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Basic strum rythym: 1 2 3
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Intro RE RE RE RE
RE SOL LA
I could tell the meaning of a word like serene,
RE SOL LA
I got some `O' grades when I was sixteen,----
RE SOL LA
I can tell the difference 'tween margarine and butter,
RE SOL LA
I can say "Saskatchawen" without starting to stutter.
LA RE SOL RE LA
But I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land,
NC RE
we're cap in hand.
RE SOL LA
I could get a broken jaw from being in a fight,
RE SOL LA
I know it's evening when day turns to night,
RE SOL LA
I can understand why Stranraer lie so lowly,
RE SOL LA
They could save a lot of points by signing Hib's goalie.
LA RE SOL RE LA
But I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land,
NC RE
we're cap in hand.
SOL RE LA RE
We fight when they ask us,
SOL RE LA RE
We boast then we cower,
SOL RE LA RE
We beg for a piece of
SOL LA
What's already, what's already, what's already, ours.
Instr:
RE RE SOL LA RE RE SOL LA LA RE SOL RE LA LA
RE SOL LA
Once I thought I could make God a bribe,
RE SOL LA
So I said I was in His lost tribe,
RE SOL LA
Getting handouts can be so frustrating,
RE SOL LA
"Get in line son, there's five million waiting".
RE SOL RE LA
But I can't understand why you let someone else rule your land
NC RE
You're cap in hand.
LA RE SOL RE LA
No, I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land,
NC RE SIm SOL MI7
We're cap in hand, cap in hand, cap in hand, cap in hand,
LA RE SOL RE LA
No, I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land,
NC RE
We're cap in hand .... (listen to the record for the way they finish it)
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