Key: Gm 🎸 Intro: Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm 🎸 Verse 1: Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Born in the middle of the afternoon C C F Gm Gm Gm Gm In a horse-drawn wagon on the old A5 Gm Gm Gm Gm The big twelve-wheeler shook my bed C Gm C Dm Dm Dm "You can’t stop here” the policeman said
🎸 Chorus: Gm F C Dm "You’d better get born in some place else Gm F Move along get along Gm F Move along get along D# F Gm Go Move Shift" 🎸 Verse 2: Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Born at the tattie liftin time C C F Gm Gm Gm Gm In an old bell tent near a tattie field Gm Gm Gm Gm The farmer says “The work’s a’ done C Gm C Dm Dm Dm It’s time that you were movin on 🎸 Chorus: Gm F C Dm You’d better get born in some place else Gm F Move along get along Gm F Move along get along D# F Gm Go Move Shift" 🎸 Verse 3: Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Born on a common near a building site C C Dm Gm Gm Where the ground is rutted with the tractor wheels Gm Gm Gm Gm The local people said to me C Gm C Dm Dm Dm “You lower the price of property 🎸 Chorus: Gm F C Dm You’d better get born in some place else Gm F Move along get along Gm F Move along get along D# F Gm Go Move Shift" 🎸 Verse 4: Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Born at the back of the blackthorn hedge C C Dm Gm Gm With the white hoar frost lyin’ all around Gm Gm Gm Gm No eastern kings came bearing gifts C Gm C Dm Dm Dm Instead the order came to shift 🎸 Chorus: Gm F C Dm "You’d better get born in some place else Gm F Move along get along Gm F Move along get along D# F Gm Go Move Shift" Solo instr: Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm C C Dm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm C Gm C Dm Dm Dm Gm F Gm F D# F Gm 🎸 Verse 5: Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm The eastern sky was full of stars C C Dm Gm Gm Gm Gm And one shone brighter than the rest Gm Gm Gm Gm The wise men came so stern and strict C Gm C Dm And brought the order to evict 🎸 Chorus: Gm F C Dm "You’d better get born in some place else Gm F Move along get along Gm F Move along get along D# F Gm Go Move Shift" 🎸 Verse 6: Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Gm Wagon, tent or trailer born C C Dm Gm Gm Last week, last year, or in far-off days Gm Gm Gm Gm Born here or a thousand miles away C Gm C Dm There’s always men nearby who’ll say 🎸 Chorus: Gm F C Dm "You’d better get born in some place else Gm F Move along get along Gm F Move along get along D# F Gm Go Move Shift" 🎸 Outro: Gm F "Move along get along Gm F Move along get along D# F Gm Gm Go Move Shift Gm F Move along get along Gm F Move along get along D# F Gm Go Move Shift"
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