Kelty Clippie chords by Gaberlunzie

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: D MajorD Tuning (D MajorD G+G C majorC FF A augmentedA D MajorD)

Key: G+G

Verse 1:
G+G
I have travelled roon' this country
    C majorC
From shore tae shining shore
      D MajorD
Frae the swamps o' Auchterderan
      D MajorD     G+G
Tae the jungles o' Lochore
G+G
But in all these far flung places
     C majorC
There's none that can compare
     D MajorD
Wi' the Lily o' Lumphinnans
      D MajorD       G+G
She's ma bonnie Maggie Blair

Chorus:
G+G
Oh, she's just a Kelty Clippie
    C majorC       C majorC
She'll no' tak' nae advice
    D MajorD
It's "Ach drap deid, awa' bile yer heid
      D MajorD        G+G
Or Ah'll punch yer ticket twice."
    G+G
Her faither's just a waister
    C majorC
Her mother's on the game
    D MajorD       D MajorD
She's just a Kelty Clippie
    G+G         G+G
But I love her just the same.

Verse 2:
      G+G
Frae the pyramids up in Kelty
      C majorC
Tae the mansions in Glencraig
    D MajorD
We've trod the bings together
   D MajorD         G+G
In mony's the blyth Stravaig
G+G
Watched the moonlight over Crosshill
     C majorC
Trod Buckhaven's golden sand
   D MajorD
And mony's the happy oor we've spent
    D MajorD       G+G
In Lochgelly's Happy Land

Chorus:
G+G
Oh, she's just a Kelty Clippie
    C majorC       C majorC
She'll no' tak' nae advice
    D MajorD
It's "Ach drap deid, awa' bile yer heid
      D MajorD        G+G
Or Ah'll punch yer ticket twice."
    G+G
Her faither's just a waister
    C majorC
Her mother's on the game
    D MajorD       D MajorD
She's just a Kelty Clippie
    G+G         G+G
But I love her just the same.

Verse 3:
    G+G
Well I met her on the "eight fifteen"
    C majorC
That night o' romantic bliss
       D MajorD
I says "Hey Mag pit doon yer fag
   D MajorD        G+G
And gie's a wee bit kiss"
      C majorC        G+G
Well she didnae take that kindly
     C majorC
No she didnae like ma chaff
   D MajorD
And bein' a contrary kind o' lass
   D MajorD         G+G
She says "Come oan -get aff."

Chorus:
G+G
Oh, she's just a Kelty Clippie
    C majorC       C majorC
She'll no' tak' nae advice
    D MajorD
It's "Ach drap deid, awa' bile yer heid
      D MajorD        G+G
Or Ah'll punch yer ticket twice."
    G+G
Her faither's just a waister
    C majorC
Her mother's on the game
    D MajorD       D MajorD
She's just a Kelty Clippie
    G+G         G+G
But I love her just the same.

Verse 4:
   G+G
Noo she hasnae got nae culture
      C majorC
And she drives me roon' the bend
   D MajorD
She sits every night in an old arm chair
  D MajorD          G+G
Readin' the "People's Friend"
    G+G
Her lapels are fu' o' badges
    C majorC
Frae Butlins doon at Ayr
   D MajorD
And she goes tae the Bingo every night
      D MajorD         G+G
Wi' the curlers still in her hair

Chorus:
G+G
Oh, she's just a Kelty Clippie
    C majorC       C majorC
She'll no' tak' nae advice
    D MajorD
It's "Ach drap deid, awa' bile yer heid
      D MajorD        G+G
Or Ah'll punch yer ticket twice."
    G+G
Her faither's just a waister
    C majorC
Her mother's on the game
    D MajorD       D MajorD
She's just a Kelty Clippie
    G+G         G+G
But I love her just the same.

Verse 5:
   G+G
But things is a wee bit better noo
    C majorC
Ah've gone and bought the ring
  D MajorD
I won it frae Jim at the Pitch and Toss
    D MajorD          G+G
Last night at the Lindsay Bing
   G+G
Wi' her wee black hat and her ticket machine
   C majorC
She did ma heart ensnare
 C majorC     D MajorD
She's the Lily o' Lumphinnans
      D MajorD       G+G
She's ma bonnie Maggie Blair.

Chorus:
G+G
Oh, she's just a Kelty Clippie
    C majorC       C majorC
She'll no' tak' nae advice
    D MajorD
It's "Ach drap deid, awa' bile yer heid
      D MajorD        G+G
Or Ah'll punch yer ticket twice."
    G+G
Her faither's just a waister
    C majorC
Her mother's on the game
    D MajorD       D MajorD
She's just a Kelty Clippie
    G+G         G+G
But I love her just the same.