Mcalpines Fusiliers chords by The High Kings

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
D MajorD


Verse 1:
D MajorD               G+G            D MajorD    A augmentedA   D MajorD
Oh it's down the glen came McAlpine’s men with their shovels slung behind them.
            G+G              D MajorD      G+G
'Twas in the pub they drank the sub and up in the spike you'll find them .
    D MajorD                 G+G         D MajorD     G+G
They sweated blood and they washed down mud with pints and quarts of beer.
   D MajorD        G+G        D MajorD     A augmentedA  D MajorD
And now we're on the road again with McAlpine's Fusiliers.

Verse 2:
D MajorD              G+G        D MajorD    A augmentedA    D MajorD
I stripped to the skin with Darkie Flynn down in the Isle of Grain.
D MajorD                G+G                D MajorD     G+G
With Horse Face O'Toole, sure I knew the rule, no money if you stopped for rain.
  D MajorD               G+G             D MajorD     G+G
McAlpine's God was a well-filled hod, your shoulders cut to bits and seared,
   D MajorD         G+G         D MajorD     A augmentedA  D MajorD
And woe to he wh’went look for tea with McAlpine's Fusiliers.

Pre-interlude:
B minorBm
Oh way oh oooh
B minorBm
Oh way oh oooh


Verse 3:
D MajorD               G+G        D MajorD   A augmentedA    D MajorD
I remember that day when the Bear O'Shea fell into a concrete stairs.
                  G+G                   D MajorD      G+G
What the Horse Face said when he found him dead well it wasn't what the rich called prayers.
    D MajorD             G+G         D MajorD   G+G
“I'm a navvy short” was the one retort that reached unto my ears.
       D MajorD             G+G          D MajorD    A augmentedA  D MajorD
And when the goin’ gets rough well you must be tough with McAlpine's Fusiliers

Pre-interlude:
B minorBm
Oh way oh oooh
B minorBm
Oh way oh oooh
B minorBm
Oh way oh oooh
B minorBm
Oh way oh oooh


Interlude:
D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
D G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD


Verse 4:
D MajorD                  G+G         D MajorD    A augmentedA     D MajorD
I've worked 'til the sweat well it had me bet, with Russians, Czechs and Poles.
                 G+G            D MajorD     G+G
On shuddering jams in the hydro dams or underneath the Thames in a hole.
  D MajorD         G+G                D MajorD       G+G
I grafted hard and I got me cards and many a ganger's fist across me ears.
    D MajorD             G+G           D MajorD    A augmentedA  D MajorD
If you value your life well don’t join by Christ, with McAlpine's Fusiliers.

       D MajorD             G+G           D MajorD    A augmentedA  D MajorD
And if you value your life well don’t join by Christ, with McAlpine's Fusiliers.