Biography:
Real McKenzies is a Celtic punk band founded in Vancouver, Canada in 1992, described as "a guitar-and-bagpipe wailing Celtic punk rock-and-roll". They have set themselves apart from other punk bands by including bagpipes in all of their studio albums and at most of their concerts, much like the similar bands Dropkick Murphys and Flatfoot 56. Their current piper, Matt MacNasty, has been with the band since its release of "Loch'd and Loaded" in 2001.
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Other songs:
- Burnout
- Due West
- The Catalpa
- Three Eyed Kitten
- Wild Mountain Thyme
- Bugger Off
- Catalpa
- Catch Me
- Chip
- Cross The Ocean
- Dance Around The Whiskey
- Drink Some More
- Get Lost
- I Do What I Want
- Mcphersons Rant
- My Luck Is So Bad
- Nessie
- One Day
- Smokin Bowl
- The Massacre Of Glencoe
- The Message
- Up On A Motorbike
- Weyburn
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Legend:
* - play once
() - optional
! - same chord up the neck
[Chords used]
C5 D#5 D5 A#5 A#5! G5 G5! G#5 F5
e|---x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x------x-----x---|
B|---x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x------x-----x---|
G|---5-----8-----7-----3-----x-----x-----x------x-----x---|
D|---5-----8-----7-----3-----8-----5-----12-----6-----3---|
A|---3-----6-----5-----1-----8-----5-----12-----6-----3---|
E|---x-----x-----x-----x-----6-----3-----10-----4-----1---|
Main bagpipe riff
e|-15---------------------11-------------------------15-----------------------11-------------|
B|---13-13-11-13-13-13-15----13-13-11-13---11-13-15------13-13-11-13-13-13-15----13-15-11-13-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Intro]
Main riff over C5 D#5 D5 C5 x4
[Verse 1]
C5 *
Chip worked as a boatwright
C5 *
As his father and his gran
C5 *
Working in a boatyard
D#5 D5 C5
Building on the River Thames
C5 *
One day Chip was hard at work
C5 *
The Devil appeared from hell
C5 *
He held a roll of copper
D#5 D5 C5
And a bucket full of nails
[Pre-Chorus]
C5
The Devil said unto Chip
( D5 )
Take these nails and copper roll
( D#5 )
But you also have to take this rat
( D5 ) A#5 C5
And I will take your soul
Chip despised the rat
D#5
And the rat squealed and hissed
A#5
But the bucket o' nails and copper
D#5 D5 C5
Were too much to resist
[Interlude]
G#5 A#5! G#5 F5
Main riff over C5 D#5 D5 C5 x2
[Verse 2]
C5 *
Chip went straight to work
C5 *
He'd get rid of the rat
C5 *
And there would not be a problem
D#5 D5 C5
With his death after the fact
C5 *
But the devil rat wouldn't die
C5 *
No matter how hard he tried
C5 *
The rat attacked the boatwright
D#5 D5 C5
And he bit him in the eye
[Pre-Chorus]
C5
It seemed as if the river rats
( D5 )
Fell under Satan's spell
( D#5 )
They followed Chip around
( D5 ) A#5 C5
And made his life a living hell
He slowly lost his mind
D#5
He lost his family
A#5
He lost his job
D#5 D5 C5
And had to join the Kings' Navy
G#5 A#5! G#5 F5
[Chorus]
C5 D#5
A lemon grows a pip
G#5 A#5!
A yard will build a ship
C5 D#5
As Satan is my master
G#5 A#5!
I will get you Chip
C5 D#5
A lemon grows a pip
G#5 A#5!
A yard will build a ship
C5 A#5 G5
As Satan is my master
G5
I'm gonna get you
[Interlude]
This plays over the chord progression:
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------5----|
A|-3---3-1-3-5---5-3-5-6---6-5-6---6--|
E|------------------------------------|
C5 D5 D#5 G5! D#5 x2
C5 D5 D#5 G5! D#5 G5 A#5! C5
Main riff over C5 D#5 D5 C5 x2
[Verse 3]
C5 *
The rats chased Chip
N.C
Up the gangplank of the ship
N.C
And they bit him and they tortured him
e|-----11-------------|
B|-15-----13-15-11-13-|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
Until he finally flipped
C5 *
He sniveled to the captain
C5 *
To turn around his rig
C5 * C5 *
The captain spied his madness
C5
And he chucked him in the brig
[Pre-Chorus]
C5
The devil rat had his man
( D5 )
He knew just what to do
( D#5 )
He'd command the rats
( D5 ) A#5 C5
And through the planks they'd chew
The water rushed in
D#5
And the ship went down
A#5
She was smashed around the rocks
D#5 D5 C5
On which the rats danced around
G#5 A#5! G#5 F5
[Chorus]
C5 D#5
A lemon grows a pip
G#5 A#5!
A yard will build a ship
C5 D#5
As Satan is my master
G#5 A#5!
