Greg Russell And Ciaran Algar - Hard Up
CAPO: 3rd Fret
[INTRO:] C
[VERSE 1:]
F C
In the days when I was hard up, not many days ago
G C
I took a dive that only the sons of misery know
G
Companions, friends, relations, they all turned up their nose
C F C G C
And branded me a vagabond for want of better clothes
[CHORUS:}
F C
When I was hard up, hard up
F G
This shall be me plan
C F C
When I was hard up, hard up
F C
Although I wear a ragged coat
G C
I wear it like a man
[VERSE 2:]
F C
In the days when I was hard up, for want of food and fire
G C
I used to tie me boots up with little bits of wire
G
But hungry, cold, cast on a rock and could not get a meal
C F C G C
I often beat the Devil down for tempting me to steal
[CHORUS:}
F C
When I was hard up, hard up
F G
This shall be me plan
C F C
When I was hard up, hard up
F C
Although I wear a ragged coat
G C
I wear it like a man
[VERSE 3:]
F C
In the days when I was hard up, with burn and sharing drugs
G C
There's many a summer night I spent communing with the thugs
G
I never faced them with a pike or shoved them up the wall
C F C G C
I said the world is wide enough and there's room enough for all
[CHORUS:}
F C
When I was hard up, hard up
F G
This shall be me plan
C F C
When I was hard up, hard up
F C
Although I wear a ragged coat
G C
I wear it like a man
[VERSE 4:]
F C
In the days when I was hard up, I used to bar me door
G C
For fear of being told, you can't stay here no more
G
And from my humble lodgings, about ten feet by six
C F C G C
On the workhouse wall just opposite, I counted all the bricks
[CHORUS:}
F C
When I was hard up, hard up
F G
This shall be me plan
C F C
When I was hard up, hard up
F C
Although I wear a ragged coat
G C
I wear it like a man
F C
Although I wear a ragged coat
G C
I wear it like a man