------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Wellie Boot Song - Billy Connolly ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Scott Gordon Tuning: Standard ************************************ CHORUS: G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DIf (xx0232@1)it wasn't for your wellies where would you be G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DYou'd (xx0232@1)be in the hospital or infir-mary G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G'Cause (320003@1)you would have a dose of the flu or even pleurisy G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GIf (320003@1)you didn't have your feet in your well- ies VERSE 1: G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GOh (320003@1)wellies they are wonderful, oh wellies they are swell G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) G'Cause (320003@1)they keep out the water and they keep in the smell G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)when you're sitting in a room you can always tell G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GWhen (320003@1)some bugger takes off his well - ies CHORUS: VERSE 2: G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GOh (320003@1)and when you're out walking in the country with a bird G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)you're strolling over fields just like a farmer's herd G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)somebody shouts, "Keep off the grass" and you think how absurd G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) Gand (320003@1)SQUELCH you find why farmers all wear well - ies CHORUS: VERSE 3: G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GThere's (320003@1)fishermen and firemen, there's farmers and all G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GMen (320003@1)out digging ditches and working in the snow G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GThis (320003@1)country it would grind to a halt and not a thing would grow G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GIf (320003@1)it wasn't for the workers in their well - ies CHORUS: VERSE 4: G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GOh (320003@1)Edward Heath and Wilson they haven't made a hit G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GThey're (320003@1)ruining this country more than just a bit G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GIf (320003@1)they keep on the way they're going we'll all be in the (shhhhh) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GSo (320003@1)you'd better get your feet in your well - ies CHORUS: P.S. The last verse is a bit dated as it refers to the political leaders of the time! You might want to try replacing it with this?: 'Oh Cameron and Mr Clegg they haven't made a hit'