My Name chords by Lionel Bart
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Verse 1
(D minor) Strong men tremble
when they hear (A major) it.
(D minor) They've got cause enough to fear (G minor) it.
It's much (B flat major) black (A major) er
(G minor) than they smear (A major) it.
Nobody mentions my name.
Rich (D minor) men hold their (G minor) five
(D minor) pound notes,
that saves me
Emptying (B flat major) their coats,
(G minor) they know (B flat major) I could tear (G minor) their throats
(A major) Just to live up to my (D minor) name
With (F sharpdim) (E flatdim) me Jimmy (A minor) (E flatdim) in the end,
(A major) let me (E flatdim) see the man who (A minor) dares (E flatdim)
(F sharpdim) Stop (G minor) me, (A major) (G minor) take him what I (A major) may,
he can start to say his (B flat major) prayers
(D minor) Biceps like an iron girder,
fit for doing oth (B flat major) er murder
If I just so much as (G minor) ut ter (A major) the low -key
then whisper my (D minor) name Bill
(A major) Sikes! (A flat minor) (A major) (D minor)
Strong men tremble
(G minor) when they hear (A major) it
They've (D minor) got cause enough (B flat major) to fear (G minor) it
It's much (B flat major) black (G minor) er
than they spear it
Nobody (A major) mentions my name
(D minor) Some tough slummin'
with his belly bumped
Put into me (B flat major) in an alley
(G minor) Now (E flat major) (B flat major) his eyes will never tally
He'd (A major) never learn of my (D minor) name
One (E flatdim) bloke,
(A major) (Adim) he (A minor) used to (E flatdim) boast a claim
He (A major) could (E flatdim) take my name in (D minor) vain
(A major) Poor (D minor) (G minor) bloke,
(B flat major) (G minor) shame he was (Edim) so green
Nev (A major) er was he seen (G minor) again (B flat major)
(D minor) What's bad?
What's there gonna turn in?
In hell! I'll be there at burning
(G minor) Meanwhile
(B flat major) Think of what I'm (G minor) earning
(A major) All on account of My (D minor) name
What is (G minor) it?
What (Edim) is it?
What (G minor) is it?
It's my (A major) name! (D minor)
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