Ralph McTell – Harry Dont Go (Guitar)
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Chords
album: Slide Away the Screen (1979)
live version on album: Travelling Man - The Journey, The Songs (1999)
[Intro]
D G D G A D
[Verse 1]
D G D If Harry go back to Guy-ana E A D Some of the ladies will surely cry D G D If Harry go back to Guy-ana A D Some of the ladies will surely cry.
[Chorus]
G They say don't go D Don't go Guyana Em Don't listen to them G A Who may be telling you to G Hey don't go D Don't go Guyana G A Cos what would them old ones G A What will them old folks Em A D What will them old ones do?
[Verse 2]
D G D Whose strong arms would carry them down E A D To the bathroom and slip off their dressing gown? D G D Whose warm voice would soothe their fears? A D A little tea and sympathy in the fading years.
[Chorus]
G They say don't go D Don't go Guyana Em Don't listen to them G A Who may be telling you to G Hey don't go D Don't go Guyana G A Cos what would them old ones G A What will them old folks Em A D What will them old ones do?
[Verse 3]
D G D If Harry go back to Guy-ana E A D There'll be silence in the old men's room D G D If Harry go back to Guy-ana A D There'll be silence in the old men's room.
[Chorus]
G They say don't go D Don't go Guyana Em Tuna fish boats G A May be calling you home G Hey don't go D Don't go Guyana G A Cos what would them old ones G A What will them old folks Em A D What will them old ones do?
[Verse 4]
D G D Who is it turning the old men on? E He give them something to smoke A D With their old Holborn D G D Who is it telling them romantic lies? E A D Put a little spark back into tired old eyes.
[Chorus]
G They say don't go D Don't go Guyana Em Don't listen to them G A Who may be telling you to G Hey don't go D Don't go Guyana G A Cos what would them old ones G A What will them old folks Em A D What will them old ones do?