.\n\n[Intro]\nD\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTwo simple chords each line, easiest song ever!\nSorry if wrong. I don't think any other chord site has the chords of this song.","chords":["D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}