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Thread #82808   Message #3844646
Posted By: GUEST,Pythagoras
13-Mar-17 - 09:24 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Ee By Gum (from Fivepenny Piece)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Ee By Gum (from Fivepenny Piece)
Does this help the thread...Chords in the 2nd and 3rd verses may not be exactly positioned right but it is a start!

EE BY GUM
CHORUS:
D          A          A7 D       G                            A
Eee by gum but 'am cowd, eee by gum but I'm cowd
       G                   A            G             A
Mi 'ands 're like stone, mi feet's like lead,
   E7                                 A       A7
I 'anna bin waarm sin' I left mi bed,
   D            A A7 D          G                A
I skip reet up ter t'fire, as far as am allowd,
          G                         A          A7    G       A          A7 D
That I might get gradely warm at last,   Ee by gum bur am cowd. 
V1
                      A                  D                            G                     A
Old Jonathan Pratt were a gradely chap, an' 'e liked a pint of ale
          G                         A                      G                         A
That's why 'is nose were allus red but 'is cheeks were allus pale
       D         A                D                         G                        A
An' if thou stopped 'im on the street for t' pass the time of day
    G                            A                  G                      A         A7
In drunken tones as 'e raised 'is 'at; this is what 'e'd say 

CHORUS

V2
                      A                   D                            G                         A
Oh a glass at night were 'is great delight, for it warmed 'im up y' know
            G                A                         G                     A
Where offen o'ert' danger line t'owd beggar used to go
       D         A             D                              G               A
The parson said "My man, you're on your downward way"
    G                            A                  G                      A         A7
But Jonathon said with 'is ususal charm " It's warm down there they say" 

CHORUS

V3
                         A         D                               G                        A
Then Jonathon finally met his match with a yard of ale they say
          G                         A                      G                         A
So we laid 'im out with a jug of stout for t' warm 'im on 'is way
       D       A             D          G                            A
The devil welcomed 'im and showed him all his charms
    G                        A                         G                      A         A7
But Jonathon said "If this is hell, it's none so bloody waarm"