Fergie Mccormack chords by Daoiri Farrell

• Capo on 5th

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

As played on True Born Irishman
Capo 5

Intro:
C   F       C    F      C   F     C  G  C

Verse 1:
   C                                F
Oh Fergie McCormack was walking one day
        C                     F
When he noticed a building on fire
        C                                  F
And the screams of a lady could plainly be heard
       C                          G
As the building it smoldered even higher
       F         C        F           C
Oh the trembling lady was clutching a baby
        C                        F
And the building was ten stories high
         C                                     F
It could plainly be seen that both she and her baby
     C         G             C
Were certainly doomed for to die

Verse 2:
         C                                           F
Well the firemen were there with their ropes and big ladders
              C                   F
And they were holding a big trampoline
          C                                   F
They were trying to entice this young lady to jump
    C                      G
But indeed she wasn't very keen
        F            C        F              C
For her baby was too small to survive such a fall
    C                       F
And she then refused to let go
         C                                      F
Oh, well what could they do? They were all in a stew
        C          G            C
As they helplessly gazed from below


{Verse 3}
     C                                F
Well along came a hero, bold Fergie McCormack
          C                  F
Says he, “Throw your baby to me!”
 C                                             F
"Indeed I will catch it, and from death I will snatch it"
     C                       G
"And safe in me arms he will be”
       F         C            F              C
Oh his masculine arms and the big fullback's charms
     C                          F
Laid down all this young lady's fears
       C                                               F
As she cried, “Bless you Fergie!”, she tossed her baby over
    C           G                C
The side as her eyes filled with tears


Interlude:
C   C/B   C/A   C/G   (5X)


{Verse 4}
         C                             F
Well the rest of the story can long be remembered
   C                          F
In history throughout all the land
        C                                     F
As that baby came down and the crowd gathered round
      C                         G
Oh it landed safely in Fergie's arms
          F           C                F           C
“Oh, he's rescued the child!” said the crowd going wild
        C                          F
But the excitement was clearly too much
        C                                        F
As they all gazed in wonder, with a swift up-and-under
   C            G         C
He kicked forty meters to touch