WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Great Big Sea - Scolding Wife Chords | Ver. 1
[Verse]
D G A D
Well I came into a scolding wife a few short years ago,
G D G A
And ever since I lead a life of misery and woe,
G D G A
My wife she is a tyrant, around the room and in
D G A D
Ah she'd sell me to the devil for a glass or two of gin.
D G A D
Sure I'll get up and go to work as mild as any man,
G D G A
and she'll get up an' dress herself and go and have her dram,
G D G A
and if I chance to say a word it's well I know my doom,
D G A D
she'll follow me with the firing shovel up and down the room.
[Chorus]
D G D G D
And if the devil'd take her, i'd thank him for his pain,
G D A Asus4
I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again
G D G D
And if the devil'd take her, I'd thank him for his pain,
D G A D
Oh, I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again.
[Verse]
D G A D
When I get up at breakfast time she'll tap me on the head,
G D G A
when I come home at Dinnertime I'll find her drunk in bed,
G D G A
when I come home at suppertime with patience I must stop,
D G A D
Cause she drinks what's in the teapot and I must drink the slops.
[Chorus]
D G D G D
And if the devil'd take her, i'd thank him for his pain,
G D A Asus4
I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again
G D G D
And if the devil'd take her, I'd thank him for his pain,
D G A D
Oh, I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again.
(Séan)
D G A D
Well once I asked me scolding wife If I could go to bed,
G D G A
She scarce gave me an hour upon the pillow to lay me head,
G D G A
when like a roarin' lion she come busting down the door,
D G A D
she caught me by the middle and threw me naked on the floor.
[Chorus]
D G D G D
And if the devil'd take her, i'd thank him for his pain,
G D A Asus4
I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again
G D G D
And if the devil'd take her, I'd thank him for his pain,
D G A D
Oh, I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again.
[Verse]
D G A D
Now me and my companions go to a public place,
G D G A
She'll search around the neigbourhood until she finds my face.
G D A
she'll hoist me up in ridicule before the company,
D G A D
saying "pettycoats is your master and forever more shall be!"
[Chorus]
D G D G D
And if the devil'd take her, i'd thank him for his pain,
G D A Asus4
I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again
G D G D
And if the devil'd take her, I'd thank him for his pain,
D G A D
Oh, I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again.
D G D G D
And if the devil'd take her, i'd thank him for his pain,
G D A Asus4
I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again
G D G D
And if the devil'd take her, I'd thank him for his pain,
D G A D
Oh, I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again.
N.C.
And if the devil'd take her, i'd thank him for his pain,
N.C.
I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again
N.C.
And if the devil'd take her, I'd thank him for his pain,
N.C.
Oh, I swear to god I'll hang meself if I get married again...
