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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 D
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 D
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 D
You're cap in hand.
LA RE SOL RE LA
No, I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land,
NC D Bm G E7
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 D
We're cap in hand .... (listen to the record for the way they finish it)
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