The Proclaimers – Cap In Hand (Guitar)

 D                               G           A
   I could tell the meaning of a word like serene,

 D                            G        A
   I got some `O' grades when I was sixteen,----

 D                                  G             A
   I can tell the difference 'tween margarine and butter,

 D                                  G           A
   I can say "Saskatchawen" without starting to stutter.

         A          D            G               D          A
   But I can't understand why we let someone else  rule our land,

   NC           D
   we're cap in hand.

 D                               G          A
   I could get a broken jaw from being in a fight,

 D                          G            A
   I know it's evening when day turns to night,

 D                           G           A
   I can understand why Stranraer lie so lowly,

 D                                    G             A
   They could save a lot of points by signing Hib's goalie.

         A          D            G               D         A
   But I can't understand why we let someone else  rule our land,

   NC           D
   we're cap in hand.

 G    D     A           D
   We fight   when they ask us,

 G    D     A         D
   We boast   then we cower,

 G    D   A       D
   We beg   for a piece of

 G                                                    A
   What's already,  what's already,   what's already, ours.

 D                        G          A
   Once I thought I could make God a bribe,

 D                 G           A
   So I said I was in His lost tribe,

 D                      G         A
   Getting handouts can be so frustrating,

 D                           G            A
   "Get in line son, there's five million waiting".

                     D             G               D            A
    But I can't understand why you let someone else   rule your land

    NC            D
    You're cap in hand.

          A          D            G               D           A
    No, I can't understand why we let someone else   rule our land,

    NC           D             Bm           G            E7
    We're cap in hand,  cap in hand, cap in hand, cap in hand,

          A          D            G               D           A
    No, I can't understand why we let someone else   rule our land,

    NC           D
    We're cap in hand ....