Buttercup Joe chords by The Yetties

Intro:

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Verse 1:
D                    A       D
Now I be a true bred country chap
   A                 D
Me mother comes from Wareham
                       G
Mother, she's got some more like I
    D          A      D
and well knows how to rear 'em
D
Some folks calls I bacon face
Em               A
and other turnip head
D         A       D        A
But I can prove I ain't no fool
                    D
though I be country bred

Chorus:
D                   A      D
For I can plough or milk a cow
G     D       A
I can reap or sow
       D                       G
I'm as fresh as the daisy that grows in the field
         D       A         D
and they calls I buttercup Joe

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Verse 2:
D                       A         D
They nobby swells, they laugh and chaff
   A             D
to see I eat fat bacon
D                        G
They wouldn't touch such country stuff
    D            A          D
but that's where they're mistaken.
D
On wine and grog they do their airs
    Em               A
and lord it at their ease
    D      A        D         A
but give I fat pork from they sty
                       D
or a lump of bread and cheese

Chorus:
D                   A      D
For I can plough or milk a cow
G     D       A
I can reap or sow
       D                       G
I'm as fresh as the daisy that grows in the field
         D       A         D
and they calls I buttercup Joe

D A D

Verse 3:
    D                  A     D
Now bain't it prime in summertime
     A             D
when we go out hay-making
D                      G
the lassies, they will all turn out
    D       A       D
and freedom will be taken
D
they likes to get us country chaps
   Em                 A
o' course in harmless play
     D       A      D       A
they like to get us country chaps
                   D
and roll us in the hay

Chorus:
D                   A      D
For I can plough or milk a cow
G     D       A
I can reap or sow
       D                       G
I'm as fresh as the daisy that grows in the field
         D       A         D
and they calls I buttercup Joe

D A D

Verse 4:
     D               A      D
Now 'ave you seen my pretty maid
     A             D
they calls our our Mary
D                      G
her works as busy as a bumble bee
   D      A       D
on farmer Jones's dairy
D
and don't she make they dumplings nice
   Em              A
by Jove I means to try 'em
    D       A        D       A
and ask her if she'd like to wed
                         D
with a country chap like I am

Chorus:
D                   A      D
For I can plough or milk a cow
G     D       A
I can reap or sow
       D                       G
I'm as fresh as the daisy that grows in the field
         D       A         D
and they calls I buttercup Joe