Mcalpines Fusiliers chords by The High Kings

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
D


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


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

Pre-interlude:
Bm
Oh way oh oooh
Bm
Oh way oh oooh


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

Pre-interlude:
Bm
Oh way oh oooh
Bm
Oh way oh oooh
Bm
Oh way oh oooh
Bm
Oh way oh oooh


Interlude:
D G D A D
D G D A D


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

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