Luke Kelly – Come My Little Son chords

F              C       F               Bb      FCome me little son and I will tell you what we'll do,
F                         Bb   F                   Fsus2   BbUndress yourself, and get into bed and a tale I'll tell to you
     F              Bb     F                     Bb  Bbsus2It's all about your daddy, he's a man you seldom see,
         F      C     C/E      F                   Bb      FFor he's had to roam away from home, far away from you and me.

[Chorus]
F                 Bb         F Remember lad he's still your dad,
F                   Fsus2 Bb  Bbsus2Though he's working far   away,
       F        C            C/E     F              Bb     FIn the cold and heat all the hours a week,
             Bb   FOn England's motorway.


    F                 C        F               Bb      FNow When you fall and hurt yourself and get to feeling bad,
   F         Bb      F            Fsus2    BbIt isn't any good to go a-running for your dad,
        F               Bb       F                            Bb  Bbsus2For the only time since you were born, he's had to spend with you,
       F        C          C/E      F                   Bb     FHe was out of a job and he hadn't a bob, he was signing on the brew


F                 Bb         F Remember lad he's still your dad,
F                   Fsus2 Bb  Bbsus2Though he's working far   away,
       F        C            C/E     F              Bb     FIn the cold and heat all the hours a week,
             Bb   FOn England's motorway.


F                   C     F                 Bb       FSure we'd like your daddy here, yes sure it would be fine,
   F                Bb     F                    Fsus2   BbTo have him working nearer home, and to see him all the time,
    F                Bb       F                       Bb  Bbsus2But beggars can't be choosers and we have to bear our load,
       F        C          C/E   F               Bb     FFor we need the money your daddy earns a working on the road.

[Chorus]
F                 Bb         F Remember lad he's still your dad,
          F       Fsus2   Bb  Bbsus2And he'll soon be home to stay,
      F       C         C/E    F  for a week or two, with me and you
          F         Bb   FWhen he's built the motorway.