Beggars drinking song (Dom intro Key G)

(C accapella) G Let the back and the sides go D bare me boys. Em Let the hands and the feet go D cold. Em But give it to the belly boys, G beer D enough, Em whether it be D new or Em old.

V1 I’d just as soon be a beggar as a king, and the reason I’ll tell you why. For a king cannot swagger, nor drink like a beggar, Nor be half as happy as I

(C + V2 Sometimes we lie, like a fox in a sty, with a flock of straw on the ground. But a king in his bed, with a pillow at his head, never could sleep so sound.

(C+V3) Sometimes we’re deaf, sometimes were blind, sometimes to blind to see. But when it comes to a barrel full of ail. We could find it as well as thee.

(C + V4) Got a tanner in me pocket and I’ve worked hard for it. And landlord here it is. Neither June nor Turk, could make me work, when beggin’s as good as it is.

C + V 1 Repeat V5) I’d just as soon be a beggar as a king, And the reason I’ll tell you why. For a king cannot swagger, nor drink like a beggar, Nor be half as happy as I

C + Change rhythm + C)