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Roll The Old Chariot Along

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[Intro]
Em Bm C Am Bm Em
[Verse]
EmAnd a drop of Nelson’s blood wouldn’t do us any harm,
Bma drop of Nelson’s blood wouldn’t do us any harm,
CI said a drop of Nelson’s blood wouldn’t do us any harm,
and we’ll Amall hang Bmon behiEmnd
EmOh, we'll be alright if the wind was in our sails
DWe’ll be alright if the wind was in our sails
EmWe'll be alright if the wind was in our sails
And we'll Gall hang B7on behEmind...
[Refrain]
EmAnd, we’ll roll the old chariot along,
Dwe’ll roll the old chariot along,
Emwe’ll roll the old chariot along
and we’ll Gall hang B7on behiEmnd
[Verse]
EmOh, we'd be alright if we make it round The Horn
DWe'd be alright if we make it round The Horn
EmWe'd be alright if we make it round The Horn
And we'll Gall hang B7on behEmind...
EmA bowl of Irish stew wouldn’t do us any harm,
DI said a bowl of Irish stew wouldn’t do us any harm,
EmA bowl of Irish stew wouldn’t do us any harm,
and we’ll Gall hang B7on behiEmnd
[Refrain]
EmAnd, we’ll roll the old chariot along,
Dwe’ll roll the old chariot along,
Emwe’ll roll the old chariot along
and we’ll Gall hang B7on behiEmnd
[Bridge]
 Em     Em
 Bm     Bm
 C      C
 A Bm   E
[Verse]
EmAnother glass of whiskey wouldn't do us any harm
DI said another glass of whiskey wouldn't do us any harm
EmOh, another glass of whiskey wouldn't do us any harm
And we'll Gall hang B7on behEmind...
EmA Northern Irish whore wouldn’t do us any harm
DI said a Northern Irish whore wouldn’t do us any harm
EmA Northern Irish whore wouldn’t do us any harm
And we'll Gall hang B7on behEmind...
[Refrain]
EmAnd, we’ll roll the old chariot along,
Dwe’ll roll the old chariot along,
Emwe’ll roll the old chariot along
and we’ll Gall hang B7on behiEmnd
EmAnd, we’ll roll the old chariot along,
Dwe’ll roll the old chariot along,
Emwe’ll roll the old chariot along
and we’ll Gall hang B7on behiEmnd
[Bridge]
 Em      Em
 Bm      Bm
 C       C
 A Bm    E
[Outro]
Em...roll the old...
Bm...roll the old...
C...roll the old...
A  Bm Em

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Roll The Old Chariot Along

by George Murphy

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

Em Bm C Am Bm Em

[Verse]

And a drop of Nelson’s blood wouldn’t do us any harm,

a drop of Nelson’s blood wouldn’t do us any harm,

I said a drop of Nelson’s blood wouldn’t do us any harm,

Am Bm Em

and we’ll all hang on behind

Oh, we'll be alright if the wind was in our sails

We’ll be alright if the wind was in our sails

We'll be alright if the wind was in our sails

G B7 Em

And we'll all hang on behind...

[Refrain]

And, we’ll roll the old chariot along,

we’ll roll the old chariot along,

we’ll roll the old chariot along

G B7 Em

and we’ll all hang on behind

[Verse]

Oh, we'd be alright if we make it round The Horn

We'd be alright if we make it round The Horn

G B7 Em

And we'll all hang on behind...

A bowl of Irish stew wouldn’t do us any harm,

I said a bowl of Irish stew wouldn’t do us any harm,

A bowl of Irish stew wouldn’t do us any harm,

G B7 Em

and we’ll all hang on behind

[Refrain]

And, we’ll roll the old chariot along,

we’ll roll the old chariot along,

we’ll roll the old chariot along

G B7 Em

and we’ll all hang on behind

[Bridge]

Em Em

Bm Bm

C C

A Bm E

[Verse]

Another glass of whiskey wouldn't do us any harm

I said another glass of whiskey wouldn't do us any harm

Oh, another glass of whiskey wouldn't do us any harm

G B7 Em

And we'll all hang on behind...

A Northern Irish whore wouldn’t do us any harm

I said a Northern Irish whore wouldn’t do us any harm

A Northern Irish whore wouldn’t do us any harm

G B7 Em

And we'll all hang on behind...

[Refrain]

And, we’ll roll the old chariot along,

we’ll roll the old chariot along,

we’ll roll the old chariot along

G B7 Em

and we’ll all hang on behind

And, we’ll roll the old chariot along,

we’ll roll the old chariot along,

we’ll roll the old chariot along

G B7 Em

and we’ll all hang on behind

[Bridge]

Em Em

Bm Bm

C C

A Bm E

[Outro]

...roll the old...

A Bm Em

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