Boys from the County Hell chords by The Pogues

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Intro 1

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

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Verse 2

And it's lend me ten pounds,

I'll buy you a drink

And mother, wake me early in the morning

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

Verse 4

And it's lend me ten pounds,

I'll buy you a drink

And mother,

wake me early in the morning

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

Verse 6

And it's lend me ten pounds,

I'll buy you a drink

And mother, wake me early in the morning

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

Verse 8

And it's lend me ten pounds,

I'll buy you a drink

And mother, wake me early

in the morning

Interlude 1

Verse 9

And it's lend me ten pounds,

I'll buy you a drink

And mother wake me early

in the morning

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

Verse 11

And it's lend me ten pounds

and I'll buy you a drink

And mother,

wake me early in the morning

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