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Hells Ditch

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***Hell's Ditch - by Shane MacGowan and Jem Finer
from the album "Hell's Ditch"
Hell's Ditch - as perfomed by The Pogues
{There are three main riffs.}
          Am7Am Am Am Am Am Am Am
RIFF 1:  [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []
          Dm Am E  Am
RIFF 2:  [] [] [] []
          Dm Am E  Am     A
         [] [] [] []  for  while
{Do the first thing again, speeding up.}
          Am Am Dm Dm Am E  Am Am     A
RIFF 3:  [] [] [] [] [] [] [] []  for  while
Life's a bitch, then you die
Black hell
Hell's ditch - naked howling freedom
The killer's hands are bound with chains
At six o'clock it starts to rain
He'll never never see the dawn again
Our lady of the flowers
Genet's feeling Ramon's dick
The guy in the bunk above gets sick
In the cell next door the lunatic
Starts screaming for his mother
Black dildo, black hell
As the Spanish cops ridiculed my gel
A mugshot I remember well
Little man how you have suffered
I could hear the screams from up above
If it ain't a fist it isn't love
As for our lady she kneels down
Her neck is bent, the blade comes down
Doing! There goes the breakfast bell
Back from heaven, back to hell
Naked howling freedom - Hell's Ditch
***Version 2*** by Kristoffer Ekman
         Am        AmAm        Am
Intro	||:  Amsus2  |  Amsus2  :||
    DmAmE    AmDmAmE   AmDmAmE  AmDmAmE  Am
	||: |     |  |    |  |   |  |   :||
    Am        AmAm        Am
	||:  Amsus2  |  Amsus2  :||
  AmDm Am EAmAm   Dm   Am EAm
	|	|	 |   |	|    |    |   |     ||
Am             Dm
Life's a bitch then you die black Hell
       Am    E    Am
Hell's ditch naked howling freedom
    Am                       E
The killer's hands are bound with chains at six o'clock it starts to rain
      E                    Am
He'll never see the dawn again our lady of the flowers
Dm                   Am
Genet's feeling Ramon's dick the guy in the bunk above gets sick
       E           Am
In the cell next door the lunatic starts screaming for his mother
Black dildo black hell
As the Spanish cops ridiculed my gel
A mugshot I remember well
Little man how you have suffered
        Dm                Am
I could hear the screams from up above if it ain't a fist it isn't love
   Dm           Am
As for our lady she kneels down her neck is bent the blade comes down
Dm               Am
Doing there goes the breakfast bell back from heaven back to hell
E               Am
Naked howling freedom Hell's Ditch
       Am    Dm    Am EAm   Am    E     E     Am
Outro	|     |     |   |    |     |     |     |    ||
  Dm    Am    E     Am   Am    Dm   Am EAm
	|     |     |     |    |     |    |   |	   ||

Hells Ditch chords and lyrics

Free chords for Hells Ditch by The Pogues. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

***Hell's Ditch - by Shane MacGowan and Jem Finer
from the album "Hell's Ditch"
Hell's Ditch - as perfomed by The Pogues
{There are three main riffs.}
RIFF 1:  [Am7] [Am] [Am] [Am] [Am] [Am] [Am] [Am]
RIFF 2:  [Dm] [Am] [E] [Am]
         [Dm] [Am] [E] [Am]  for A while
{Do the first thing again, speeding up.}
RIFF 3:  [Am] [Am] [Dm] [Dm] [Am] [E] [Am] [Am]  for A while
Life's a bitch, then you die
Black hell
Hell's ditch - naked howling freedom
The killer's hands are bound with chains
At six o'clock it starts to rain
He'll never never see the dawn again
Our lady of the flowers
Genet's feeling Ramon's dick
The guy in the bunk above gets sick
In the cell next door the lunatic
Starts screaming for his mother
Black dildo, black hell
As the Spanish cops ridiculed my gel
A mugshot I remember well
Little man how you have suffered
I could hear the screams from up above
If it ain't a fist it isn't love
As for our lady she kneels down
Her neck is bent, the blade comes down
Doing! There goes the breakfast bell
Back from heaven, back to hell
Naked howling freedom - Hell's Ditch
***Version 2*** by Kristoffer Ekman
Intro	||:Am  Amsus2  Am|Am  Amsus2  Am:||
	||:Dm Am|E     Am|Dm  Am|E    Am|Dm Am |E   Am|Dm Am |E   Am:||
	||:Am  Amsus2  Am|Am  Amsus2  Am:||
	|Am	|Dm	 |Am   E|Am	|Am    |Dm    |Am   E|Am     ||
Black dildo black hell
As the Spanish cops ridiculed my gel
A mugshot I remember well
Little man how you have suffered
Outro	|Am     |Dm     |Am   E|Am    |Am     |E     |E     |Am    ||
	|Dm     |Am     |E     |Am    |Am     |Dm    |Am   E|Am	   ||

Hells Ditch Chords by The Pogues

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