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Dubliners - The Old Alarm Clock chords
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C G C When first I came to London In the year of 39 F C G The city looked so wonderful, and the girls were so Divine F C G But the coppers got suspicious, and they soon gave me the knock C G C I was charged with being the owner, of an old alarm clock [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/d/dubliners/383634.html ] C G Well next morning down by Marlborough Street, I caused no C little stir F C G The I.R.A were busy and a telephone did burr F C G Says the judge I'm going to charge you, with the possession of this machine. C G And I'm also going to charge you, with the wearing of the C Green C G C Well says I to him, your honor, if you give me half a chance F C G I'll show you how me small machine can make the peelers dance F C G Well it ticks away politely, 'till you get an awful shock C G C And it ticks away the gellignite, on me old alarm clock C G C O the judge says listen here my man and I'll tell you of a plan F C G For you and all your countrymen I do net give a damn F C G Well the only time you'll take is mine, ten years in Dartmoor dock C G C And you can count it by the ticking, of your old alarm clock. C G C Well this lonely Dartmoor City would put many in the jigs F C G The cell it isn't pretty and it isn't very big F C G Sure long ago I'd have left the place, if I had only got, C G C Ah me couple of sticks of gelignite and me old alarm clock  |