Boys from the County Hell chords by
The Pogues

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Key: E minor•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
Em Em 
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On the first day of March,
it was raining
It was raining worse than any
Am Am 
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thing that I have ever seen
I drank ten pints of beer and
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I cursed all the people there
And I wish that all this raining would
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stop falling down on me

Verse 2

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And it's lend me ten pounds,

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I'll buy you a drink

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And mother, wake me early in the morning

Verse 3
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At the time, I was working for a landlord
And he was the meanest bastard
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that you have ever seen
And to lose a single penny would
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grieve him awful sore
And he was a miserable bollocks and
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a bitch's bastard's whore

Verse 4

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And it's lend me ten pounds,

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I'll buy you a drink

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And mother,

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wake me early in the morning

Verse 5
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I recall we took care of him one Sunday
We got him out the back and
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we broke his fucking balls
And maybe that was dreaming
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and maybe that was real
But all I know is I left that place
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without a penny or fuck all

Verse 6

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And it's lend me ten pounds,

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I'll buy you a drink

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And mother, wake me early in the morning

Verse 7
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But now I've the most
charming of verandahs
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I sit and watch the junkies, the drunks,
the pimps, the whores
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Five green bottles sitting on the floor
I wish to Christ,
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I wish to Christ that I had fifteen more

Verse 8

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And it's lend me ten pounds,

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I'll buy you a drink

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And mother, wake me early

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in the morning

Interlude 1

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Verse 9

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And it's lend me ten pounds,

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I'll buy you a drink

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And mother wake me early

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in the morning

Verse 10
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The boys and me are drunk
and looking for you
We'll eat your frigging entrails
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and we  won't give a damn
Me daddy was a blue shirt
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and my mother a madam
My brother earned his medals
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at Mai Lei in Vietnam

Verse 11

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And it's lend me ten pounds

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and I'll buy you a drink

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And mother,

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wake me early in the morning

Verse 12
Em Em 
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On the first day of March, it was raining
It was raining worse than anything
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that I   have ever seen
Stay on the other side of the road
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'cause you can never tell
We've a thirst like a gang of devils,
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we're the boys of the County Hell
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And it's