Chip chords by The Real McKenzies

🏷Legend:
*  - play once
() - optional
!  - same chord up the neck

Chords used:

    C5    D#5   D5    A#5   A#5!   G5   G5!    G#5   F5
e|---x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x------x-----x---|
B|---x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x------x-----x---|
G|---5-----8-----7-----3-----x-----x-----x------x-----x---|
D|---5-----8-----7-----3-----8-----5-----12-----6-----3---|
A|---3-----6-----5-----1-----8-----5-----12-----6-----3---|
E|---x-----x-----x-----x-----6-----3-----10-----4-----1---|

Main bagpipe riff

e|-15---------------------11-------------------------15-----------------------11-------------|
B|---13-13-11-13-13-13-15----13-13-11-13---11-13-15------13-13-11-13-13-13-15----13-15-11-13-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Intro:

Main riff over C5 D#5 D5 C5 x4


Verse 1:

C5 *
Chip worked as a boatwright
       C5 *
As his father and his gran
C5 *
Working in a boatyard
         D#5    D5    C5
Building on the River Thames
C5 *
One day Chip was hard at work
    C5 *
The Devil appeared from hell
   C5 *
He held a roll of copper
      D#5    D5      C5
And a bucket full of nails


Pre-Chorus:

    C5
The Devil said unto Chip
         (D5)
Take these nails and copper roll
      (D#5)
But you also have to take this rat
  (D5)               A#5  C5
And I will take your soul

Chip despised the rat
        D#5
And the rat squealed and hissed
        A#5
But the bucket o' nails and copper
     D#5      D5 C5
Were too much to resist


Interlude:


G#5  A#5!  G#5  F5

Main riff over C5 D#5 D5 C5 x2


Verse 2:

C5 *
Chip went straight to work
     C5 *
He'd get rid of the rat
          C5 *
And there would not be a problem
         D#5   D5        C5
With his death after the fact
        C5 *
But the devil rat wouldn't die
   C5 *
No matter how hard he tried
    C5 *
The rat attacked the boatwright
       D#5 D5         C5
And he bit him in the eye


Pre-Chorus:

   C5
It seemed as if the river rats
   (D5)
Fell under Satan's spell
   (D#5)
They followed Chip around
           (D5)          A#5  C5
And made his life a living hell

He slowly lost his mind
   D#5
He lost his family
   A#5
He lost his job
                    D#5 D5 C5
And had to join the Kings' Navy

G#5  A#5!  G#5  F5


Chorus:

  C5            D#5
A lemon grows a pip
  G#5               A#5!
A yard will build a ship
   C5          D#5
As Satan is my master
       G#5     A#5!
I will get you Chip
  C5            D#5
A lemon grows a pip
  G#5               A#5!
A yard will build a ship
   C5          A#5   G5
As Satan is my master
G5
I'm gonna get you


Interlude:

This plays over the chord progression:

e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------5----|
A|-3---3-1-3-5---5-3-5-6---6-5-6---6--|
E|------------------------------------|

C5  D5  D#5  G5!  D#5 x2

C5  D5  D#5  G5!  D#5  G5  A#5! C5

Main riff over C5 D#5 D5 C5 x2


Verse 3:

    C5 *
The rats chased Chip
N.C
Up the gangplank of the ship
N.C
And they bit him and they tortured him

e|-----11-------------|
B|-15-----13-15-11-13-|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|


Until he finally flipped
   C5 *
He sniveled to the captain
   C5 *
To turn around his rig
    C5 *              C5 *
The captain spied his madness
       C5
And he chucked him in the brig


Pre-Chorus:

    C5
The devil rat had his man
 (D5)
He knew just what to do
(D#5)
He'd command the rats
              (D5)          A#5 C5
And through the planks they'd chew

The water rushed in
        D#5
And the ship went down
        A#5
She was smashed around the rocks
             D#5  D5     C5
On which the rats danced around

G#5  A#5!  G#5  F5


Chorus:

  C5            D#5
A lemon grows a pip
  G#5               A#5!
A yard will build a ship
   C5          D#5
As Satan is my master
       G#5     A#5!
I will get you Chip

  C5            D#5
A lemon grows a pip
  G#5               A#5!
A yard will build a ship
   C5          D#5
As Satan is my master
       G#5     A#5!
I will get you Chip

  C5            D#5
A lemon grows a pip
  G#5               A#5!
A yard will build a ship
   C5          D#5
As Satan is my master
       G#5     A#5!
I will get you Chip

  C5            D#5
A lemon grows a pip
  G#5               A#5!
A yard will build a ship
   C5          D#5    G5
As Satan is my master
              C5 *