Arthur McBride chords by Bob Dylan
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (F sharp major) (G major) (F sharp major) (G major)
(F sharp major) (G major) (F sharp major) (G major) (F sharp major) (G major)
Verse 1
Oh, (G major)
me and my cousin, one (F sharp major) Arthur McBride
(G major) As we went a-walkin' down (F sharp major)
down (G major) by (B major) the (C major) seaside
(G major) Now mark (F sharp major) what followed
and what did (G major) betide
For it bein' on Christmas mornin'
(F sharp major) (D major) (G major) Now, for recreation,
(F sharp major) we went on (G major) a tramp
And we (B major) met sergeant (G major) Nap (F sharp major)
(G major) per and (B major) corporal Vamp
And a (G major) little (F sharp major) (G major) wee drummer
intending to camp
For the day bein' pleasant
and charmin'
(F sharp major) (G major)
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Verse 2
"Good morning,
good morning," the sergeant he cried (E minor)
"And the same to you, (B major)
(G major) gentlemen," we (F sharp major) did reply
(B major) In (F sharp major) tending no harm but
meant (G major) to pass (F sharp major) (G major) by
(F sharp major) For it bein' on Christ (G major) mas mornin'
(F sharp major) (D major) (G major) "But," says he,
"My fine (F sharp major) fellows, if you will enlist
(G major) Ten (C major) guineas in (G major) gold I'll stick to your fist
And a crown in the bargain
for to kick up the dust
And drink the king's health in the morning
(F sharp major) (G major)
Verse 3
"For a (F sharp major) sol (G major) dier,
(F sharp major) he (G major) lead (F sharp major) s a very fine life
(G major) And he (C major) always is (G major) blessed with
a charming young wife
(C major) And he (G major) pays all his debts
without sorrow or strife
And he al (F sharp major) ways (G major) lives pleasant
and charmin' (F sharp major) (D major)
(G major) And a soldier,
he always is decent (F sharp major) (G major) an d clean
In the (C major) finest (B major) of (F sharp major) clothing
he's (G major) constantly seen
While other poor fellows
go dirty and mean
And sup on thin gruel in the
Interlude 1
morning"
(G major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 4
"But," says (G major) Arthur,
"I wouldn't be proud of your clothes
For you've only (B major) the (G major) lend of them,
as I suppose
But (C major) (G major) you dare not change them (F sharp major) one night,
(G major) for you know
If you do, you'll be flogged
in the morning (D major)
(G major) And although that we're single and free
We (C major) take great de (G major) light
in our (C major) own company
(G major) We (F sharp major) have no desire strange places (G major) to see
Al (F sharp major) though that your offer
(G major) s are charming
Verse 5
(G major)
"And we have no desire
to take your advance
All hazards and dangers
we barter on chance
(C major) For (G major) you'd have no scruples
for to send us to France
Where we would get shot
without warning"
"Oh no," says the sergeant,
"I'll have no such chat
And neither will I (F sharp major) take it from
snappy (G major) (C major) young brats
For (G major) if you insult me with one other word
I'll cut off your heads in
the morning" (F sharp major) (G major)
(F sharp major) And
Verse 6
(G major) Ar (F sharp major) thur and I,
(G major) we soon drew our hogs
We scarce (C major) gave (G major) them time to
draw their own blades
When a trusty shillelagh
(F sharp major) came over their (G major) head
And bid them take that as fair warning
And their old rusty rapiers
that hung by their sides
We (C major) flung them (G major) as far as we
(B major) could in the tide (C major)
(G major) "Now take them up (F sharp major) ,
dev (G major) ils!" cried Arthur McBride
"And temper their edge in the mornin'!"
(F sharp major)
Verse 7
(G major) And the little wee drummer,
we flattened his bow
And we (C major) made a foot (G major) (F sharp major) ball of
(G major) his rowdy-dow-dow
Threw Threw Threw (F sharp major) it in the tide
for to rock and to roll (G major)
And bade it a tedious returning (F sharp major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) And we havin' no money,
paid them off in cracks
We (C major) paid no respect (G major) to their
two bloody (C major) backs
And we (G major) lathered them (F sharp major) there
like a (G major) pair of wet sacks
And left them for dead in the morning (F sharp major)
(D major)
Verse 8
(G major) And so, to conclude and to finish disputes
We obli (C major) gingly (G major) asked if they
wanted recruits
(G major) For we were the lads who would
give them (G major) hard clouts
And bid them look sharp in
Interlude 2
the mornin'
(F sharp major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
(G major)
Oh, (G major) me and my
Verse 9
cousin,
one Arthur McBride
As (C major) we went a-walkin' down
(G major) down by the seaside (C major)
Now mark what followed
(G major) and what did betide
Outro 1
For it bein' on Christmas mornin'
(G major) (G major) (G major)
Arthur McBride
Bob Dylan
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