My Father Loves Nikita Khrushchev chords by Makem And Clancy

• Capo on 5th

Verse :
G                        C
One fine day in May, the sun was on the sea
G                    Am
I went for a swim
I took along my bottle
G                       C
Swam among the waves so very calm indeed
    G        C       G          D
And green as all the grass that grows from Howth to Dalkey
G                       N/C
Swam around Killiney Bay, lovely day
G                  D
Down below I see a couple of hungry fishes
G                         C
Then I went along my way, rounding the bay
G             C      G     D          C
I thought I'd better say a prayer for dear old daddy

Chorus:

C                  G
Holy mo, me father loves Nikita Kruschev
C                G
Holy moly me, he loves Nikita Kruschev
C    D    G
Holy moly me!

Instrumental:

C     G     D     G x2



Verse :
G                     C
Stood upon a rock and looked out on the sea
G                    Am
Sleeping like a baby long before he's born
  G                          C
I felt the morning breeze so very sweet indeed
     G      C      G         D
Like fishes in the night and seaweed in the morning
G                             N/C
Took a towel and dried me back, lit up a fag
G                         D
Watched the smoky blue go blowing out in the sunlight
G                        C
Out beyond Killiney Bay, over the sea
G             C      G     D          D
I thought I'd better say a prayer for dear old daddy

Chorus:

C                  G
Holy mo, me father loves Nikita Kruschev
C                G
Holy moly me, he loves Nikita Kruschev
C    D    G
Holy moly me!

Instrumental:

C     G     D     G x2

G                   C
I am happy here, my bottle is in my hand
G                       Am
Half a quart of beer is all I really need
  G                   C
I whistled out today, today I never planned
G     C         G       D
Never knew that I could do without my brother
G                      N/C
Or me sister or me aunt, bad as they are
G                       D
Never knew that I could do without my mother
G                                          C
Threw my bathing suit away, those who have seen it
G         C     G            D
Once will never mind it, the others won't recognise it

Chorus:

C                  G
Holy mo, me father loves Nikita Kruschev
C                G
Holy moly me, he loves Nikita Kruschev
C    D    G
Holy moly me!

Instrumental:

C     G     D     G x2

G                      C
Ran along the sand and jumped from rock to rock
G                     Am
Going to get a tan in places I never dreamed of
G                  C
Anyone I meet will surely get a shock
G              C         G       D
Unless they're doing the same as me this lovely evening
G                             N/C
Turning cartwheels in the sand, over I go
G                       D
Standing on my head and landing on my bottom
G                                C
Such a lovely day today, happy I am
     G        C       G       D
That I've got more to do than worry about my father

Chorus:

C                  G
Holy mo, me father loves Nikita Kruschev
C                G
Holy moly me, he loves Nikita Kruschev
C    D    G
Holy moly me!

Instrumental:

C     G     D     G x4