The Old Main Drag

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The Old Main Drag - by Shane MacGowan
from the album "Rum Sodomy & The Lash"
[Intro]
DGAD GADA GADA DGAD
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D G A D
When I first came to London I was only sixteen
G A D A
With a fiver in my pocket and my ole dancing bag
G A D A
I went down to the dilly to check out the scene
D G A D
And I soon ended up upon the old main drag
D G A D
There the he-males and the she-males paraded in style
G A D A
And the old man with the money would flash you a smile
G A D A
In the dark of an alley you'd work for a fiver
D G A D
For a swift one off the wrist down on the old main drag
D G A D
In the cold winter nights the old town it was chill
G A D A
But there were boys in the cafes who'd give you cheap pills
G A D A
If you didn't have the money you'd cajole or you'd beg
D G A D
There was always lots of tuinol on the old main drag
[Instrumental]
A A
| | |
D G A D
One evening as I was lying down by Leicester Square
G A D A
I was picked up by the coppers and kicked in the balls
G A D A
Between the metal doors at Vine Street I was beaten and mauled
D G A D
And they ruined my good looks for the old main drag
D G A D
In the tube station the old ones who were on the way out
G A D A
Would dribble and vomit and grovel and shout
G A D A
And the coppers would come along and push them about
D G A D
And I wished I could escape from the old main drag
D G A D
And now I'm lying here I've had too much booze
G A D A
I've been spat on and shat on and raped and abused
G A D A
I know that I am dying and I wish I could beg
D G A
For some money to take me from the old main drag

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The Old Main Drag - by Shane MacGowan
from the album "Rum Sodomy & The Lash"
[Intro]
| D G A D | G A D A | G A D A | D G A D |
[Instrumental]
| A   | A   |

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