The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn

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

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Free chords for The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn by The Pogues. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

THE SICK BED OF CUCHULAINN
  [INTRO]   C   Dm   C   Dm     C   Dm    F    C
  [STRUM CHANGE]
 (1, 2, 3,)
  [INST]   F   F   Bb   C        F   F   Bb   F
                                                 *STRUM*
  [INST]   F   F   Bb   C        F   F   Bb   C   *CHANGE*
           F   F   Bb   C        F   F   Bb   F      C       C
  [STRUM CHANGE]
  (1, 2, 3,)
  INST:    F    F   Bb    C         F    F   Bb    F      TO FADE

The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn Chords by The Pogues

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