My Name! chords by
Lionel Bart
Various
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Key: D minor

Verse 1
Am Am 
 
Strong men tremble
E E 
 
when they're hit
Am Am 
 
Dm Dm 
 
They've got cause enough to fear it
E E 
 
F F 
 
It's much blacker
E E 
 
Dm Dm 
 
E E 
 
than they smear it
Nobody mentions my name
Am Am 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Am Am 
 
Rich men hold their five pound notes
F F 
 
That saves me emptying their coats
Dm Dm 
 
F F 
 
Dm Dm 
 
E E 
 
No, I could tear their throats out
Am Am 
 
just to live up to my name
A A 
 
Bbdim Bbdim 
 
Edim Edim 
 
Bbdim Bbdim 
 
With me,      Jimmy    in the end,
Em Em 
 
Bbdim Bbdim 
 
E E 
 
let me see the  man who dares
Bbdim Bbdim 
 
C#dim C#dim 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Stop     me,
E E 
 
Dm Dm 
 
E E 
 
Bdim Bdim 
 
take him what I may,
E E 
 
F F 
 
he can start to say his prayers
Am Am 
 
Has biceps like an iron girder,
F F 
 
fit for doing other murder.
Bb Bb 
 
If I just so much as ut  ter
E E 
 
the low -keevin' whisper,
Am Am 
 
E E 
 
Eb Eb 
 
E E 
 
Am Am 
 
My name's Bill Staggs!
Strong men tremble
Dm Dm 
 
E E 
 
when they hear it.
Am Am 
 
F F 
 
Dm Dm 
 
They've got cause enough to fear it.
F F 
 
Dm Dm 
 
It's much blacker
E E 
 
than they spear it.
Nobody mentions my name
Am Am 
 
Some toff slubbing with his valley
F F 
 
Bumped into me in an alley
Bb Bb 
 
E E 
 
F F 
 
Now his eyes will never tally
E E 
 
Am Am 
 
He'd never heard of my name
Bbdim Bbdim 
 
One bloke,
E E 
 
Edim Edim 
 
Bbdim Bbdim 
 
he     used     to boast a claim
E E 
 
Bbdim Bbdim 
 
E E 
 
He could take     my name in vain
Dm Dm 
 
C#dim C#dim 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Ah, poor     bloke,
F F 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Bdim Bdim 
 
shame he was so green,
E E 
 
F F 
 
never was he seen again.
Am Am 
 
What's bad, what's the good of turning?
In hell, I'll be there at burning.
Dm Dm 
 
F F 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Meanwhile, think of what I'm earning,
E E 
 
all on account of my name.
Am Am 
 
Dm Dm 
 
Bdim Bdim 
 
What is it? What is it?
Dm Dm 
 
E E 
 
What is it?
Am Am 
 
Morning!

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