Chord Concerning Charlie Horse by Great Big Sea

- standard tuning - - no capo - - chords : - G : 320033 C : x32010 Em : 022000 D : xx0232 verse 1 G come all ye friends i’ll sit you down , C G and sing an oleful ditty , C G t’was on a day in april month , Em D we started from the city , G we planned a day or two at mahers , C G we stalwart men were chosen , C G to remove ol’ charlie from angle pond , Em D G who fell in when the pond was frozen . verse 2 we seven men came roaring down , on the road to roaches line , we might have stopped in avondale or brigus might have been fine , we was hungry as sin but we never stopped in , nor took any time to park us , we all of us knew that we must get through to remove old charlie’s carcass . chorus G C G here’s to charlie horse , here’s to shave the master , C G Em D no better horse ne’er ran the course nor pulled the logs more faster , G C G here’s to charlie horse and i wants ye all to know , C G Em D G charlie’s gone to the big corral where all good horses go . verse 3 in the car was ol’ pocket comb and beside him old moose coosten , and barracuda bill and jimmy clark in the back seat he was roostin’ , there was smiley stubborn and the mounted police , it wasn’t hard to find him , and johnny pollack and sagebrush sam was sitting right in beside him . verse 4 kevin and buck was also there , but they brought some brawn and brains , they was aiming to help as best they could to remove old chuck’s remains , charlie was like a brother to shave and he loved him well of course , charlie was a very good man you see although he’d been a horse . chorus verse 5 now i’ll spare you all the gruesome details and just relate the end . with two stout dories and a few strong ropes we removed old shavey’s friend , we gave him a decent send off with all our hats removed , so long as we helped old shave and his friend , our loyalty was proved . verse 6 somewhere up in the great beyond his eyes are shining bright , charlie nods an approving nod cause he knows we did him right . shave will join him there one day and he’ll bring the harness leather , and so and for all of eternity they’ll pull the logs together . chorus x2 outro G , C , G , Em , D x2