Artist: | Johnny McEvoy (English) |
User: | Colin wilson |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
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[Verse 1]
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When last I saw John Williams, a young
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man full of pride
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To have his lovely bride of just four
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days was standing by his side
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He laughed and slpped me on the back,
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said “Boyo can’t you see
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I’ve seen the last of windswept bogs
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and bogs the last of me!
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And the peelers and the landlords and
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the risings of the moon
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And if ever I return again, ’twill be
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too bloody soon”
[Chorus]
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Rich man , poor man, beggar man, wife
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Sailed away into the night
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Where they’ll end up no-one knows
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Round and round the story goes
[Verse 2]
B
He said “I’ll go and take my chance in
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far off New York Town
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For they say there’s lots of work
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there and the good ones won't stay
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down
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And with my lassie by my side we’ll
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build a better home
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And when the sea trip’s over lad we
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never more will roam”
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So we said farewell upon the quay,
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there was nothing left to do
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But to pray for John and his lovely
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bride, that their dreams
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might all come true
[Chorus]
F# E B
Rich man , poor man, beggar man, wife
F# E B
Sailed away into the night
E B
Where they’ll end up no-one knows
B F# B
Round and round the story goes
[Verse 3]
B
How I envied you, John Williams, and
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your lovely fair haired bride
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To be sailing on that mighty ship
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across the ocean wide
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For she’s the finest liner, that was
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ever built by man
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And they say there’s naught can sink
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her, no not even God’s own hand
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Man’s pride can be his own downfall,
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that big ship sailed form home
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And I thought I heard the banshee cry,
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and it chilled me to the bone
[Chorus]
F# E B
Rich man , poor man, beggar man, wife
F# E B
Sailed away into the night
E B
Where they’ll end up no-one knows
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Round and round the story goes
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Round and round the story goes