McAlpine's Fusiliers original guitar chords by 
The Dubliners 
Key: A major•
Verse 1
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D
As down the glen came McAlpine's men
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E7
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With their shovels slung behind them
And up in the spike you'll find them
With pints and quarts of beer
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D
And now we're on the road again
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E7
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With McAlpine's fusiliers
Verse 2
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D
I stripped to the skin with Darky Flynn
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E7
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Way down upon the Isle of Grain
No money if you stop for rain
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D
McAlpine's God was a well filled hod
Your shoulders cut to bits and seared
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D
And woe to he who to looks for tea
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E7
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With McAlpine's fusiliers
Verse 3
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D
I remember the day that the Bear O'Shea
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E7
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Fell into a concrete stairs
Well, it wasn't what the rich call prayers
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D
I'm a navvy short was the one retort
That reached unto my ears
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E7
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With McAlpine's fusiliers
Interlude 1
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D
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E7
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E7
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Verse 4
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D
I've worked 'till the sweat has had me bet
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E7
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With Russian, Czech and Pole
Or underneath the Thames in a hole
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D
I grafted hard and I've got me cards
And many a ganger's fist across me ears
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D
If you pride your life, don't join by Christ
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E7
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With McAlpine's fusiliers
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA D E7
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