Ralph McTell – Harry Dont Go (Guitar)

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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?