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Arthur Mcbride And The Sergeant chords by Paul Brady

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Chord diagramG/DG/D Chord diagramD7D7  D6sus4   D7sus2

    Chord diagramG/DG/D         Chord diagramD7D7          Chord diagramG/DG/D
Oh, me and my cousin, one Arthur McBride
Chord diagramD7D7   D6sus4 D7sus2    D6sus4      D7sus2
As   we     went a-walking   down by the seaside
     Chord diagramG/DG/D           Chord diagramD7D7         Chord diagramG/DG/D  Chord diagramD7D7    D6sus4
Now, mark what did follow and what did betide
    D6sus4   Chord diagramG/DG/D          Chord diagramD7D7
For it being on Christmas morning...

    Chord diagramG/DG/D      Chord diagramD7D7        Chord diagramG/DG/D
Out for recreation, we went on a tramp
Chord diagramD7D7   D6sus4 D7sus2       D6sus4     D7sus2
And  we     met Sergeant Napper and Corporal Vamp
      D6sus4     Chord diagramD7D7         Chord diagramG/DG/D
And a little wee drummer, intending to camp
        D6sus4    Chord diagramG/DG/D          Chord diagramD7D7
For the day being pleasant and charming

      Chord diagramG/DG/D           Chord diagramD7D7            Chord diagramG/DG/D
"Good morning! Good morning!" the sergeant did cry
 Chord diagramD7D7     D6sus4  D7sus2      D6sus4      D7sus2
"And    the     same to you gentlemen!" we did reply
  Chord diagramG/DG/D        Chord diagramD7D7       Chord diagramG/DG/D   Chord diagramD7D7 D6sus4
Intending no harm but meant to pass by
    D6sus4   Chord diagramG/DG/D          Chord diagramD7D7
For it being on Christmas morning

    Chord diagramG/DG/D          Chord diagramD7D7           Chord diagramG/DG/D
But says he, "My fine fellows if you will enlist
Chord diagramD7D7   D6sus4  D7sus2     D6sus4      D7sus2
It's ten     guineas in gold I will slip in your fist
      D6sus4       Chord diagramD7D7             Chord diagramG/DG/D
And a crown in the bargain for to kick up the dust
    D6sus4           Chord diagramG/DG/D           Chord diagramD7D7
And drink the King's health in the morning

      Chord diagramG/DG/D         Chord diagramD7D7     Chord diagramG/DG/D
For a soldier he leads a very fine life
Chord diagramD7D7  D6sus4  D7sus2    D6sus4         D7sus2
And he      always is blessed with a charming young wife
       Chord diagramG/DG/D          Chord diagramD7D7            Chord diagramG/DG/D    Chord diagramD7D7 D6sus4
And he pays all his debts without sorrow or strife
    D6sus4       Chord diagramG/DG/D          Chord diagramD7D7
And always lives pleasant and charming...

      Chord diagramG/DG/D        Chord diagramD7D7        Chord diagramG/DG/D
And a soldier he always is decent and clean
Chord diagramD7D7 D6sus4  D7sus2    D6sus4        D7sus2
In the     finest of clothing he's constantly seen
      D6sus4     Chord diagramD7D7         Chord diagramG/DG/D
While other poor fellows go dirty and mean
    D6sus4      Chord diagramG/DG/D          Chord diagramD7D7
And sup on thin gruel in the morning."

            Chord diagramG/DG/D        Chord diagramD7D7          Chord diagramG/DG/D
"But", says Arthur, "I wouldn't be proud of your clothes
Chord diagramD7D7  D6sus4  D7sus2   D6sus4       D7sus2
For you've  only the lend of them as I suppose
        Chord diagramG/DG/D             Chord diagramD7D7              Chord diagramG/DG/D Chord diagramD7D7  D6sus4
And you dare not change them-one-night, for you know
       D6sus4       Chord diagramG/DG/D            Chord diagramD7D7
If you do you'll be flogged in the morning

      Chord diagramG/DG/D         Chord diagramD7D7     Chord diagramG/DG/D
And although that we-are single and free
Chord diagramD7D7 D6sus4  D7sus2  D6sus4          D7sus2
We take    great   delight  in our own company
       D6sus4    Chord diagramD7D7           Chord diagramG/DG/D
And we have no desire strange faces to see
         D6sus4    Chord diagramG/DG/D        Chord diagramD7D7
Although that your offers are charming

