After seeing the other tab here was slightly off I felt compelled to submit my
own. This is how i play the song and I'm fairly confident it's right. There might
be an instrumental section I missed but who really cares?
Enjoy, Olly.
N.C.
Oh kiss me Maggie & take me home,
For I sure dinnae feel like dyin’ alone,
Gawn geez a shot, chuck a doggie a bone,
Or a penny for me rattlin’ can,
D(let ring)
As sure as Christ it’s a bitter pill,
But if you won’t have me, yer sister will,
D D D D D D
I’ll cart me arse doon Surry Hills & call her out this evenin’,
Instrumental
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Verse 1
D G
Go on, go well, ye’re no catch o’ mine,
D E A
Yer clothes in rags, ye reek o’ fags & old green ginger wine,
D G
My sisters aye a leezie into the drinkin’, dogs & cards,
D A D
My poor departed Father couldn’t flog her at the yards,
D G
I’m a man o’ some renown ‘Jack the Lad’ about the town,
D E A
We’ll share a plate of oysters, crack the neck o’ Billy Brown,
D G
Sly grog & salty treats, I’ll not grant yer wish,
D A D
I’m promised to the toll collector boy upon the bridge.
Chorus
D G
Like good whisky in bad wounds,
D E A
Like honey on a toothache, you’ll never be mine,
D G
Tho’ we can dance, b’Jesus, we’ll swing like the razors,
D A D
Of Kate Leigh & Tilly Devine.
Verse 2
D G
Why wait until yer dancin’ shoes are scuffed and in the bin?
D E A
I’ll stitch my holey duds, scrape the whiskers from me chin,
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D G
We’ll get ye down yer scarlet gown, I’ll steal you somethin’ blue,
D A D
I’d waltz off Millers point before I walk the aisle with you!
Wedding March
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Chorus
D G
Like good whisky in bad wounds,
D E A
Like honey on a toothache, you’ll never be mine,
D G
Tho’ we can dance, b’Jesus, we’ll swing like the razors,
D A D
Of Kate Leigh & Tilly Devine.
Verse 3
D
Oh I’ll sing you ‘six ribbons’!
G
Aye when your ‘three sheets’!
D E A
Yer drunken, brawlin’ caterwaulin’ echoes through the streets,
D
Y’know I’m not yet very old,
G
Sure it’s poison when its cold,
D A D
And a dear old southerly belters sure to blow!
Chorus
D G
Like good whisky in bad wounds,
D E A
Like honey on a toothache, you’ll never be mine,
D G
Tho’ we can dance, b’Jesus, we’ll swing like the razors,
D A D
Of Kate Leigh & Tilly Devine.
