Key: Bb major
Verse 1
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D
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Fireman Joe McGee,
who married in June,
wants to be free.
D
G
He bought a handsome love nest,
D
G
likes the firehouse.
She wears a crimson skirt,
a fireman's hat, red flannel shirt.
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Bm
Clang goes the bell and she's off,
boys,
D
G
Oh, the fireman's ride,
D
G
won't sit home by her fireside.
From all accounts,
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D
she'd rather bounce in the
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E
F#
D
How she hangs on, nobody knows.
A
D
High up they throw her while she hollers,
D
G
as the fireman's songs collide.
Am
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G
F#
G
Naughty fireman's bride.
D
G
With his head bowed in grief,
McGee gave his badge
back to the chief.
D
G
Chief, he says, I'm resigning,
C#dim
A
but I'll donate my spouse
we've never employed
girls on the force.
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Bm
But if you're throwing her out, son,
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D
she can sleep in with me and my horse.
D
G
Hasn't got any fireside
D
G
Not to mention the force
F#
Bm
Holding her skirt to gain the aloof
A
D
Men, you remember, are not fireproof
A
D
They see what goes on and yell,
To obtain the hose
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G
is extremely undignified
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E
They leave a place waiting for days
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G
Oh, the fireman's ride
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