Biography:
The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem was an Irish folk music singing group that formed in America in 1956. Widely credited with popularising Irish traditional music in the United States, and revitalising it in Ireland (paving the way for an Irish folk boom with groups like The Dubliners and The Wolfe Tones), Tommy Makem left the group in 1969, after which the three brothers (Patrick "Paddy" Clancy, Tom Clancy, and Liam Clancy) became The Clancy Brothers subsequently joined by the fourth Clancy brother (Bobby Clancy).
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[Verse 1]
D G
Look at the coffin, with golden handles
D E7 A7
Isn't it grand, boys to be bloody well dead
[Chorus]
A7 D G D
Let's not have a sniffle, Let's have a bloody good cry
G D
And always remember, the longer you live the
Em7 A7 D
Sooner you'll bloody well die
[Verse 2]
D G
Look at the flowers, all bloody withered
D E7 A7
Isn't it grand, boys to be bloody well dead
[Chorus]
A7 D G D
Let's not have a sniffle, Let's have a bloody good cry
G D
And always remember, the longer you live the
Em7 A7 D
Sooner you'll bloody well die
[Verse 3]
D G
Look at the mourners, bloody great hypocrites
D E7 A7
Isn't it grand, boys to be bloody well dead
[Chorus]
A7 D G D
Let's not have a sniffle, Let's have a bloody good cry
G D
And always remember, the longer you live the
Em7 A7 D
Sooner you'll bloody well die
[Verse 4]
D G
Look at the preacher, bloody sanctimonious
D E7 A7
Isn't it grand, boys to be bloody well dead
[Chorus]
A7 D G D
Let's not have a sniffle, Let's have a bloody good cry
G D
And always remember, the longer you live the
Em7 A7 D
Sooner you'll bloody well die
D G
Look at the coffin, with golden handles
D E7 A7
Isn't it grand, boys to be bloody well dead
[Chorus]
A7 D G D
Let's not have a sniffle, Let's have a bloody good cry
G D
And always remember, the longer you live the
Em7 A7 D
Sooner you'll bloody well die
[Verse 2]
D G
Look at the flowers, all bloody withered
D E7 A7
Isn't it grand, boys to be bloody well dead
[Chorus]
A7 D G D
Let's not have a sniffle, Let's have a bloody good cry
G D
And always remember, the longer you live the
Em7 A7 D
Sooner you'll bloody well die
[Verse 3]
D G
Look at the mourners, bloody great hypocrites
D E7 A7
Isn't it grand, boys to be bloody well dead
[Chorus]
A7 D G D
Let's not have a sniffle, Let's have a bloody good cry
G D
And always remember, the longer you live the
Em7 A7 D
Sooner you'll bloody well die
[Verse 4]
D G
Look at the preacher, bloody sanctimonious
D E7 A7
Isn't it grand, boys to be bloody well dead
[Chorus]
A7 D G D
Let's not have a sniffle, Let's have a bloody good cry
G D
And always remember, the longer you live the
Em7 A7 D
Sooner you'll bloody well die
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