Green Ginger Wine The Rumjacks
After seeing the other tab here was slightly off I felt compelled to submit my
own. This is how i play the song and I'm fairly confident it's right. There might
be an instrumental section I missed but who really cares?
Enjoy, Olly.
N.C.
Oh kiss me Maggie & take me home,
For I sure dinnae feel like dyin? alone,
Gawn geez a shot, chuck a doggie a bone,
Or a penny for me rattlin? can,
D(let ring)
As sure as Christ it?s a bitter pill,
But if you won?t have me, yer sister will,
I?ll [D]cart me arse doon [D]Surry Hills & [D]call her [D]out this [D]ev[D]enin?,
Instrumental
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Verse 1
[D]Go on, go well, ye?re [G]no catch o? mine,
[D]Yer clothes in rags, ye reek o? fags & [E]old green ginger [A]wine,
[D]My sisters aye a leezie into the [G]drinkin?, dogs & cards,
[D]My poor departed Father couldn?t [A]flog her at the [D]yards,
[D]I?m a man o? some renown ?Jack the [G]Lad? about the town,
[D]We?ll share a plate of oysters, crack the [E]neck o? Billy [A]Brown,
[D]Sly grog & salty treats, [G]I?ll not grant yer wish,
[D]I?m promised to the toll collector [A]boy upon the [D]bridge.
Chorus
[D]Like good whisky in bad [G]wounds,
[D]Like honey on a toothache, you?ll [E]never be [A]mine,
[D]Tho? we can dance, b?Jesus, we?ll [G]swing like the razors,
[D]Of Kate Leigh & [A]Tilly [D]Devine.
Verse 2
[D]Why wait until yer dancin? shoes are [G]scuffed and in the bin?
[D]I?ll stitch my holey duds, scrape the [E]whiskers from me [A]chin,
[D]We?ll get ye down yer scarlet gown, I?ll [G]steal you somethin? blue,
[D]I?d waltz off Millers point before I [A]walk the aisle with [D]you!
Wedding March
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Chorus
[D]Like good whisky in bad [G]wounds,
[D]Like honey on a toothache, you?ll [E]never be [A]mine,
[D]Tho? we can dance, b?Jesus, we?ll [G]swing like the razors,
[D]Of Kate Leigh & [A]Tilly [D]Devine.
Verse 3
[D]Oh I?ll sing you ?six ribbons?!
Aye [G]when your ?three sheets?!
[D]Yer drunken, brawlin? caterwaulin? [E]echoes through the [A]streets,
[D]Y?know I?m not yet very old,
Sure it?s [G]poison when its cold,
And a [D]dear old southerly [A]belters sure to [D]blow!
Chorus
[D]Like good whisky in bad [G]wounds,
[D]Like honey on a toothache, you?ll [E]never be [A]mine,
[D]Tho? we can dance, b?Jesus, we?ll [G]swing like the razors,
[D]Of Kate Leigh & [A]Tilly [D]Devine.
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