#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## <[email protected]> [email protected] Date: Wed, 12 May 93 15:34:32 BST X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL11] Cap In Hand -- The Proclaimers ------------------------------ 3/4 time - best sung with a heavy Scottish accent! Basic strum rythym: 1 2 3 / /\/\ Intro: |D |D |D |D | D G A I could tell the meaning of a word like serene, D G A I got some `O' grades when I was sixteen,---- D G A I can tell the difference 'tween margarine and butter, D G A I can say "Saskatchawen" without starting to stutter. A D G D A But I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land, NC D we're cap in hand. D G A I could get a broken jaw from being in a fight, D G A I know it's evening when day turns to night, D G A I can understand why Stranraer lie so lowly, D G A They could save a lot of points by signing Hib's goalie. A D G D A But I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land, NC D we're cap in hand. G D A D We fight when they ask us, G D A D We boast then we cower, G D A D We beg for a piece of G A What's already, what's already, what's already, ours. Instr: |D |D |G |A |D |D |G |A |A |D |G |D |A |A | D G A Once I thought I could make God a bribe, D G A So I said I was in His lost tribe, D G A Getting handouts can be so frustrating, D G A "Get in line son, there's five million waiting". D G D A But I can't understand why you let someone else rule your land NC D You're cap in hand. A D G D A No, I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land, NC D Bm G E7 We're cap in hand, cap in hand, cap in hand, cap in hand, A D G D A No, I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land, NC D We're cap in hand .... (listen to the record for the way they finish it) ************************************************************************** * -- Spread a little happiness as the days go by. * * Stuart Bray [email protected] * **************************************************************************
