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Boys From The County Hell

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***Boys From the County Hell - Shane MacGowan
from the album "Red Roses For Me"
Chorus by Brian Davies..http://www.ils.nwu.edu/~davies/guitar/index.html
Boys From The County Hell - as perfomed by The Pogues
[Opening] (banjo part)
e|-------|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
B|-0--3--|-5-----------5-5-5--3--|-0-------------0--3--|-5-----------5-5-5--3--|-5-----------------|
G|-------|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
D|-------|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
A|-------|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
E|-------|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
e|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|------12\10-----12--------|
B|-5--5-5-5----3--5--0----|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------12------------|
G|------------------------|-4--2--0---------------|----4----------2-------|--------------------------|
D|------------------------|----------4--2---------|-5-----5----4-----4----|-2------------------------|
A|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
E|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
                                                                         (last 4 notes played with a slide)
[Intro]
 Em Em Em Em Em Em EmDEmD Em
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |     |
[Verse 1]
       Em
On the first day of march it was raining
                                        Am
It was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen
                                G
I drank ten pints of beer and I cursed all the people there
                                                            Em
And I wish that all this raining would stop falling down on me
[Chorus]
         G                                     D
And it's lend me ten pounds and I'll buy you a drink
    G              D            Em
And mother wake me early in the morning
[Verse 2]
       Em
At the time I was working for a landlord
                                        Am
And he was the meanest bastard that you have ever seen
                                G
And to lose a single penny would grieve him awful sore
                                                        Em
And he was a miserable bollocks and a bitch's bastard's whore
[Chorus]
         G                                     D
And it's lend me ten pounds and I'll buy you a drink
    G              D            Em
And mother wake me early in the morning
[Verse 3]
       Em
I recall that we took care of him one Sunday
                                        Am
We got him out the back and we broke his fucking balls
                                G
And maybe that was dreaming and maybe that was real
                                                            Em
But all I know is I left the place without a penny or fuck all
[Chorus]
         G                                     D
And it's lend me ten pounds and I'll buy you a drink
    G              D            Em
And mother wake me early in the morning
[Verse 4]
        Em
But now I've the most charming of verandahs
                                        Am
I sit and watch the junkies, the drunks and pimps and whores
                                      G
Five green bottles are sitting on the floor
                                                      Em
I wish to Christ, I wish to Christ that I had fifteen more
[Chorus]
         G                                     D
And it's lend me ten pounds and I'll buy you a drink
    G              D            Em
And mother wake me early in the morning
(Repeat Banjo part)
[Instrumental]
 Em Em Em Em Em Em EmDEmD Em
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |     |
[Chorus]
         G                                     D
And it's lend me ten pounds and I'll buy you a drink
    G              D            Em
And mother wake me early in the morning
[Verse 5]
       Em
The boys and me are drunk and looking for you
                                        Am
We'll eat your frigging entrails and we won't give a damn
                                G
Me daddy was a blueshirt and my mother a madam
                                              Em
My brother earned his medals at Mỹ Lai in Vietnam
[Chorus]
         G                                     D
And it's lend me ten pounds and I'll buy you a drink
    G              D            Em
And mother wake me early in the morning
[Verse 6]
       Em
On the first day of march it was raining
                                        Am
It was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen
                                G
Stay on the other side of the road 'cause you can never tell
                                                            Em
We've a thirst like a gang of devils we're the boys from the county hell
[Chorus]
         G                                     D
And it's lend me ten pounds and I'll buy you a drink
    G              D            Em
And mother wake me early in the morning
         G                                     D
And it's lend me ten pounds and I'll buy you a drink
    G              D            Em
And mother wake me early in the morning

Boys From The County Hell chords and lyrics

Free chords for Boys From The County Hell by The Pogues. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

***Boys From the County Hell - Shane MacGowan
from the album "Red Roses For Me"
Chorus by Brian Davies..http://www.ils.nwu.edu/~davies/guitar/index.html
Boys From The County Hell - as perfomed by The Pogues
[Opening] (banjo part)
                                                                         (last 4 notes played with a slide)
[Intro]
|Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  D|Em  D  Em |
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
[Verse 4]
[Chorus]
(Repeat Banjo part)
[Instrumental]
|Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  |Em  D|Em  D  Em |
[Chorus]
[Verse 5]
[Chorus]
[Verse 6]
[Chorus]

Boys From The County Hell Chords by The Pogues

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