Coming Home Newcastle – Busker
[Intro]
G Am C D x2
[Verse 1]
Am G
Ah had te come te London,
Am G
Coz ah couldn't find ay job,
Am G
But ah don't intend te stay long,
Am D
If ah make ay few quick bob
Am G
It's cold up there in Summer,
Am G
It's like sitting inside ay fridge,
Am G
But ah wish ah was on the Quayside,
Am D
Looking at the owld Tyne Bridge'
[Chorus 1]
G Am
Ahm coming home Newcastle,
C D
Ah might as well ay been in jail,
C G
Ahd walk the streets al day al neet,
Am D
For ay bottle ay ye own Brown Ale,
G Am
Ahm coming home Newcastle,
C D
If ye never win the Cup again,
C G
Ahl brave the dark at St. James's Park,
Am D G
At the Gallowgate End in the rain, Ahm coming home...
C Am D
G Am C D
[Verse 2]
Am G
And ahm proud te be ay Geordie,
Am G
And te live in Geordie land,
Am G
Some people think wi bowdy,
Am D
And wi hard te understand,
Am G
And they say it's just self pitty,
Am G
And wi not so very tough,
Am G
Coz the people in the big fat City,
Am D
Haven't had it half as rough,
[Chorus 2]
G Am
Ahm coming home Newcastle,
C D
Ye can keep ye London wine,
C G
Ahd walk the streets al day al neet,
Am D
For ay bottle ay the River Tyne,
G Am
Ahm coming home Newcastle,
C D
Ah wish ahd never been away
C G
Ahd kiss the ground for the welcome sound,
Am D G
Of me mother saying hinny howay, Ahm coming home...
C Am D
G Am C D
[Verse 3]
Am G
And ah miss the auld blind busker,
Am G
Who stands at Fenwicks door,
Am G
He plays ay mean accordion,
Am D
Ye've arl seen him there before
Am G
And ah love the Geordie heroes,
Am G
There's so many famous names,
Am G
Like Lindisfarne and Gazza,
Am D
Brendan Foster and the Gateshead games
[Chorus 3]
G Am
Ahm coming home Newcastle,
C D
Ah might as well ay been in jail,
C G
Ahd walk the streets al day al neet,
Am D
For ay bottle ay ye own Brown Ale,
G Am
Ahm coming home Newcastle,
C D
If ye never win the Cup again,
C G
Ahl brave the dark at St. James's Park,
Am D
At the Gallowgate End in the rain
[Chorus 4]
G Am
Ahm coming home Newcastle,
C D
Ye can keep ye London wine,
C G
Ahd walk the streets al day al neet,
Am D
For ay bottle ay the River Tyne,
G Am
Ahm coming home Newcastle,
C D
Ah wish ahd never been away,
C G
Ahd kiss the ground for the welcome sound,
Am D
Of me mother saying hinny howay
[Chorus 5]
G Am
Ahm coming home Newcastle,
C D
Ah might as well ay been in jail,
C G
Ahd walk the streets al day al neet,
Am D
For ay bottle ay ye own Brown Ale,
G Am
Ahm coming home Newcastle,
C D
If ye never win the Cup again,
C G
Ahl brave the dark at St. James's Park,
Am D G
At the Gallowgate End in the rain, Ahm coming home...
C Am D
[Outro ]
G Am C D