       Chord diagramG/DG/D       Chord diagramD7D7      Chord diagramG/DG/D
And we have no desire to take your advance
Chord diagramD7D7  D6sus4 D7sus2    D6sus4     D7sus2
All ha-----zards and dangers we barter on chance
        Chord diagramG/DG/D           Chord diagramD7D7              Chord diagramG/DG/D     Chord diagramD7D7 D6sus4
For you-would-have no scruples for-to-send-us-to France
      D6sus4       Chord diagramG/DG/D          Chord diagramD7D7
Where we would get shot without warning"

    Chord diagramG/DG/D             Chord diagramD7D7             Chord diagramG/DG/D
"Oh now!", says the sergeant "I'll have no such chat
Chord diagramD7D7  D6sus4  D7sus2       D6sus4       D7sus2
And I       neither will take it from spalpeen or brat
    D6sus4    Chord diagramD7D7           Chord diagramG/DG/D
For if you  insult me with one other word
     D6sus4       Chord diagramG/DG/D          Chord diagramD7D7
I'll cut off your heads in the morning"

         Chord diagramG/DG/D        Chord diagramD7D7   Chord diagramG/DG/D
And-then Arthur and I we soon drew our hods
Chord diagramD7D7  D6sus4 D7sus2           D6sus4      D7sus2
And we     scarce gave them time for to draw-their-own-blades
       Chord diagramG/DG/D         Chord diagramD7D7         Chord diagramG/DG/D    Chord diagramD7D7    D6sus4
When a trusty shillelagh came over their heads
    D6sus4         Chord diagramG/DG/D          Chord diagramD7D7
And bade them take that as fair warning

          Chord diagramG/DG/D       Chord diagramD7D7           Chord diagramG/DG/D
And their old-rusty rapiers that hung by their side
Chord diagramD7D7 D6sus4  D7sus2      D6sus4   D7sus2
We flung   them as far as  we   could in the tide
     D6sus4         Chord diagramD7D7              Chord diagramG/DG/D
"Now take them out, Divils!", cried Arthur McBride
     D6sus4      Chord diagramG/DG/D           Chord diagramD7D7
"And temper their edge in the morning"

        Chord diagramG/DG/D        Chord diagramD7D7         Chord diagramG/DG/D
And the little wee drummer we flattened his pow
Chord diagramD7D7  D6sus4 D7sus2     D6sus4      D7sus2
And we     made-a-football of his rowdeydowdow
      Chord diagramG/DG/D       Chord diagramD7D7          Chord diagramG/DG/D  Chord diagramD7D7  D6sus4
Threw it in the tide for to rock and to row
    D6sus4    Chord diagramG/DG/D         Chord diagramD7D7
And bade it a tedious returning

       Chord diagramG/DG/D       Chord diagramD7D7          Chord diagramG/DG/D
And we having no money, paid-them-off in cracks
Chord diagramD7D7  D6sus4  D7sus2  D6sus4           D7sus2
And we      paid no respect to-their two bloody backs
       D6sus4        Chord diagramD7D7           Chord diagramG/DG/D
For we lathered them there like a pair of wet sacks
    D6sus4        Chord diagramG/DG/D         Chord diagramD7D7
And left them for dead in the morning

    Chord diagramG/DG/D      Chord diagramD7D7           Chord diagramG/DG/D
And so to-conclude and to finish disputes
Chord diagramD7D7  D6sus4 D7sus2     D6sus4        D7sus2
We  o------bligingly  asked if they wanted recruits
       Chord diagramG/DG/D        Chord diagramD7D7           Chord diagramG/DG/D  Chord diagramD7D7   D6sus4
For we were the lads who would give them hard clouts
    D6sus4        Chord diagramG/DG/D          Chord diagramD7D7
And bid them look sharp in the morning

   Chord diagramG/DG/D       Chord diagramD7D7          Chord diagramG/DG/D
Oh me and my cousin, one Arthur McBride
Chord diagramD7D7  D6sus4  D7sus2    D6sus4    D7sus2
As  we      went a walkin' down by the seaside
    D6sus4    Chord diagramD7D7           Chord diagramG/DG/D
Now mark what followed and what did betide
    D6sus4   Chord diagramG/DG/D          Chord diagramD7D7
For it being on Christmas morning

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