Tabs by Bradhitsbass


(Vocals only for this first verse)

Male:      Oh kiss me Maggie & take me home,
        For I sure dinnae feel like dyin? alone,
        Gawn geez a shot, chuck a doggie a bone,
        Or a penny for me rattlin? can,

            D (let ring)
Male:       As sure as Christ it?s a bitter pill,
          
         But if you won?t have me, yer sister will,
              D (let ring)      D (let ring)   D       D         D
         I?ll cart me arse doon Surry Hills & call her out this evenin?,


Interlude - DDDD GGGG DDDD AADD DDDD GGGG DDAA DDDD


            D                  G
Female:  Go on, go well, ye?re no catch o? mine,
              D                                  A                D
         Yer clothes in rags, ye reek o? fags & old green ginger wine,
            D                                G
         My sisters aye a leezie into the drinkin?, dogs & cards,
            D               A              D
         My poor departed Father couldn?t flog her at the yards,



               D                            G
Male:      I?m a man o? some renown ?Jack the Lad? about the town,
               D                                    A             D
      We?ll share a plate of oysters, crack the neck o? Billy Brown,
         D                         G
Female:      Sly grog & salty treats, I?ll not grant yer wish,
               D              A             D
      I?m promised to the toll collector boy upon the bridge.



Chorus (Both)
       D                  G
Like good whisky in bad wounds,
       D                     A              D
Like honey on a toothache, you?ll never be mine,
               D                    G
Tho? we can dance, b?Jesus, we?ll swing like the razors,
    D             A     D
Of Kate Leigh & Tilly Devine.



Interlude - DDDD GGGG DDDD AADD DDDD GGGG DDAA DDDD



offbeats:     D                                 G
Male:      Why wait until yer dancin? shoes are scuffed and in the bin?
                D                                A              D
      I?ll stitch my holey duds, scrape the whiskers from me chin,
               D                                   G
      We?ll get ye down yer scarlet gown, I?ll steal you somethin? blue,
              D                 A             D
Female:      I?d waltz off Millers point before I walk the aisle with you!



Interlude - DDDD DDDD DDAA DDDD DDDD DDDD DDAA DDDD



Chorus (Both)
       D                  G
Like good whisky in bad wounds,
       D                            A       D
Like honey on a toothache, you?ll never be mine,
               D                    G
Tho? we can dance, b?Jesus, we?ll swing like the razors,
    D             A     D
Of Kate Leigh & Tilly Devine.


Interlude - DDDD GGGG DDDD AADD DDDD GGGG DDAA DDDD
            G--- D--- G - D- G - A-
            DDDD GGGG DDDD AADD DDDD GGGG DDAA DDDD


                  D (let ring)
Male:      Oh I?ll sing you ?six ribbons?!

Female:      Aye when your ?three sheets?!
(with sass!)
        Yer Drunken, Brawlin? Caterwaulin? echoes through the streets,

        Y?know I?m not yet very old,

Male:      Sure it?s Poison when its cold,
               D(ring)             A(ring)         D(back to reg. strumming)
Both:      And a dear old southerly belter?s sure to blow!



Chorus (Both) x2
       D                  G
Like good whisky in bad wounds,
       D                            A       D
Like honey on a toothache, you?ll never be mine,
              D                     G
Tho? we can dance, b?Jesus, we?ll swing like the razors,
    D             A     D
Of Kate Leigh & Tilly Devine.


         D                     G
We can dance, b?Jesus, we?ll swing like the razors
    D             A     D
Of Kate Leigh & Tilly Devine 

 D             A     D
Kate Leigh & Tilly Devine
 D(ring)         A(ring) D(ring)
Kate Leigh And Tilly Devine