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Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn tab by The Pogues

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***The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn - by Shane MacGowan
from the album "Rum Sodomy & The Lash"

The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn - as perfomed by The Pogues

Intro:

     Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramDmDm      Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramDmDm     Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramDmDm      Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramC majorC
e|---8-8-10-12-10-8----8-8-10-12-10-----8-8-10-12-10-8----8-8-10-8-|
Chord diagramBB|-8----------------10----------------8-----------------10---------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Mc[Chord diagramC majorC]Cormack and Richard [Chord diagramDmDm] Tauber
Are [Chord diagramC majorC] singing by the [Chord diagramDmDm] bed.
There's a [Chord diagramC majorC] glass of punch be[Chord diagramDmDm]low your feet
And an [Chord diagramFF] angel at your [Chord diagramC majorC] head.
There's [Chord diagramC majorC] devils on each [Chord diagramDmDm] side of you
With [Chord diagramC majorC] bottles in their [Chord diagramDmDm] hands.
You need [Chord diagramC majorC] one more drop of [Chord diagramDmDm] poison
And you'll [Chord diagramA minorAm] dream of foreign [Chord diagramA minorAm] lands.

When you [Chord diagramFF] pissed yourself in [Chord diagramBb majorBb] Frankfurt
And got [Chord diagramC majorC] syph down in Co[Chord diagramFF]logne
And you [Chord diagramFF] heard the rattling [Chord diagramBb majorBb] death trains
As you [Chord diagramC majorC] lay there all a[Chord diagramFF]lone,
Frank [Chord diagramFF] Ryan brought you [Chord diagramC majorC] whiskey
In a [Chord diagramBb majorBb] brothel in Ma[Chord diagramC majorC]drid
And you [Chord diagramBb majorBb] decked some fucking [Chord diagramBb majorBb] blackshirt
Who was [Chord diagramC majorC] cursing all the [Chord diagramC majorC] Yids.
At the [Chord diagramFF] sick bed of Cu[Chord diagramFF]chulainn
We'll [Chord diagramBb majorBb] kneel and say a [Chord diagramFF] prayer
And the [Chord diagramBb majorBb] ghosts are rattling [Chord diagramFF] at the door
And the [Chord diagramC majorC] devil's in the [Chord diagramFF] chair.

  [Chord diagramFF] [Chord diagramFF] [Chord diagramBb majorBb] [Chord diagramC majorC]
  [Chord diagramFF] [Chord diagramFF] [Chord diagramBb majorBb] [Chord diagramFF]

And [Chord diagramFF] in the Euston [Chord diagramBb majorBb] Tavern
You [Chord diagramC majorC] screamed it was your [Chord diagramFF] shout
But they [Chord diagramFF] wouldn't give you [Chord diagramBb majorBb] service
So you [Chord diagramC majorC] kicked the windows [Chord diagramFF] out.
They [Chord diagramFF] took you out in[Chord diagramC majorC]to the street
And [Chord diagramBb majorBb] kicked you in the [Chord diagramC majorC] brains,
So you [Chord diagramBb majorBb] walked back in through a [Chord diagramBb majorBb] bolted door
And [Chord diagramC majorC] did it all a[Chord diagramC majorC]gain.
At the [Chord diagramFF] sick bed of Cu[Chord diagramFF]chulainn
We'll [Chord diagramBb majorBb] kneel and say a [Chord diagramFF] prayer
And the [Chord diagramBb majorBb] ghosts are rattling [Chord diagramFF] at the door
And the [Chord diagramC majorC] devil's in the [Chord diagramFF] chair.

   Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramBb majorBb           Chord diagramC majorC
e|----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------5-6--5----------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------5----5-7--------7-5------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7-7-7-5-7-5-7---3------------------5-5-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------|
   Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramBb majorBb    Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramFF
e|----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------5-6--5----------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------5----5-7--------7-5------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7-7-7-5-7-5-7---3------------------5-5-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------|

[Chord diagramC majorC]

You re[Chord diagramC majorC]member that foul [Chord diagramDmDm] evening
When you [Chord diagramC majorC] heard the banshees [Chord diagramDmDm] howl,
There was [Chord diagramC majorC] lazy drunken [Chord diagramDmDm] bastards
Singing [Chord diagramFF] 'Billy is in the [Chord diagramC majorC] bowl.'
They [Chord diagramC majorC] took you up to [Chord diagramDmDm] midnight mass
And [Chord diagramC majorC] left you in the [Chord diagramDmDm] lurch
So you [Chord diagramC majorC] dropped a button [Chord diagramDmDm] in the plate
And [Chord diagramA minorAm] spewed up in the [Chord diagramA minorAm] church.

Now you'll [Chord diagramFF] sing a song of [Chord diagramBb majorBb] liberty
For [Chord diagramC majorC] blacks and paks and [Chord diagramFF] jocks
And they'll [Chord diagramFF] take you from this [Chord diagramBb majorBb] dump you're in
And [Chord diagramC majorC] stick you in a [Chord diagramFF] box.
Then they'll [Chord diagramFF] take you to Clough[Chord diagramC majorC]prior
And [Chord diagramBb majorBb] shove you in the [Chord diagramC majorC] ground
But you'll [Chord diagramBb majorBb] stick your head back [Chord diagramBb majorBb] out and shout,
"We'll [Chord diagramC majorC] have another [Chord diagramC majorC] round."
At the [Chord diagramFF] graveside of Cu[Chord diagramFF]chulainn
We'll [Chord diagramBb majorBb] kneel around and [Chord diagramFF] pray
And [Chord diagramBb majorBb] God is in His [Chord diagramFF] heaven,
And [Chord diagramC majorC] Billy's down by the [Chord diagramFF] bay.

   Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramBb majorBb           Chord diagramC majorC
e|----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------5-6--5----------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------5----5-7--------7-5------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7-7-7-5-7-5-7---3------------------5-5-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------|


   Chord diagramFF                  Chord diagramBb majorBb    Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramFF
e|----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------------------5-6--5----------|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------5----5-7--------7-5------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-7-7-7-5-7-5-7---3------------------5-5-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------------------------------|

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