Ta-ra To Tooting chords by The Younguns

• Capo on 5th
• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C

🎸 Verse 1:
   G                       Bm                Em
We gather for the picture, my five mates and me
     G             Em             G         C
Like dapper little devils, we are young and free
    Em           Bm           G              C
And I sit in the centre - the captain of the crew
   G          Em             D               C
My coat is an old 'un but my shirt is almost new



🎸 Chorus 1:
      Em            Bm              G            C
And I sing ta-ra to Tooting and the lads I leave behind
        G                  Em               G              C
For the train waits in the station and it's time for me to ride
         D                         G              C
But I'll take this tiny picture so wherever I may be
            G       D        Em     Em      D        C
There'll be Jim and Jack and Ernie
Norman
Les, and me

🎸 Verse 2:
    G                           Bm                  Em
And as we lеft the city and the grey land turnеd to green
  G                   Em                 G                    C
I thought about those young lads and the things we'd done and seen
        Em                      Bm         G               C
When we fought for the right to ramble the countryside all through
         G               Em               D               C
When the fences were all old 'uns but the land was almost new


🎸 Chorus 2:
      Em            Bm              G            C
And I sing ta-ra to Tooting and the lads I leave behind
         G             Em              G               C
And when we came to Newhaven there was one thing on my mind
         D                         G              C
But I'll take this tiny picture so wherever I may be
            G       D        Em     Em      D        C
There'll be Jim and Jack and Ernie
Norman
Les, and me


🎸 Verse 3:
   G                                 Bm               Em
As night fell on the channel and the wind sang on the sea
  G                   Em                 G                    C
I thought about those young lads and the times they sang with me
         Em              Bm          G               C
When our tongues told of freedom and every note rang true
    G                         Em           D                 C
And though our tunes were all old 'uns our words were almost new


🎸 Chorus 3:
      Em            Bm              G            C
And I sing ta-ra to Tooting and the lads I leave behind
   G                Em             G            C
As morning broke on Dieppe and the sun began to shine
         D                         G              C
But I'll take this tiny picture so wherever I may be
            G       D        Em     Em      D        C
There'll be Jim and Jack and Ernie
Norman
Les, and me


🎸 Verse 4:
         G                                Bm              Em
When the picture's almost faded, when the memory's almost gone
     G              Em            G            C
Will I sit then and wonder how we ever were so young?
     Em                  Bm              G                  C
Will there be young lads somewhere whose hearts are just as true?
     G                 Em         D                C
When our old world has faded will theirs be almost new?

Final 🎸 Chorus:
          Em           Bm              G           C
Then I'll cry ta-ra to Tooting and the lads I left behind
   G            Em    G        C
80 years before me or 80 years behind
         D                                G             C
And when all that's left's a picture when-ever that may be
            G       D        Em     Em      D        C
There'll be Jim and Jack and Ernie
Norman
Les, and me


🎸 Outro:
G    D     Em     Em      D    C
Jim
Jack
Ernie
Norman
Les, me