Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Intro: x2
E minorEm Em G+G 
A minorAm
E minorEm Em 
C majorC G+G
E minorEm Em A minorAm C majorC
E minorEm G+G E minorEm Em
Verse:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
Auld Nick patron saint o' thieves, murderers and sailors
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Strike these shackles from me uh-huh
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
Slide the bolt from out the door and tear down all the wire
C majorC D MajorD
My baby's growin' cold and I'm on fire
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
The wind that whistles off the hills and carries her perfume
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Carries too a lonely carol badly out of tune
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
For just tonight beyond these walls I'd lay a mountain low
C majorC D MajorD
And sing to her like only I know how
Chorus:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
They don't hang no fairy lights these rusty iron bars
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
So I burn a paper lamp for her to see
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
Though she's left like a widow of a war that never was
C majorC D MajorD
There's a light still burns in me
Break:
E minorEm Em G+G A minorAm
E minorEm Em C majorC G+G
E minorEm Em A minorAm C majorC
E minorEm G+G E minorEm Em
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
Auld Nick patron saint o' merchants, pawnmen and the judges
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
Who barter with the lives of men, the battlers and the bludgers
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
Go haunt the dogs awhile they sleep and thrash 'em round to sense
C majorC D MajorD
There's to many good boys this side of the fence
Chorus:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
They don't hang no fairy lights these rusty iron bars
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
So I burn a paper lamp for her to see
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
Though she's left like a widow of a war that never was
C majorC D MajorD
There's a light still burns in me
Break:
E minorEm Em G+G A minorAm
E minorEm Em C majorC G+G
E minorEm Em A minorAm C majorC
E minorEm G+G E minorEm Em
Bridge:
A minorAm C majorC
There's boys in here for liftin' gear from non-be-wary strangers
G+G D MajorD
And newly minted ne'er-do-wells and them born with the dangers
A minorAm C majorC
For livin' less than fruitful lives, toppin' less than faithful wives
G+G D MajorD
A augmentedA broken line of fools that span the ages
Chorus:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
They don't hang no fairy lights these rusty iron bars
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
So I burn a paper lamp for her to see
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
Though she's left like a widow of a war that never was
C majorC D MajorD
There's a light still burns in me
Break:
E minorEm Em G+G A minorAm
E minorEm Em C majorC G+G
E minorEm Em A minorAm C majorC
E minorEm G+G E minorEm Em
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
Auld Nick patron saint of fools from both sides of the law
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
For his sake wipe the dirty grin off that fat bastards jaw
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
We're lovers of tradition & we might yet find a way
C majorC D MajorD
To hold them bloody keys come boxing day
Chorus:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
They don't hang no fairy lights these rusty iron bars
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD
So I burn a paper lamp for her to see
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
Though she's left like a widow of a war that never was
C majorC D MajorD
There's a light still burns in me
NC
Burn it boys
Outro: x2
E minorEm Em G+G A minorAm
E minorEm Em C majorC G+G
E minorEm Em A minorAm C majorC
E minorEm G+G E minorEm Em
E minorEm G+G E minorEm Em
E minorEm G+G E minorEm
