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The Kings Shilling by Karan Casey
The Kings Shilling
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 2nd fret
[Intro]
G
[Verse]
C
Oh, my love has left me with bairns twa
G
And that's the last of him I ever saw
C
He joined the army and marched to war
Am7 C G
He took the shilling, he took the shilling and he's off to war
[Chorus]
Am7
Come, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar
G D G
Take the king's shilling and you're off to war
[Verse]
C
Well, did he look as he marched along
G
With his kilt and sporran and his musket gun?
C
Ladies tipped him as he marched along
Am7 C G
He sailed out by, he sailed out by the Broomielaw
[Verse]
C
Pipes did play as he marched along
G
And the soldiers sang out a battle song
C
"March on, march on," cried the captain gay
Am7 C G
For king and country, for king and country we will fight today
[Chorus]
Am7
Come, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar
G D G
Take the king's shilling and you're off to war
[Instrumental]
G C G C Am7 C G
[Verse]
C
Well, the battle rattled to the sound of guns
G
And the bayonets flashed in the morning sun
C
The drums did beat and the cannon roared
Am7 C G
And the shilling didn't seem, oh, the shilling didn't seem much worth the war
[Chorus]
Am7
Come, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar
G D G
Take the king's shilling and you're off to war
[Verse]
C
Well, the men they fought and the men did fall
G
Cut down by bayonet and musket ball
C
Many of these brave young men
Am7 C G
Would never fight for, would never fight for the king again
[Chorus]
Am7
Come, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar
G D G
Take the king's shilling and you're off to war
[Chorus]
Am7
Come, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar
G D G
Take the king's shilling and you'll die in war
[Chorus]
Am7
Come, laddies, come, hear the cannon roar
G D G
Take the king's shilling and you'll die in war
C G
Die in war
C G
You'll die in war
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