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The Glass On The Bar by John Schumann and the Vagabond Crew
The Glass On The Bar
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
A B7 E A A
[Verse 1]
E B
Three bushman one morning rode up to an Inn
C#m A
and one of them called out for drinks with a grin
E B
They'd only returned from a trip to the North
F#m A
and, eager to greet them the landlord came forth
B7 E A A
He absently poured out a glass of ‘Three Star’
E B B
And he set down that drink with the rest on the bar
[Verse 2]
E B
“That one’s for Harry” he said, “And it's queer
C#m A
‘tis the very same glass that he drank from last year
E B
His name's on the glass you can read it like print
F#m A
He scratched it himself with an old piece of flint
B7 E A A
I remember his drink it was always ‘Three Star’ “
E B
And the Landlord looked out through the door of the bar
F#m A B7 E
[Verse 3]
E B
He looked at the horses and counted but three
C#m A
“You were always together, where's Harry”?, cried he
E B
Oh sadly they looked at the glass as they said,
F#m A
“You may put it away for our old mate is dead”
B7 E A A
But one gazing out o’er the ridges a-far
E B B
Said, “We owe him a shout, leave his glass on the bar”
[Verse 4]
E B
And they thought of the far away grave on the plain
C#m A
They thought of the comrade who came not again
E B
and they lifted their glasses and sadly they said
F#m A
“We drink to the name of our mate who is dead”
B7 E A A
And the sunlight streamed in and a light like a star
E B
Seemed to glow in the depth of the glass on the bar
F#m A B7 E
[Verse 5]
E B
And still in that shanty a tumbler is seen
C#m A
It stands by the clock ever polished and clean
E B
And often the strangers will read as they pass
F#m A
The name of the bushman engraved on the glass
B7 E A A
And though on the shelf but a dozen there are
E B
That glass never stands with the rest on the bar
A B7 E A A
And the sunlight streamed in and a light like a star
E B
Seemed to glow in the depth of the glass on the bar
F#m A B7 E
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