MARTIN CARTHY - THE BEGGING SONG CHORDS

If you want to play along to the track on the Life and Limb Album then you need a Capo on 5th. I'm not convinced by the D in the chorus but I can't find anything better to fit. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Carthy - The Begging Song -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

^AmOf all the trades in ^CEngland t^Ghe beggin' is the ^Ambest ^AmFor when a beggar's t^Gired he can l^Cay him down an^Gd rest

Chorus (after each verse):

^DAnd a-beggin' I will go And ^Ama-beggin' ^GI will ^Amgo

^AmI got on the train in^C Carlisle ^Gthey kicked me out at ^AmCrewe ^AmI slept on every ^Gpaving-stone from ^Cthere to Wate^Grloo

^AmI got breakfast off the ^CEmbankment I ^Ggot my lunch and ^Amtea ^AmAnd only the finest ^Gcardboard made a ^Chome that was fit for ^Gme

^AmWe sit on the stair at ^CLeicester Square from ^Gseven o'clock till ^Amten ^AmThen round the back of the ^GConnaught House for ^Cdinner from out of a ^Gbin

^AmI can rest when I am ^Ctired and I ^Gheed no master's ^Ambell ^AmA man'd be daft to be a ^Gking when ^Cbeggars live so ^Gwell

^AmThe law came down to ^Csee us they came ^Gdown three ^Amtogether ^AmThey put out the fire they ^Gleft us there ^COh Lord how we did ^Gshiver

^AmI am a Victorian ^Cvalue I'm ^Genterprise ^Ampoverty ^AmCompletely invisible ^Gto the state ^Cand a joy to ^GMrs T

^AmOf all the trades in ^CEngland t^Ghe beggin' is the ^Ambest ^AmFor when a beggar's t^Gired he can l^Cay him down an^Gd rest

Martin Carthy - The begging song