Green Ginger Wine
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,
D D D D D D
I?ll cart me arse doon Surry Hills & call her out this evenin?,
Instrumental
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Verse 1
D G
Go on, go well, ye?re no catch o? mine,
D E A
Yer clothes in rags, ye reek o? fags & old green ginger wine,
D G
My sisters aye a leezie into the drinkin?, dogs & cards,
D A D
My poor departed Father couldn?t flog her at the yards,
D G
I?m a man o? some renown ?Jack the Lad? about the town,
D E A
We?ll share a plate of oysters, crack the neck o? Billy Brown,
D G
Sly grog & salty treats, I?ll not grant yer wish,
D A D
I?m promised to the toll collector boy upon the bridge.
Chorus
D G
Like good whisky in bad wounds,
D E A
Like honey on a toothache, you?ll never be mine,
D G
Tho? we can dance, b?Jesus, we?ll swing like the razors,
D A D
Of Kate Leigh & Tilly Devine.
Verse 2
D G
Why wait until yer dancin? shoes are scuffed and in the bin?
D E A
I?ll stitch my holey duds, scrape the whiskers from me chin,
D G
We?ll get ye down yer scarlet gown, I?ll steal you somethin? blue,
D A D
I?d waltz off Millers point before I walk the aisle with you!
Wedding March
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Chorus
D G
Like good whisky in bad wounds,
D E A
Like honey on a toothache, you?ll never be mine,
D G
Tho? we can dance, b?Jesus, we?ll swing like the razors,
D A D
Of Kate Leigh & Tilly Devine.
Verse 3
D
Oh I?ll sing you ?six ribbons?!
G
Aye when your ?three sheets?!
D E A
Yer drunken, brawlin? caterwaulin? echoes through the streets,
D
Y?know I?m not yet very old,
G
Sure it?s poison when its cold,
D A D
And a dear old southerly belters sure to blow!
Chorus
D G
Like good whisky in bad wounds,
D E A
Like honey on a toothache, you?ll never be mine,
D G
Tho? we can dance, b?Jesus, we?ll swing like the razors,
D A D
Of Kate Leigh & Tilly Devine.