Skinny Lister – Forty Pound Wedding chords

[Chorus]
         GWell, as I walked down the metal road
                   CWith all but forty pounds
GOnly the bells around my waist
                      DThe cut-throats to confound
   GNo sharp-eyed rogue would rob me
                CNo vagabond likewise
      G                       G              D                    GAnd I bet my hide I'll win my bride with the flashing bright-blue eyes


[Verse]
          GWell, the first I met was a tinker
                   CWith gold rings to sell
GEach one cost a tenner
                         DBut some looked twice as well
      GAnd I said, "That's lucky for me,"
                     CAnd parted with some cash
   GTo take a golden wedding band
   D            GTo my deserving lass


[Chorus]
         GWell, as I walked down the metal road
                    CWith all but thirty pounds
GOnly the bells around my waist
                      DThe cut-throats to confound
   GNo sharp-eyed rogue would rob me
                CNo vagabond likewise
      G                       G              D                    GAnd I bet my hide I'll win my bride with the flashing bright-blue eyes


[Verse]

Well, the next I met was a gypsy

She had a yard of Honiton lace

Eyes as brown as berries

With an honest, open face

And I said "That's lucky for me,"

And parted with some cash

To take a beautiful wedding veil

To my deserving lass


[Chorus]
         GWell, as I walked down the metal road
                    CWith all but twenty pounds
GOnly the bells around my waist
                      DThe cut-throats to confound
   GNo sharp-eyed rogue would rob me
                CNo vagabond likewise
      G                       G              D                    GAnd I bet my hide I'll win my bride with the flashing bright-blue eyes


[Verse]
          GWell, the next I met was an urchin
                      CHe had orchids by the score
GBlues and reds and yellows
                     DTo make the sun feel sore
      GAnd I said "That's lucky for me,"
                     CAnd parted with some cash
   GTo take a rare wedding bouquet
   D            GTo my deserving lass


[Chorus]
         GWell, as I walked down the metal road
                    CWith all but ten pounds
GOnly the bells around my waist
                      DThe cut-throats to confound
   GNo sharp-eyed rogue would rob me
                CNo vagabond likewise
      G                       G              D                    GAnd I bet my hide I'll win my bride with the flashing bright-blue eyes


[Verse]
          GWell, the last I met was a farmer
                       CHe had a Magnum of champagne
   GHe wanted fifteen guineas
                           DBut I clinched it just the same
      GAnd I said, "That's lucky for me!
                   CNow we can raise a glass
    GAnd drink a sparkling wedding toast
   D            GTo my deserving lass!"


[Bridge]

Well, my Father is an ignorant man

You can hear him loudly call

"It's a curtain ring on her finger

And her veil's a gypsy's shawl

And what a fine bunch of wayside weeds

Fresh-picked from down the lane

And a wedding cup of cider sets us on the road again."


[Chorus]
         GWell, as I walked down the metal road
                   CWith never a weary pound
GOnly the bells around my waist
                      DThe cut-throats to confound
   GNo sharp-eyed rogue would rob me
                CNo vagabond likewise
      G                  G                     D                    GAnd I kept my hide and I won my bride with the flashing bright-blue eyes