The Dubliners – The Comical Genius (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
Em
A comical genius was thinking one day

          D
How he'd jack up a job and receive handy pay

    Em                                    D
He did not like begging and work was too hard

      Em
So he got a bright notion to join up the guard

Em                                      D  Em
Diddly-i-dum diddly-i-dum diddly-i-dum dum day
[Verse 2]
         Em
Well he went up to Dublin, to the depot went in

       D
Got a new suit of blue as bright as new pins

       Em                                                D
They drilled him, they drilled him, they drilled him so hard

         Em
The old sergeant proclaimed him a fully-fledged guard

Em                                      D  Em
Diddly-i-dum diddly-i-dum diddly-i-dum dum day
[Verse 3]
        Em
He was stationed somewhere near the town of Athy

           D
Round the roads of the district, he kept a close eye

          Em                                    D
Well the girls they admired him as all brassers do

         Em
Fell in love with the guard and his new suit of blue

Em                                      D  Em
Diddly-i-dum diddly-i-dum diddly-i-dum dum day
[Verse 4]
             Em
Well they'd laugh and they'd wink and they'd nod as he passed

             D
Oh but this civvy guard had his eye on one lass

     Em                                   D
But this little colleen, she being a die-hard

      Em
Soon made it quite clear that she wanted no guard

Em                                      D  Em
Diddly-i-dum diddly-i-dum diddly-i-dum dum day
[Verse 5]
     Em
One time while on duty on a dark winter's night

     D
He caught her out cycling without any light

               Em                                       D
"Where's your light, miss?" Said he; for an answer says she

       Em
"It's next to me liver, where you'll never be!"

Em                                      D  Em
Diddly-i-dum diddly-i-dum diddly-i-dum dum day

Em                                      D  Em
Diddly-i-dum diddly-i-dum diddly-i-dum dum day