The Pogues - Boys From The County Hell Ukulele

***Boys From the County Hell - Shane MacGowan


Boys From The County Hell - as perfomed by The Pogues

Opening (banjo part)

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On the first day of march it was raining
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It was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen
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I drank ten pints of beer and I cursed all the people there
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And I wish that all this raining would stop falling down on me

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And it's lend me ten pounds and I'll buy you a drink
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And mother wake me early in the morning

At the time I was working for a landlord
And he was the meanest bastard that you have ever seen
And to lose a single penny would grieve him awful sore
And he was a miserable bollocks and a b**ch's bastard's whore

Chorus

I recall that we took care of him one Sunday
We got him out the back and we broke his f**king balls
And maybe that was dreaming and maybe that was real
But all I know is I left the place without a penny or f**k all

Chorus

And now I've the most charming of verandahs
I sit and watch the junkies, the drunks and pimps and whores
Five green bottles are sitting on the floor
And I wish to Christ I wish to Christ that I had fifteen more

Chorus

(Repeat Banjo part)
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The boys and me are drunk and looking for you
We'll eat your frigging entrails and we won't give a damn
Me daddy was a blueshirt and my mother a madam
And my brother earned his medals raping gooks in Vietnam

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On the first day of march it was raining
It was raining worse than anything that I have ever seen
Stay on the other side of the road 'cause you can never tell
We've a thirst like a gang of devils we're the boys from the county hell

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