A Prince In A Pauper's Grave

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In a bar Johnny drinks
Johnny drinks Johnny Walker
till he runs up a bill he can't pay
He's drinking to the memory
of a prince in a pauper's grave

And it's go Johnny go
where the bruises don't show
in the churchyard where the nervous get wrecked
And turn off your wireless
for two minutes silence
Cough up and pay your respects

And go to the park
where vicars and tarts
prey for their tormented souls
By the american graffiti
from Elephant and Castle
in Ford Capri Orange
Volkswagon yellow and gold

Johnny drinks Johnny drinks
Johnny drinks Johnny Walker
cockles his muscles alive alive 'o
smashes his bottle of unholy water
and it's go Johnny go, go, go

Back to the churchyard
where day out day in
those original sinners
are religiously praying
And where there was muck
there's a brass band that's playing
playing to the memory
of a prince in a pauper's grave

Some princely chords.

A Prince In A Pauper's Grave



     Dm         Am     
In a bar Johnny drinks 

       E             Am     
Johnny drinks Johnny Walker 

        Dm        Am            E       
till he runs up a bill he can't pay 

     Dm              Am     
He's drinking to the memory 

     E           Am             
of a prince in a pauper's grave 



    Dm             Am 
And it's go Johnny go 

          E             Am   
where the bruises don't show 

       Dm                   A           E       
in the churchyard where the nervous get wrecked 

    Dm            Am       
And turn off your wireless 

    E           Am      
for two minutes silence 

Dm           Am       E        
Cough up and pay your respects 



    Dm        Am   
And go to the park 

      E          Am    
where vicars and tarts 

Dm             Am        E     
prey for their tormented souls 

       Dm                Am 
By the american graffiti    

     E            Am     
from Elephant and Castle 

   D          Am     
in Ford Capri Orange 

E                     D    
Volkswagon yellow and gold 


Dm            Am            
Johnny drinks Johnny drinks 

Em                   Am     
Johnny drinks Johnny Walker 

Dm          Am      E              
cockles his muscles alive alive 'o 

Dm          Am        E      Am    
smashes his bottle of unholy water 

         Dm        Am      E  
and it's go Johnny go, go, go 



C           Em         
Back to the churchyard 

      Am      F      
where day out day in 

      C        Em      
those original sinners 

    Am          F       
are religiously praying 

C                   G    
And where there was muck 

          E7                Am      
there's a brass band that's playing 
playing to the memory 
of a prince in a pauper's grave 

(Dm Am E Am) to end