Johnny Lad

	  		
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     A                           D 
Ah bought a wife in Edinbourgh fur a baw bee 
         E                           A 
And then I got a penny back tae buy tabaccy wi' 
         A                           D 
And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad 
         E                      E7             A 
I'll dance the buckles off my shoe wi' you my Johnny lad . 

Verse 
         A                             D 
Well Samson was a michty man and he fed on fish and chips 
         E                             A 
He bauchled round the Gallowgate just pickin' up the dips 
         A                           D 
And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad 
         E                      E7             A 
I'll dance the buckles off my shoe wi' you my Johnny lad . 

Verse 
          A                       D 
Now Solomon and David led very wicked lives 
          E                      A 
Winchin' every evening wi' other peoples wives 
         A                           D 
And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad 
         E                      E7             A 
I'll dance the buckles off my shoe wi' you my Johnny lad . 

Verse 
         A                            D 
Now Britain’s quite a country wi strikes n droughts n such 
         E                             A 
One day we’ve got nae water and the next too bloody much 
         A                           D 
And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad 
         E                      E7             A 
I'll dance the buckles off my shoe wi' you my Johnny lad . 

Verse 
         A                             D 
This country’s in an awfy mess it’s mortgaged to the hilt 
          E                              A 
If they get their way at Westminster they’ll pawn your bloody kilt 
         A                           D 
And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad 
         E                      E7             A 
I'll dance the buckles off my shoe wi' you my Johnny lad . 

Verse 
          A                             D 
Now Johnny was a bonnie lad until they took him in 
          E                           A 
He had his operation and now they call him Mary! 
         A                            D 
And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad 
          E                  E7               A 
I'll dance the buckles off my shoe wi' you my Johnny lad 

         A                          D 
And wi' you and wi' you and wi' you, Johnny lad 
         E                    E7               A 
I'll dance the buckles off my shin wi' you my Johnny lad .