The Corries – Johnny Lad (Guitar)

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Ah bought a wife in Edinbourgh fur a baw bee

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And then I got a penny back tae buy tabaccy wi'

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And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad

         E                      E7             A
I'll dance the buckles off my shoe wi' you my Johnny lad .

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Well Samson was a michty man and he fed on fish and chips

         E                             A
He bauchled round the Gallowgate just pickin' up the dips

         A                           D
And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad

         E                      E7             A
I'll dance the buckles off my shoe wi' you my Johnny lad .

          A                       D
Now Solomon and David led very wicked lives

          E                      A
Winchin' every evening wi' other peoples wives

         A                           D
And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad

         E                      E7             A
I'll dance the buckles off my shoe wi' you my Johnny lad .

         A                            D
Now Britain’s quite a country wi strikes n droughts n such

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One day we’ve got nae water and the next too bloody much

         A                           D
And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad

         E                      E7             A
I'll dance the buckles off my shoe wi' you my Johnny lad .

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This country’s in an awfy mess it’s mortgaged to the hilt

          E                              A
If they get their way at Westminster they’ll pawn your bloody kilt

         A                           D
And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad

         E                      E7             A
I'll dance the buckles off my shoe wi' you my Johnny lad .

          A                             D
Now Johnny was a bonnie lad until they took him in

          E                           A
He had his operation and now they call him Mary!

         A                            D
And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad

          E                  E7               A
I'll dance the buckles off my shoe wi' you my Johnny lad

         A                          D
And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad

         E                    E7               A
I'll dance the buckles off my shin wi' you my Johnny lad .