GCGGCAmEmGCDGCDG
[Verse]
GCG
Tam he woke tae find a shadow by the bed,
GCAmEm
Blamed it on the vapors still beleaguerin' his head,
CGD
Scrubbed his chops & dragged an oily bug rake through his hair,
GCDG
And wiped the mirror tae find the bogey mimickin' his stare,
GCG
He boilt the jug tae quench his mug & baked a lump o' toast,
GCAmEm
Hid behind the racin' pages from the hoary ghost,
CGD
oh "Awfy ghostie if yer here tae make me dead,
GCDG
Spare me life & bother me wife or Mother-in-law instead!"
[Chorus]
GCG
"Tam McCorty I'm not here to make you cry,
GCAmEm
I know you’re just a broken man wi' longing in his eye,
GCD
I'll say my say & go my way a-carving through the rye,
GCDGCDG
Tam McCorty, it’s not your day to die."
[Verse]
GCG
"By the way ye've hung yer tools o' trade & mantle I can tell,
GCAmEm
Ye will nae leave until ye've seen me safely intae hell,
CGD
So follow me down the 'Horse & Crown' of liquor I'm sae fond,
GCDG
I'll drink meself tae death & haunt the witches from beyond."
[Chorus]
GCG
"Tam McCorty I'm not here to make you cry,
GCAmEm
I know you’re just a broken man wi' longing in his eye,
GCD
I'll say my say & go my way a-carving through the rye,
GCDGCDG
Tam McCorty, it’s not your day to die."
[Verse]
GCG
They drank to fallen heroes, they spat & cursed the Queen,
GCAmEm
They argued o'er 'Black Caviar' - The finest ever seen?
CGD
They smoked cigars & played at cards for pots o' Gilbeys Gin,
GCDG
Roarin' as the fiery liqour, it spilled all down their chin.
[Chorus]
GCG
"Tam McCorty I'm not here to make you cry,
GCAmEm
I know you’re just a broken man wi' longing in his eye,
GCD
I'll say my say & go my way a-carving through the rye,
GCDGCDG
Tam McCorty, it’s not your day to die."
[Verse]
GCG
They staggered home along the tracks & pissed against a post,
GCAmEm
The dogs a' barkin' madly, all as though they'd seen a ghost,
CGD
"Oh take me now I beg you, pick yer mark & pick it well,
GCDG
I'm tired o' livin' & there I think I hear the hounds o' HELL!"
[Chorus]
GCG
"Tam McCorty I'm not here to make you cry,
GCAmEm
I know you’re just a broken man wi' longing in his eye,
GCD
I'll say my say & go my way a-carving through the rye,
GCDGCDG
Tam McCorty, it’s not your day to die."
[Verse]
GCG
Death threw his cloak across him where he passed out in his chair,
G
And whispered in a frosty tone directly in his ear,
CGD
"Best you learn to live again, forgive yerself yer past,
G
For when you see me next Tam, it'll be your last."
[Chorus]
GCG
"Tam McCorty I'm not here to make you cry,
GCAmEm
I know you’re just a broken man wi' longing in his eye,
GCD
I'll say my say & go my way a-carving through the rye,
GCDG
Tam McCorty, it’s not your day to die."
GCG
"Tam McCorty I'm not here to make you cry,
GCAmEm
I know you’re just a broken man wi' longing in his eye,
GCD
I'll say my say & go my way a-carving through the rye,
GCDG
Tam McCorty, it’s not your day to die."
GCDG
Tam McCorty, it’s not your day to die."
GCDG
Tam McCorty, it’s not your day to die."