Kelty Clippie chords by Gaberlunzie

Tuning: D Tuning (D G C F A D)

Key: G

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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