Father's Grave chords by The Clancy Brothers

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) Oh, they're moving
Bm 
D 
A 
Father (B minor) 's grime  (D major) to build a sewer  (A major) 
G 
They're moving him  (G major) regardless
F# 
of ex (F sharp major) pense
Bm 
They've  (B minor) dug up his remains
to put in five -inch drives
G 
A 
To irrigate some  (G major) posh bloke's resid (A major) ence
His residence
Bm 
D 
Now  (B minor) what's the  (D major) use of having a religion,
A 
G 
 (A major) if when you're dead your  (G major) troubles never cease?
F# 
Bm 
 (F sharp major) If some  (B minor) posh city chap wants a pipeline to his privy,
he'll never let a
G 
Brit (G major) ish workman
A 
rest in  (A major) peace.
Oh, rest in peace.
Now in his lifetime,
Bm 
A 
 (B minor) father never was  (A major) a quitter.
Never.
G 
I'm sure that he  (G major) won't be a quitter now
F# 
Bm 
 (F sharp major) But when the  (B minor) job's complete
He'll hold that privy seat
And he'll only let them
G 
A 
 (G major) go when  (A major) he'll allow
When he'll allow
D 
Now won't there be  (D major) some bloomin'
A 
consternation  (A major) 
And won't these city
G 
 (G major) chappies rant and rive
F# 
Bm 
 (F sharp major) Which  (B minor) is  more than they deserve
For having a bleedin' nerve
A 
To  (A major) muck around
With a
G 
A 
D 
 (G major) British workman's  (A major) gripe  (D major) 
G 
Oh, my old man said,  (G major) follow the man
A 
D 
And  (A major) don't dilly -dally on the  (D major) way
F# 
Bm 
A 
I'm  (F sharp major) with the man, with me  (B minor) old man in it I'm  (A major) for a gun,
with me old cockle in it
D 
I'm  (D major) getting it, I'm getting
it, I'm getting it
I'm not giving, I lost my way
A 
And don't know where to  (A major) roam
D 
Oh, you  (D major) can't trust the spaces
G 
Like the  (G major) old -time coppers
A 
D 
And you  (A major) can't find your way  (D major) home