Legend:
* - play once
() - optional
! - same chord up the neck
[Chords used]
C5 D#5 D5 A#5 A#5! G5 G5! G#5 F5
e|---x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x------x-----x---|
B|---x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x-----x------x-----x---|
G|---5-----8-----7-----3-----x-----x-----x------x-----x---|
D|---5-----8-----7-----3-----8-----5-----12-----6-----3---|
A|---3-----6-----5-----1-----8-----5-----12-----6-----3---|
E|---x-----x-----x-----x-----6-----3-----10-----4-----1---|
Main bagpipe riff
e|-15---------------------11-------------------------15-----------------------11-------------|
B|---13-13-11-13-13-13-15----13-13-11-13---11-13-15------13-13-11-13-13-13-15----13-15-11-13-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Intro]
Main riff over C5 D#5 D5 C5 x4
[Verse 1]
C5 *
Chip worked as a boatwright
C5 *
As his father and his gran
C5 *
Working in a boatyard
D#5 D5 C5
Building on the River Thames
C5 *
One day Chip was hard at work
C5 *
The Devil appeared from hell
C5 *
He held a roll of copper
D#5 D5 C5
And a bucket full of nails
[Pre-Chorus]
C5
The Devil said unto Chip
( D5 )
Take these nails and copper roll
( D#5 )
But you also have to take this rat
( D5 ) A#5 C5
And I will take your soul
Chip despised the rat
D#5
And the rat squealed and hissed
A#5
But the bucket o' nails and copper
D#5 D5 C5
Were too much to resist
[Interlude]
G#5 A#5! G#5 F5
Main riff over C5 D#5 D5 C5 x2
[Verse 2]
C5 *
Chip went straight to work
C5 *
He'd get rid of the rat
C5 *
And there would not be a problem
D#5 D5 C5
With his death after the fact
C5 *
But the devil rat wouldn't die
C5 *
No matter how hard he tried
C5 *
The rat attacked the boatwright
D#5 D5 C5
And he bit him in the eye
[Pre-Chorus]
C5
It seemed as if the river rats
( D5 )
Fell under Satan's spell
( D#5 )
They followed Chip around
( D5 ) A#5 C5
And made his life a living hell
He slowly lost his mind
D#5
He lost his family
A#5
He lost his job
D#5 D5 C5
And had to join the Kings' Navy
G#5 A#5! G#5 F5
[Chorus]
C5 D#5
A lemon grows a pip
G#5 A#5!
A yard will build a ship
C5 D#5
As Satan is my master
G#5 A#5!
I will get you Chip
C5 D#5
A lemon grows a pip
G#5 A#5!
A yard will build a ship
C5 A#5 G5
As Satan is my master
G5
I'm gonna get you
[Interlude]
This plays over the chord progression:
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------5----|
A|-3---3-1-3-5---5-3-5-6---6-5-6---6--|
E|------------------------------------|
C5 D5 D#5 G5! D#5 x2
C5 D5 D#5 G5! D#5 G5 A#5! C5
Main riff over C5 D#5 D5 C5 x2
[Verse 3]
C5 *
The rats chased Chip
N.C
Up the gangplank of the ship
N.C
And they bit him and they tortured him
e|-----11-------------|
B|-15-----13-15-11-13-|
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
Until he finally flipped
C5 *
He sniveled to the captain
C5 *
To turn around his rig
C5 * C5 *
The captain spied his madness
C5
And he chucked him in the brig
[Pre-Chorus]
C5
The devil rat had his man
( D5 )
He knew just what to do
( D#5 )
He'd command the rats
( D5 ) A#5 C5
And through the planks they'd chew
The water rushed in
D#5
And the ship went down
A#5
She was smashed around the rocks
D#5 D5 C5
On which the rats danced around
G#5 A#5! G#5 F5
[Chorus]
C5 D#5
A lemon grows a pip
G#5 A#5!
A yard will build a ship
C5 D#5
As Satan is my master
G#5 A#5!
I will get you Chip
C5 D#5
A lemon grows a pip
G#5 A#5!
A yard will build a ship
C5 D#5
As Satan is my master
G#5 A#5!
I will get you Chip
C5 D#5
A lemon grows a pip
G#5 A#5!
A yard will build a ship
C5 D#5
As Satan is my master
G#5 A#5!
I will get you Chip
C5 D#5
A lemon grows a pip
G#5 A#5!
A yard will build a ship
C5 D#5 G5
As Satan is my master
C5 *
I got you Chip
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/the_real_mckenzies/chip_chords_1847736