Forty Pound Wedding chords by Skinny Lister

Chords with lyrics

Chorus:

     G+G
Well, as I walked down the metal road

          C majorC
With all but forty pounds

G+G
Only the bells around my waist

           D MajorD
The cut-throats to confound

  G+G
No sharp-eyed rogue would rob me

        C majorC
No vagabond likewise

   G+G            G+G       D MajorD          G+G
And I bet my hide I'll win my bride with the flashing bright-blue eyes

Verse:

     G+G
Well, the first I met was a tinker

          C majorC
With gold rings to sell

G+G
Each one cost a tenner

             D MajorD
But some looked twice as well

   G+G
And I said, "That's lucky for me,"

           C majorC
And parted with some cash

  G+G
To take a golden wedding band

  D MajorD      G+G
To my deserving lass

Chorus:

     G+G
Well, as I walked down the metal road

          C majorC
With all but thirty pounds

G+G
Only the bells around my waist

           D MajorD
The cut-throats to confound

  G+G
No sharp-eyed rogue would rob me

        C majorC
No vagabond likewise

   G+G            G+G       D MajorD          G+G
And I bet my hide I'll win my bride with the flashing bright-blue eyes


Verse:

Well, the next I met was a gypsy

She had a yard of Honiton lace

Eyes as brown as berries

With an honest, open face

And I said "That's lucky for me,"

And parted with some cash

To take a beautiful wedding veil

To my deserving lass


Chorus:

     G+G
Well, as I walked down the metal road

          C majorC
With all but twenty pounds

G+G
Only the bells around my waist

           D MajorD
The cut-throats to confound

  G+G
No sharp-eyed rogue would rob me

        C majorC
No vagabond likewise

   G+G            G+G       D MajorD          G+G
And I bet my hide I'll win my bride with the flashing bright-blue eyes


Verse:

     G+G
Well, the next I met was an urchin

           C majorC
He had orchids by the score

G+G
Blues and reds and yellows

           D MajorD
To make the sun feel sore

   G+G
And I said "That's lucky for me,"

           C majorC
And parted with some cash

  G+G
To take a rare wedding bouquet

  D MajorD      G+G
To my deserving lass


Chorus:

     G+G
Well, as I walked down the metal road

          C majorC
With all but ten pounds

G+G
Only the bells around my waist

           D MajorD
The cut-throats to confound

  G+G
No sharp-eyed rogue would rob me

        C majorC
No vagabond likewise

   G+G            G+G       D MajorD          G+G
And I bet my hide I'll win my bride with the flashing bright-blue eyes


Verse:

     G+G
Well, the last I met was a farmer

            C majorC
He had a Magnum of champagne

  G+G
He wanted fifteen guineas

              D MajorD
But I clinched it just the same

   G+G
And I said, "That's lucky for me!

          C majorC
Now we can raise a glass

  G+G
And drink a sparkling wedding toast

  D MajorD      G+G
To my deserving lass!"


Bridge:

Well, my Father is an ignorant man

You can hear him loudly call

"It's a curtain ring on her finger

And her veil's a gypsy's shawl

And what a fine bunch of wayside weeds

Fresh-picked from down the lane

And a wedding cup of cider sets us on the road again."


Chorus:

     G+G
Well, as I walked down the metal road

          C majorC
With never a weary pound

G+G
Only the bells around my waist

           D MajorD
The cut-throats to confound

  G+G
No sharp-eyed rogue would rob me

        C majorC
No vagabond likewise

   G+G         G+G           D MajorD          G+G
And I kept my hide and I won my bride with the flashing bright-blue eyes