Key: D major
Verse 1
D
A
Oh, what's the matter with you,
my loves?
D
G
A
And where's your dashing Jimmy?
D
A
The soldier boys have picked him up
D
G
D
And sent him far, far from me.
Bm
A
And them red -coated fellows
D
A
Enticed a man and made him drunk,
D
A
And he'd better gone to the gallows.
D
A
The very sight of his cacade,
D
G
A
It sets us all a -crying,
D
A
And me, I nearly fainted twice,
D
G
I thought that I was dy ing.
D
A
My father would have paid the smart,
Bm
A
And he ran for the golden guinea.
D
A
D
A
So now they've got young Jimmy.
D
A
When Jimmy talks about the wars,
D
G
A
It's worse than death to hear him.
D
A
I must go out and hide my tears,
D
F#m
D
Because I cannot bear him.
Bm
A
He says they're sure to make him,
D
A
And I, jives and cracks his jokes,
D
A
D
A
And bids me not forsake him.
D
A
As I walked o 'er the stubble field,
D
G
A
below it runs the seam,
A
D
G
D
Ewing there, but it was all a dream.
Bm
A
and when the fire I'm lighting,
D
A
To think the lumps wherein his hands
Bm
F#m
A
Oh, break my heart, my dearie
D
A
And I lie in the cold green ground
D
A
For a single life I'm weary you
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD A G Bm F#m
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