The Proclaimers – Cap In Hand (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## <[email protected]> [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 May 93 15:34:32 BST X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] ------------------------------ 3/4 time - best sung with a heavy Scottish accent! Basic strum rythym: 1 2 3 / /\/\ Intro: |C |C |C |C |
 C                               F           G
   I could tell the meaning of a word like serene,

 C                            F        G
   I got some `O' grades when I was sixteen,----

 C                                  F             G
   I can tell the difference 'tween margarine and butter,

 C                                  F           G
   I can say "Saskatchawen" without starting to stutter.

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

   NC           C
   we're cap in hand.

 C                               F          G
   I could get a broken jaw from being in a fight,

 C                          F            G
   I know it's evening when day turns to night,

 C                           F           G
   I can understand why Stranraer lie so lowly,

 C                                    F             G
   They could save a lot of points by signing Hib's goalie.

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

   NC           C
   we're cap in hand.

 F    C     G           C
   We fight   when they ask us,

 F    C     G         C
   We boast   then we cower,

 F    C   G       C
   We beg   for a piece of

 F                                                    G
   What's already,  what's already,   what's already, ours.
Instr: |C |C |F |G |C |C |F |G |G |C |F |C |G |G |
 C                        F          G
   Once I thought I could make God a bribe,

 C                 F           G
   So I said I was in His lost tribe,

 C                      F         G
   Getting handouts can be so frustrating,

 C                           F            G
   "Get in line son, there's five million waiting".

                     C             F               C            G
    But I can't understand why you let someone else   rule your land

    NC            C
    You're cap in hand.

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

    NC           C             Am           F            D7
    We're cap in hand,  cap in hand, cap in hand, cap in hand,

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

    NC           C
    We're cap in hand .... (listen to the record for the way they finish it)
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