Am7M = [x02110] A5 = [5x4555] Time: 4/4 Key: D Minor Capo: 5 fret A5 % % % A5 Am7M Pennies from heaven A5 Don?t make me laugh Here all you?ll get A5 Is the pattering rain F5 C5 Or yon two crows up over the hill G5 Looking for winterkill A5 Always at your boots Am7M A5 The mud behind the byre A5 With its clammy hold F5 Would mock you up a grave C5 G5 Here in the mire of a wrecked sheepfold C5 And all you?ll bring to this F5 C5 Is muscle and grit F5 C5 Persistence, that?s just about it What made you think F5 There?d be a living in sheep? C5 F5 C5 F5 Eat, work, eat, work and sleep A5 Duck under the eaves Am7M Of the bothy A5 A5 F5 To sit here, caged by rain Somewhere to go conjure C5 A next move G5 When I have to think again A5 Am7M A5 The dog lifts his gaze to plead A5 F5 Believes the wizard has a magic stick C5 Leans his weight into my tweed G5 I give an unholy hand to lick C5 I take a swig of sheep dip F5 C5 From my flask F5 C5 And once again I ask What made you think F5 There?d be a living in sheep? C5 F5 C5 F5 Eat, work, eat, work and sleep A5 C5 G5 % E5 A5 E5 - G5 A5 A5 % % A5 They were at this game Am7M A5 Two hundred years ago Had thirty ways A5 F5 Of dying young, poor souls C5 Laid to rest in their soggy rows G5 Rain on their holy books A5 Am7M Blood and whisky A5 On the tongue A5 F5 And no-one watching over anyone C5 No-one left but your stubborn one G5 And the crows and rooks C5 F5 C5 Ah, the dying young F5 C5 Well I?m not done F5 You watch me and I?ll watch thee C5 I can still work for two men F5 C5 And drink for three And I raise my flask F5 C5 To the clearing skies To you, sweepers F5 C5 You carrion spies F5 C5 To scavenge and survive F5 If you can do it so can I A5 C5 G5 % E5 A5 E5 - G5 A5 repeat D5