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***SIT DOWN BY THE FIRE - by Shane MacGowan
from the album "If I Should Fall From Grace With God"
Sit Down By The Fire- as perfomed by The Pogues
Capo 1st fret
Intro | Am| Am| Am| Em   Am| Am| Em   Am||
Sit Amdown by the fire I'll tell Emyou a storAmy to send you away to bed
Of the Amthings you hear cEmreeping Amwhen everyone's sleeping and you wish you were out here instead
It Amisn't the mice Gin the waAmll it isn't the wind in the well
Every Amnight they march out Emof that hoAmle in the wall on their way out of Hell
They'Cre the FthinCgs that you see when you wake up and scream
The Ccold thiFngs that fCollow you down the Boreen
They Clive in the Fsmall wiCng of trees on the hill
CUp aFt the tCop of the field
AnCd they dFance on the Crain and they dance on the wind
They Ctap on the windFow when Cno one is in
C| F  C||
And if ever you see them
CPretend tFhat you're dCead or they'll bite off your head
TChey'll rip Fout yoCur liver and dance on your neck
They Cdance on your heFad theCy dance on your chest
AnCd they gFive you tChe cramp and the cholic for jest
Inst | G  C| G  C| G  C| G  C||
| Am| Am| G  C| G  C| G  C| G  C| Am||
They're the ones that you see when you wake up and scream
The cold things that follow you down the Boreen
They live in the small wing of trees on the hill
Up at the top of the field
They play on the wind they sing in the rain
They dance on your eyes they dance in your brain
Remember this place it's damp and it is cold
The best place on earth but it's dark and it's old
So lie near the wall and cover your head
Good night and God bless now fuck off to bed
Outro | Am| Am| Am| Am||
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