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Jackie And Murphy chords by 
Martin Simpson
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Verse 1
D
G
D
A
D
There's a statue of a donkey
G
D
on South Shield's seafront
He's a decorated donkey
Bm
A
and with him stands a man
Asus4
D
And the man's name is Jackie,
F#m
A
G
he has no decorations
D
Though he was a hero down
Asus4
on the Siles
D
On South Shield's seafront,
G
D
Jackie sold donkey rides
His favourite was Murphy,
Bm
E
A
an d he waited on the tide
D
To give rides to little children,
F#m
A
G
to flirt with the pretty girls
D
Then he's joined the Merchant Navy
G
And he's off to see the world
Gsus2
D
E
Asus4
D
A
G
D
He's sailed the wide world
G
all over Jackie
D
Till he come to Newcastle
Bm
Asus4
in New South Wales
D
It had more than enough
A
Bm
stoking coal
Gsus2
D
For rolling seas and heavy gales
So you changed your name
G
Gsus2
to plain John Simpson
G
D
You jumped ship
Bm
E
A
and you rambled all down on the shore
D
A
A shearing, drawing, larrikin,
Bm
G
D
and a new recruit for war.
G
D
E
Asus4
D
A
G
D
G
D
Bm
Give a dog a bad name, Jackie
A
Asus4
Some things never change
G
Asus4
Bm
A hun dred years are almost gone,
A
G
not a medal to your name
D
Bm
Some things never change, Jackie,
A
Asus4
and perhaps they never will
G
A
Bm
They give a dog a bad name,
A
Asus4
A
G
D
Bsus4
Bm
but you're a hero still
Asus4
G
Asus4
Bm
Asus4
G
D
When I signed up for this Army,
Bm
Murphy,
A
Thought I might catch a
Asus4
G
troopship home,
A
Maybe change me name
Bm
just one more time,
Asus4
G
And never more to roam.
D
Bm
But we didn't sail to England, Murphy,
A
G
No, we sailed right into Hell.
Asus4
Bm
Now I'm a stretcher -bearer
Asus4
A
in the bloody Dardanelles.
G
D
You know I don't like taking orders
Bm
Asus4
G
Murphy, that's not the way I am
Asus4
Bm
But now we've got this job to do
Asus4
G
and I'll do the best I can
D
Oh you and me are muckers
Bm
A
G
Murphy, down here on the sand
Asus4
Bm
I'll whistle and I'll sing my songs
Asus4
G
Gsus2
D
and we'll march to beat the band
Bsus4
Bm
A
Asus4
G
Asus4
Bm
Asus4
G
D
Bm
Jesus, you know I'm tired, Murphy
A
Asus4
G
Breakfast wasn't ready today
Asus4
Bm
They said they'd keep my dinner hot
Asus4
G
Come on, lad, we're on our way
D
Down to Shrapnel Gully again,
Bm
Asus4
to the land of blood and
G
flesh and bone
A
Bm
We've done it now so many times,
A
D
G
D
you could damn near fetch them on your own
Bsus4
Bm
A
Asus4
G
Asus4
Bm
Asus4
G
D
Did you hear the machine gun rattle,
Bm
Jackie?
A
Asus4
G
Did you feel the bullets tearing through?
Asus4
Bm
I pray that peace and quiet and dark
Asus4
D
G
are the last things that you knew.
D
Bm
You saved 300 wounded men,
A
Asus4
G
you and Murphy on your own
Asus4
Bm
And you died to save the very last,
Asus4
G
D
Bsus4
and Murphy fetched him back alone
Bm
A
Asus4
G
Asus4
Bm
Asus4
G
D
Bm
Give a dog a bad name, Jackie
A
G
Some things never change
Asus4
A
Bm
A hundred years are almost gone
A
G
Not a medal to your name
D
Bm
Some things never change, Jackie,
A
and perhaps they never will
G
Asus4
Bm
While the blood less fools in Whitehall,
Asus4
they sit in judgement still
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