There's Nothing To Be Had Without Money chords by Ewan MacColl
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Verse 1
(A minor) Oh, say (G major) (A minor) (G major) (A minor)
(C major) (G major)
(A minor) (E minor) (C major) (G major) (A minor) (E minor)
(A minor) You gallants and you (G major) swaggering blades
give (A minor) ear unto my ditty.
I am a boon compan (G major) ion
known in (A minor) country, town or city.
I (C major) always love to (G major) wear good clothes
and (A minor) ever scorn to (E minor) take blows.
I (C major) am beloved of (G major) all men,
O, but (A minor) God a (E minor) mercy penny. (A minor) (E minor) (A minor)
My father was a (G major) man well -known
That (A minor) used to hoard up money.
His bags of gold, he (G major) said to him,
More (A minor) sweeter were than honey.
But (C major) I, son, will (G major) let it fly
In (A minor) tavern not ordin (E minor) ary.
I (C major) am beloved in (G major) company,
But (A minor) God have (E major) mercy, (A minor) pay me. (E major) (A minor)
All parts of London I have (G major) tried
Where (A minor) mer chants wears aplenty.
The royal exchange in (G major) fair Cheapside,
With (A minor) speeches fine and dainty,
They (C major) bring me in, for (G major) to behold
Their (A minor) shops of silver an (E minor) d of gold,
There (C major) might I choose what (G major) wares I would,
But (A minor) God, a (E major) mercy penny! (A minor) (E major)
(A minor) For my contentment (G major) once a day
I (A minor) walk for recreation
Through Paul's Lock Gate
and (G major) Fleet Street Gate
To (A minor) raise an elevation
Sometimes (C major) my humor is (G major) to range
To (A minor) temples strand a (E minor) new exchange
To (A minor) see their fashions (G major) rare and strange
But (A minor) God, a (E major) mercy penny (A minor)
The (E minor) (A minor) (C major) (G major) (A minor) (E minor) (C major) (G major)
(A minor) (E major)
(A minor) (E major) (A minor) famous Abbey (G major) I have seen
And (A minor) have the pictures viewed
Of many a noble king (G major) and queen
Which (A minor) are by death subdued
(C major) And having seen the (G major) sights most rare
The (A minor) watermen fully ready (E minor) were
Me (C major) or the river Thames (G major) to bear
But (E major) God, mercy (A minor) penny. (E major) (A minor)
Beggarden, when I (G major) do frequent
All the (A minor) globe on the bank side,
(C major) Therefore (A minor) to me most (G major) recontent,
As (A minor) I full oft have tried,
(C major) The best pastime that (G major) they can make
They in (A minor) stantly will (E minor) undertake,
For (C major) my delight and (G major) pleasure's sake,
But God, a (E major) mercy penny! (A minor) (E major) (A minor)
In every place where (G major) as I come,
Both (A minor) I and my sweet penny
(C major) Got (A minor) entertainment in (G major) the same,
And (A minor) got the love of many.
(C major) Both tapsters, cooks, and (G major) vintners fine,
With (A minor) other (C major) jovial (E minor) friends of mine,
Will (C major) pledge my health in (G major) beer or wine,
But (A minor) God a (E major) mercy penny. (A minor) (C major) (G major) (A minor)
(E minor) (A minor) (E minor) (G major) (E major) (A minor) (E major) (A minor)
Yet will I never, (G major) niggard, be
While (A minor) I remain in earth,
But spend my money frolically (G major)
In (A minor) friendship, love, and mirth.
(C major) I'll drink my beer, I'll (G major) pay my score,
And (A minor) eek dispense some (E minor) of my store,
And (A minor) to the (C major) needy (G major) and the poor
I'll (A minor) freely give (E major) my (A minor) penny. (E major) (A minor)
Thus to conclude, (G major) as I began,
I (A minor) wholly am inclined,
Wishing that each true (G major) -hearted man
A (A minor) faithful friend may find.
You (C major) that my verses stay (G major) to hear,
Draw (A minor) money for to (E minor) buy me beer,
The (C major) price of it is (G major) not too dear,
It will (A minor) cost you (E major) but a (A minor) penny.
(E major) (A minor)
There's Nothing To Be Had Without Money
Ewan MacColl
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