{"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":80195,"song":"The Old Main Drag","artist":"The Pogues","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/80195-the-old-main-drag-chords-by-the-pogues/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/80195?type=chord","rating":4.89384,"votes":90,"content":"The Old Main Drag - by Shane MacGowan\r\nfrom the album \"Rum Sodomy & The Lash\"\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n| [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] | [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen I first came to London I was only sixteen[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith a fiver in my pocket and my ole dancing bag[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI went down to the dilly to check out the scene[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I soon ended up upon the old main drag[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere the he-males and the she-males paraded in style[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the old man with the money would flash you a smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the dark of an alley you'd work for a fiver[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor a swift one off the wrist down on the old main drag[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the cold winter nights the old town it was chill[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut there were boys in the cafes who'd give you cheap pills[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf you didn't have the money you'd cajole or you'd beg[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere was always lots of tuinol on the old main drag[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n| [ch]A[/ch]   | [ch]A[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne evening as I was lying down by Leicester Square[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was picked up by the coppers and kicked in the balls[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBetween the metal doors at Vine Street I was beaten and mauled[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd they ruined my good looks for the old main drag[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the tube station the old ones who were on the way out[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWould dribble and vomit and grovel and shout[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the coppers would come along and push them about[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I wished I could escape from the old main drag[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd now I'm lying here I've had too much booze[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI've been spat on and shat on and raped and abused[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI know that I am dying and I wish I could beg[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor some money to take me from the old main drag[/tab]","plain_text":"The Old Main Drag - by Shane MacGowan\nfrom the album \"Rum Sodomy & The Lash\"\n\n[Intro]\n| D G A D | G A D A | G A D A | D G A D |\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n| A   | A   |","chords":["D","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}