If you want to play along to the track on the Life and Limb Album then you need a Capo on 5th. I'm not convinced by the D in the chorus but I can't find anything better to fit. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Carthy - The Begging Song ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmOf (x02210@1)all the trades in England the beggin' is the best Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GFor (320003@1)when a beggar's tired he can lay him down and rest Chorus (after each verse): DAnd (xx0232@1)a-beggin' I will go Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)a-beggin' I will go Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmI (x02210@1)got on the train in Carlisle they kicked me out at Crewe Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)slept on every paving-stone from there to Waterloo Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmI (x02210@1)got breakfast off the Embankment I got my lunch and tea Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)only the finest cardboard made a home that was fit for me Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmWe (x02210@1)sit on the stair at Leicester Square from seven o'clock till ten Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GThen (320003@1)round the back of the Connaught House for dinner from out of a bin Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmI (x02210@1)can rest when I am tired and I heed no master's bell Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GA (320003@1)man'd be daft to be a king when beggars live so well Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmThe (x02210@1)law came down to see us they came down three together Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GThey (320003@1)put out the fire they left us there Oh Lord how we did shiver Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmI (x02210@1)am a Victorian value I'm enterprise poverty Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GCompletely (320003@1)invisible to the state and a joy to Mrs T Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) AmOf (x02210@1)all the trades in England the beggin' is the best Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GFor (320003@1)when a beggar's tired he can lay him down and rest