Boys from the County Hell (video)

Em ~ ~ + Em - D - Em

Em

1. On the first day of March it was raining,

Am

it was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen,

Am G

I drank ten pints of beer and I cursed all the people there,

G Em

and I wish that all this raining would stop falling down on me.

G D

Now it’s lend me ten pounds and I’ll buy you a drink,

G D Em

and mother wake me early in the morning.

Em

2. At the time I was working for a landlord,

Am

and he was the meanest bastard that you have ever seen,

Am G

and to lose a single penny would grieve him awful sore,

G Em

and he was a miserable bollocks and a bitch’s bastard’s whore.

G D

And it’s lend me ten pounds and I’ll buy you a drink,

G D Em

and mother wake me early in the morning.

Em

3. I recall that we took care of him one Sunday,

Am

we got him out the back and we broke his fucking balls,

Am G

and maybe I was dreaming and maybe that was real,

G Em

but all I know is I left the place without a penny or fucked all.

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Em

4. And now I have the most charming of verandahs,

Am

I sit and watch the junkies, the drunks and pimps and whores,

Am G

five green bottles are sitting on the floor,

G Em

and I wish to Christ, I wish to Christ that I had fifteen more.

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Em

5. The boys and me are drunk and looking for you,

Am

we’ll eat your frigging entrails and we won’t give a damn,

Am G

me daddy was a blueshirt and my mother a madam,

G Em

and my brother earned his medals raping gooks in Vietnam.

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Em

6. On the first day of March it was raining,

Am

it was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen,

Am G

stay on the other side of the road ’cause you never can tell,

G Em

we’ve a thirst like a gang of devils, we’re the boys from the County Hell.

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(The Pogues)