Forty Pound Wedding chords by Skinny Lister

Chorus:

         G
Well, as I walked down the metal road

                   C
With all but forty pounds

G
Only the bells around my waist

                      D
The cut-throats to confound

   G
No sharp-eyed rogue would rob me

                C
No vagabond likewise

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


Verse:

          G
Well, the first I met was a tinker

                   C
With gold rings to sell

G
Each one cost a tenner

                         D
But some looked twice as well

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

                     C
And parted with some cash

   G
To take a golden wedding band

   D            G
To my deserving lass


Chorus:

         G
Well, as I walked down the metal road

                    C
With all but thirty pounds

G
Only the bells around my waist

                      D
The cut-throats to confound

   G
No sharp-eyed rogue would rob me

                C
No vagabond likewise

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

                    C
With all but twenty pounds

G
Only the bells around my waist

                      D
The cut-throats to confound

   G
No sharp-eyed rogue would rob me

                C
No vagabond likewise

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


Verse:

          G
Well, the next I met was an urchin

                      C
He had orchids by the score

G
Blues and reds and yellows

                     D
To make the sun feel sore

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

                     C
And parted with some cash

   G
To take a rare wedding bouquet

   D            G
To my deserving lass


Chorus:

         G
Well, as I walked down the metal road

                    C
With all but ten pounds

G
Only the bells around my waist

                      D
The cut-throats to confound

   G
No sharp-eyed rogue would rob me

                C
No vagabond likewise

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


Verse:

          G
Well, the last I met was a farmer

                       C
He had a Magnum of champagne

   G
He wanted fifteen guineas

                           D
But I clinched it just the same

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

                   C
Now we can raise a glass

    G
And drink a sparkling wedding toast

   D            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
Well, as I walked down the metal road

                   C
With never a weary pound

G
Only the bells around my waist

                      D
The cut-throats to confound

   G
No sharp-eyed rogue would rob me

                C
No vagabond likewise

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