I will get you Chip
C5 D#5
A lemon grows a pip
G#5 A#5!
A yard will build a ship
C5 D#5
As Satan is my master
G#5 A#5!
I will get you Chip
C5 D#5
A lemon grows a pip
G#5 A#5!
A yard will build a ship
C5 D#5
As Satan is my master
G#5 A#5!
I will get you Chip
C5 D#5
A lemon grows a pip
G#5 A#5!
A yard will build a ship
C5 D#5 G5
As Satan is my master
C5 *
I got you Chip
* - play once
() - optional
! - same chord up the neck
[Chords used]
C5 D#5 D5 A#5 A#5! G5 G5! G#5 F5
e|---x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x------x-----x---|
B|---x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x------x-----x---|
G|---5-----8-----7-----3-----x-----x-----x------x-----x---|
D|---5-----8-----7-----3-----8-----5-----12-----6-----3---|
A|---3-----6-----5-----1-----8-----5-----12-----6-----3---|
E|---x-----x-----x-----x-----6-----3-----10-----4-----1---|
Main bagpipe riff
e|-15---------------------11-------------------------15-----------------------11-------------|
B|---13-13-11-13-13-13-15----13-13-11-13---11-13-15------13-13-11-13-13-13-15----13-15-11-13-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Intro]
Main riff over C5 D#5 D5 C5 x4
[Verse 1]
C5 *
Chip worked as a boatwright
C5 *
As his father and his gran
C5 *
Working in a boatyard
D#5 D5 C5
Building on the River Thames
C5 *
One day Chip was hard at work
C5 *
The Devil appeared from hell
C5 *
He held a roll of copper
D#5 D5 C5
And a bucket full of nails
[Pre-Chorus]
C5
The Devil said unto Chip
( D5 )
Take these nails and copper roll
( D#5 )
But you also have to take this rat
( D5 ) A#5 C5
And I will take your soul
Chip despised the rat
D#5
And the rat squealed and hissed
A#5
But the bucket o' nails and copper
D#5 D5 C5
Were too much to resist
[Interlude]
G#5 A#5! G#5 F5
Main riff over C5 D#5 D5 C5 x2
[Verse 2]
C5 *
Chip went straight to work
C5 *
He'd get rid of the rat
C5 *
And there would not be a problem
D#5 D5 C5
With his death after the fact
C5 *
But the devil rat wouldn't die
C5 *
No matter how hard he tried
C5 *
The rat attacked the boatwright
D#5 D5 C5
And he bit him in the eye
[Pre-Chorus]
C5
It seemed as if the river rats
( D5 )
Fell under Satan's spell
( D#5 )
They followed Chip around
( D5 ) A#5 C5
And made his life a living hell
He slowly lost his mind
D#5
He lost his family
A#5
He lost his job
D#5 D5 C5
And had to join the Kings' Navy
G#5 A#5! G#5 F5
[Chorus]
C5 D#5
A lemon grows a pip
G#5 A#5!
A yard will build a ship
C5 D#5
As Satan is my master
G#5 A#5!
I will get you Chip
C5 D#5
A lemon grows a pip
G#5 A#5!
A yard will build a ship
C5 A#5 G5
As Satan is my master
G5
I'm gonna get you
[Interlude]
This plays over the chord progression:
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------5----|
A|-3---3-1-3-5---5-3-5-6---6-5-6---6--|
E|------------------------------------|
C5 D5 D#5 G5! D#5 x2
C5 D5 D#5 G5! D#5 G5 A#5! C5
Main riff over C5 D#5 D5 C5 x2
[Verse 3]
C5 *
The rats chased Chip
N.C
Up the gangplank of the ship
N.C
And they bit him and they tortured him
e|-----11-------------|
B|-15-----13-15-11-13-|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
Until he finally flipped
C5 *
He sniveled to the captain
C5 *
To turn around his rig
C5 * C5 *
The captain spied his madness
C5
And he chucked him in the brig
[Pre-Chorus]
C5
The devil rat had his man
( D5 )
He knew just what to do
( D#5 )
He'd command the rats
( D5 ) A#5 C5
And through the planks they'd chew
The water rushed in
D#5
And the ship went down
A#5
She was smashed around the rocks
D#5 D5 C5
On which the rats danced around
G#5 A#5! G#5 F5
[Chorus]
C5 D#5
A lemon grows a pip
G#5 A#5!
A yard will build a ship
C5 D#5
As Satan is my master
G#5 A#5!
I will get you Chip
C5 D#5
A lemon grows a pip
G#5 A#5!
A yard will build a ship
C5 D#5
As Satan is my master
G#5 A#5!
I will get you Chip
C5 D#5
A lemon grows a pip
G#5 A#5!
A yard will build a ship
C5 D#5
As Satan is my master
G#5 A#5!
I will get you Chip
C5 D#5
A lemon grows a pip
G#5 A#5!
A yard will build a ship
C5 D#5 G5
As Satan is my master
C5 *
I got you Chip
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