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Boys From The County Hell

The Pogues
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Intro |  |  |  |  |  |  | |  ||
 On the first  day of march it was raining
 It was raining worse than anything that I  have ever seen
 I drank ten pints of beer and I cursed  all the people there
 And I wish that all this raining would stop falling down on me
 And it's lend  me ten pounds and I'll buy you a drink
 And mother  wake me early  in the morning
 At the time I was working for a landlord
 And he was the meanest bastard that you have ever seen
 And to lose a single penny would grieve him awful sore
 And he was a miserable bollocks and a bitch's bastard's whore
 I recall that we took care of him one Sunday
 We got him out the back and we broke his fucking balls
 And maybe that was dreaming and maybe that was real
 But all I know is I left the place without a penny or fuck all
 And now I've the most charming of verandahs
 I sit and watch the junkies, the drunks and pimps and whores
 Five green bottles are sitting on the floor
 And I wish to Christ I wish to Christ that I had fifteen more
 (Repeat Banjo part)
 Inst |  |  |  |  |  |  | |  ||
 The boys and me are drunk and looking for you
 We'll eat your frigging entrails and we won't give a damn
 Me daddy was a blueshirt and my mother a madam
 And my brother earned his medals raping gooks in Vietnam
 On the first day of march it was raining
 It was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen
 Stay on the other side of the road 'cause you can never tell
 We've a thirst like a gang of devils we're the boys from the county hell
 Chorus X 2

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Readable chord sheet for Boys From The County Hell by The Pogues

Intro   |[Em]  |[Em]  |[Em]  |[Em]  |[Em]  |[Em]  |[Em]  [D]|[Em]  [D]  [Em] ||

On the [Em]first day of march it was raining
It was raining worse than anything that [Am]I have ever seen
I drank ten pints of beer and I [G]cursed all the people there
And I wish that all this raining would stop falling down on [Em]me

And it's [G]lend me ten pounds and I'll buy you a [D]drink
And [G]mother wake me [D]early in the [Em]morning

At the time I was working for a landlord
And he was the meanest bastard that you have ever seen
And to lose a single penny would grieve him awful sore
And he was a miserable bollocks and a bitch's bastard's whore

I recall that we took care of him one Sunday
We got him out the back and we broke his fucking balls
And maybe that was dreaming and maybe that was real
But all I know is I left the place without a penny or fuck all

And now I've the most charming of verandahs
I sit and watch the junkies, the drunks and pimps and whores
Five green bottles are sitting on the floor
And I wish to Christ I wish to Christ that I had fifteen more

(Repeat Banjo part)
Inst    |[Em]  |[Em]  |[Em]  |[Em]  |[Em]  |[Em]  |[Em]  [D]|[Em]  [D]  [Em] ||

The boys and me are drunk and looking for you
We'll eat your frigging entrails and we won't give a damn
Me daddy was a blueshirt and my mother a madam
And my brother earned his medals raping gooks in Vietnam

On the first day of march it was raining
It was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen
Stay on the other side of the road 'cause you can never tell
We've a thirst like a gang of devils we're the boys from the county hell

Chorus X 2

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