The Reaper Tam Mccorty chords by The Rumjacks

Chords with lyrics

[Intro]
G+G C majorC G+G G+G
C majorC A minorAm E minorEm G+G
C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC
D MajorD G+G


[Verse]
G+G           C majorC       G+G
Tam he woke tae find a shadow by the bed,
G+G                C majorC   A minorAm    E minorEm
Blamed it on the vapors still beleaguerin' his head,
C majorC                  G+G          D MajorD
Scrubbed his chops & dragged an oily bug rake through his hair,
  G+G                  C majorC  D MajorD    G+G
And wiped the mirror tae find the bogey mimickin' his stare,
  G+G                 C majorC       G+G
He boilt the jug tae quench his mug & baked a lump o' toast,
G+G              C majorC    A minorAm  E minorEm
Hid behind the racin' pages from the hoary ghost,
  C majorC          G+G        D MajorD
oh "Awfy ghostie if yer here tae make me dead,
G+G                 C majorC     D MajorD   G+G
Spare me life & bother me wife or Mother-in-law instead!"

[Chorus]
G+G           C majorC        G+G
"Tam McCorty I'm not here to make you cry,
 G+G                 C majorC    A minorAm   E minorEm
I know you?re just a broken man wi' longing in his eye,
   G+G            C majorC          D MajorD
I'll say my say & go my way a-carving through the rye,
G+G          C majorC    D MajorD  G+G  C majorC  D MajorD  G+G
Tam McCorty, it?s not your day to die."


[Verse]
    G+G                  C majorC      G+G
"By the way ye've hung yer tools o' trade & mantle I can tell,
G+G                   C majorC   A minorAm  E minorEm
Ye will nae leave until ye've seen me safely intae hell,
  C majorC                   G+G       D MajorD
So follow me down the 'Horse & Crown' of liquor I'm sae fond,
   G+G                 C majorC    D MajorD   G+G
I'll drink meself tae death & haunt the witches from beyond."


[Chorus]
G+G           C majorC        G+G
"Tam McCorty I'm not here to make you cry,
 G+G                 C majorC    A minorAm   E minorEm
I know you?re just a broken man wi' longing in his eye,
   G+G            C majorC          D MajorD
I'll say my say & go my way a-carving through the rye,
G+G          C majorC    D MajorD  G+G  C majorC  D MajorD  G+G
Tam McCorty, it?s not your day to die."

[Verse]
   G+G              C majorC         G+G
They drank to fallen heroes, they spat & cursed the Queen,
   G+G                C majorC   A minorAm  E minorEm
They argued o'er 'Black Caviar' - The finest ever seen?
   C majorC                  G+G        D MajorD
They smoked cigars & played at cards for pots o' Gilbeys Gin,
G+G                C majorC      D MajorD     G+G
Roarin' as the fiery liqour, it spilled all down their chin.


[Chorus]
G+G           C majorC        G+G
"Tam McCorty I'm not here to make you cry,
 G+G                 C majorC    A minorAm   E minorEm
I know you?re just a broken man wi' longing in his eye,
   G+G            C majorC          D MajorD
I'll say my say & go my way a-carving through the rye,
G+G          C majorC    D MajorD  G+G  C majorC  D MajorD  G+G
Tam McCorty, it?s not your day to die."


[Verse]
   G+G                 C majorC        G+G
They staggered home along the tracks & pissed against a post,
  G+G               C majorC       A minorAm   E minorEm
The dogs a' barkin' madly, all as though they'd seen a ghost,
  C majorC                G+G       D MajorD
"Oh take me now I beg you, pick yer mark & pick it well,
  G+G                 C majorC    D MajorD     G+G
I'm tired o' livin' & there I think I hear the hounds o' HELL!"


[Chorus]
G+G           C majorC        G+G
"Tam McCorty I'm not here to make you cry,
 G+G                 C majorC    A minorAm   E minorEm
I know you?re just a broken man wi' longing in his eye,
   G+G            C majorC          D MajorD
I'll say my say & go my way a-carving through the rye,
G+G          C majorC    D MajorD  G+G  C majorC  D MajorD  G+G
Tam McCorty, it?s not your day to die."


[Verse]
   G+G               C majorC      G+G
Death threw his cloak across him where he passed out in his chair,
  G+G
And whispered in a frosty tone directly in his ear,
C majorC                 G+G        D MajorD
"Best you learn to live again, forgive yerself yer past,
  G+G
For when you see me next Tam, it'll be your last."


[Chorus]
G+G           C majorC        G+G
"Tam McCorty I'm not here to make you cry,
 G+G                 C majorC    A minorAm   E minorEm
I know you?re just a broken man wi' longing in his eye,
   G+G            C majorC          D MajorD
I'll say my say & go my way a-carving through the rye,
G+G          C majorC    D MajorD   G+G
Tam McCorty, it?s not your day to die."
G+G           C majorC        G+G
"Tam McCorty I'm not here to make you cry,
 G+G                 C majorC    A minorAm   E minorEm
I know you?re just a broken man wi' longing in his eye,
   G+G            C majorC          D MajorD
I'll say my say & go my way a-carving through the rye,
G+G          C majorC    D MajorD   G+G
Tam McCorty, it?s not your day to die."
G+G          C majorC    D MajorD   G+G
Tam McCorty, it?s not your day to die."
G+G          C majorC    D MajorD   G+G