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Ivor Biggun
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Key: G major
Verse 1
D
D

"What do you find in men's trousers
and on billiard tables?"
"Pockets!"
G
G

"Well, that's not the answer I was expecting but gentlemen,
D
D

It reminds me of a song..."
"Well sing, you bugger, sing"
Verse 2
G
G

A poor old snooker player
C
C

Stood with hand on cue
Am
Am

D
D

His balls before him
G
G

Red, yellow, black and blue
D
D

G
G

A cruel barman
C
C

He sneered and dimmed the light
Am
Am

D
D

Please leave those balls alone
You'll play no more tonight
G
G

D
D

G
G

The chalk- stained veteran
Verse 3
C
C

He turned with anxious gaze
Am
Am

C
C

D
D

His game half over
G
G

His balls still on the baize
D
D

G
G

His eyes they filled with tears
C
C

His heart with pain
Am
Am

D
D

And as they flung him out
He sang this sad refrain
G
G

D
D

Oh please, oh
Verse 4
G
G

please don't
C
C

take my balls away
Am
Am

C
C

D
D

I used to play with them
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G

at least ten times a day
D
D

G
G

Once they were lovely but
C
C

now they're old and grey
Am
Am

D
D

Oh please don't take my
precious balls away
G
G

D
D

The
Verse 5
G
G

busty barmaid
C
C

An Irish lass named Mabel
Am
Am

D
D

Said "Pick up your balls
please
G
G

Don't leave them on the table
D
D

G
G

Though I have travelled far
C
C

From the Dublin shore
Am
Am

D
D

G
G

I've never seen such dirty balls before
D
D

Oh please, oh
Verse 6
G
G

please don't
D
D

C
C

take my balls away
Am
Am

D
D

I used to play with them at
G
G

least ten times a day
D
D

G
G

Once they were lovely but
C
C

now they're old and grey
Am
Am

D
D

Oh please don't take my
precious balls away
Verse 7
G
G

It's cruel winter
C
C

Outside the blizzard squalls
Am
Am

D
D

Oh landlord, give me time
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G

To pocket all my balls
D
D

G
G

The icy wind doth blow
C
C

And if I roam
D
D

I may not have my balls
G
G

When I get home
D
D

G
G

Oh please, oh please don't
Verse 8
C
C

take my balls away
Am
Am

D
D

I used to play with them at
G
G

least ten times a day
D
D

G
G

Once they were lovely but
C
C

now they're old and grey
Am
Am

D
D

Oh please don't take my
Gm
Gm

precious balls away
Verse 9
Gm
Gm

Next day they found him
D
D

Cm
Cm

The snow lay all around
D
D

They searched in vain, too late
Gm
Gm

His balls could not be found
D
D

Gm
Gm

They laid him by the fire
Cm
Cm

They watched him thaw
D
D

Then through the chilblains
Verse 10
He sang this song once more
D
D

G
G

Oh please, oh please don't
C
C

take my balls away
D
D

I used to play with them
G
G

at least ten times a day
D
D

G
G

Once they were lovely but now
C
C

they're old and grey
Am
Am

C
C

D
D

Oh please don't take my
Cm
Cm

precious balls away
G
G

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