The Kings Shilling chords by Karan Casey

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

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

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G

Verse:
                  C majorC
Oh, my love has left me with bairns twa
        G+G
And that's the last of him I ever saw
                 C majorC
He joined the army and marched to war
      Am7Am7          C majorC            G+G
He took the shilling, he took the shilling and he's off to war

Chorus:
                   Am7Am7
Come, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar
     G+G             D MajorD   G+G
Take the king's shilling and you're off to war

Verse:
                 C majorC
Well, did he look as he marched along
         G+G
With his kilt and sporran and his musket gun?
                 C majorC
Ladies tipped him as he marched along
     Am7Am7        C majorC         G+G
He sailed out by, he sailed out by the Broomielaw

Verse:
               C majorC
Pipes did play as he marched along
         G+G
And the soldiers sang out a battle song
                    C majorC
"March on, march on," cried the captain gay
       Am7Am7          C majorC            G+G
For king and country, for king and country we will fight today

Chorus:
                   Am7Am7
Come, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar
     G+G             D MajorD   G+G
Take the king's shilling and you're off to war

Instrumental:
G+G  C majorC  G+G  C majorC  Am7Am7 C majorC  G+G

Verse:
                     C majorC
Well, the battle rattled to the sound of guns
         G+G
And the bayonets flashed in the morning sun
                 C majorC
The drums did beat and the cannon roared
         Am7Am7              C majorC             G+G
And the shilling didn't seem, oh, the shilling didn't seem much worth the war

Chorus:
                   Am7Am7
Come, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar
     G+G             D MajorD   G+G
Take the king's shilling and you're off to war

Verse:
                     C majorC
Well, the men they fought and the men did fall
        G+G
Cut down by bayonet and musket ball
             C majorC
Many of these brave young men
      Am7Am7          C majorC          G+G
Would never fight for, would never fight for the king again

Chorus:
                   Am7Am7
Come, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar
     G+G             D MajorD   G+G
Take the king's shilling and you're off to war

Chorus:
                   Am7Am7
Come, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar
     G+G             D MajorD   G+G
Take the king's shilling and you'll die in war

Chorus:
                   Am7Am7
Come, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar
     G+G             D MajorD   G+G
Take the king's shilling and you'll die in war
    C majorC   G+G
Die in war
       C majorC   G+G
You'll die in war