The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn chords by The Pogues

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Novice

THE SICK BED OF CUCHULAINN

 INTRO:  C majorC  DmDm  C majorC  DmDm   C majorC  DmDm  FF  C majorC

   C majorC          DmDm      C majorC      DmDm
 McCormack and Richard Tauber, Are singin' by the bed
       C majorC       DmDm            FF       C majorC
 There's a glass of punch below your feet, And an angel at your head
      C majorC      DmDm          C majorC       DmDm
 There's devils on each side of you, With bottles in their hand
        C majorC         DmDm         A minorAm        A minorAm
 You'll need one more drop of poison, And you'll dream of foreign lands

 *STRUM CHANGE*
       FF          Bb majorBb        C majorC       FF
 When you pissed yourself in Frankfurt, And got syph down in Cologne
      FF         Bb majorBb          C majorC       FF
 And you heard the rattlin' death trains, As you lay there all alone
     FF         FF      Bb majorBb     FF
 Frank Ryan brought you whiskey, In a brothel in Madrid
      Bb majorBb          Bb majorBb          FF       C majorC
 And you decked some fuckin' blackshirt, That was cursing all the yids

     FF       FF        Bb majorBb        FF
 At the sick bed of Cuchulainn, We'll kneel and say a prayer
      Bb majorBb        FF            C majorC       FF
 And the ghosts are rattlin' at the door, And the Devil's in the chair, Wheew


 INST:  FF  FF  Bb majorBb  C majorC    FF  FF  Bb majorBb  FF

    FF        Bb majorBb      C majorC          FF
 And, In the Euston Tavern, You screamed it was your shout
       FF         Bb majorBb       C majorC         FF
 But they wouldn't give you service, So you kicked the windows out
    FF      FF         Bb majorBb        FF
 They took you out into the street, Kicked you in the brains
      Bb majorBb            Bb majorBb       FF      C majorC
 So you walked back in through a bolted door, And did it all again

     FF       FF        Bb majorBb        FF
 At the sick bed of Cuchulainn, We'll kneel and say a prayer
      Bb majorBb        FF           C majorC       FF
 And the ghosts are rattlin' at the door, And the Devil's in the chair, Hey
                        *STRUM*
                        *CHANGE*
 INST:  FF  FF  Bb majorBb  C majorC    FF  FF  Bb majorBb  FF   C majorC

     C majorC         DmDm         C majorC        DmDm
 You remember that foul evening, When you heard the Banshees howl
       C majorC       DmDm         FF      C majorC
 There were lazy drunked bastards singin', Billy in the bowl
    C majorC        DmDm         C majorC        DmDm
 They took you up to midnight mass, And left you in the lurch
      C majorC       DmDm         A minorAm        A minorAm
 So you dropped a button in the plate, And spewed up in the church

 *STRUM CHANGE*
        FF        Bb majorBb      C majorC          FF
 Now, You'll sing a sing of liberty, For blacks and paks and jocks
        FF         Bb majorBb           C majorC       FF
 And they'll take you from this dump you're in,  And stick you in a box
        FF       FF       Bb majorBb         FF
 Then they'll take you to Cloughprior, And shove you in the ground
       Bb majorBb         Bb majorBb           FF       C majorC
 But you'll stick your head back out and shout, We'll have another round

       FF       FF        Bb majorBb        FF
 At the graveside of Cuchullainn, We'll kneel around and pray
   Bb majorBb       FF      C majorC         FF
 And God is in his Heaven, And Billy's down by the bay, Whoow

 INST:  FF  FF  Bb majorBb  C majorC     FF  FF  Bb majorBb  C majorC   TO FADE