Biography:
Michael Marra (1952 - 23 October 2012) was a Scottish musician from Dundee. He was known as Dundee's answer to Tom Waits; aka Dundonian Randy Newman.
Marra was brought up in the Lochee district of Dundee. His first public performance was at an NCR (formerly a large factory and major employer in Dundee) Christmas party in the 1950s. Although predominantly known as a songwriter, Marra worked extensively in theatre, radio and television. To most he was a solo performer touring the length and breadth of Britain
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From the live album "Pax Vobiscum" (1996)
Works best with fingerpicking but find the style that works for you!
[Intro]
C G Am C G C
[Verse One]
C G Am
Six days I will be sober
C G Am
On the seventh I'll take a drink
C G Am
Sit by the window with a tin of beer
C G C
And watch them chain up the swings
[Verse Two]
C G Am
And I will think about the power of love
C G C
A most agreeable rule
C G Am
And wonder what on earth they're thinking of
C G Am
Who only disapprove
[Refrain]
C F
And every Sunday I will celebrate my life
G
I'll dance to Runrig and I'll kiss my wife
C F
Like the old song says bad news spreads like wildfire
G C
Good news travels slow
[Verse Three]
C G Am
Let them gather up their brows and their old wives tales
F G
Tweed and dashes and the spikes and flails
G C F
Let them bow down in homage to the Prince of Wales
G C
Me, I'm going to get pished
[Refrain]
C F
And every Sunday I will celebrate my life
G
I'll dance to Mac-Talla and I will kiss my wife
C F
Like the old song says bad news spreads like wildfire
G C
Good news travels slow
[Verse Four]
C G Am
Six days I will be sober
C G Am
On the seventh I'll take a drink
C G Am
Sit by the window with a tin of beer
C G C
And watch them chain up the swings
Works best with fingerpicking but find the style that works for you!
[Intro]
C G Am C G C
[Verse One]
C G Am
Six days I will be sober
C G Am
On the seventh I'll take a drink
C G Am
Sit by the window with a tin of beer
C G C
And watch them chain up the swings
[Verse Two]
C G Am
And I will think about the power of love
C G C
A most agreeable rule
C G Am
And wonder what on earth they're thinking of
C G Am
Who only disapprove
[Refrain]
C F
And every Sunday I will celebrate my life
G
I'll dance to Runrig and I'll kiss my wife
C F
Like the old song says bad news spreads like wildfire
G C
Good news travels slow
[Verse Three]
C G Am
Let them gather up their brows and their old wives tales
F G
Tweed and dashes and the spikes and flails
G C F
Let them bow down in homage to the Prince of Wales
G C
Me, I'm going to get pished
[Refrain]
C F
And every Sunday I will celebrate my life
G
I'll dance to Mac-Talla and I will kiss my wife
C F
Like the old song says bad news spreads like wildfire
G C
Good news travels slow
[Verse Four]
C G Am
Six days I will be sober
C G Am
On the seventh I'll take a drink
C G Am
Sit by the window with a tin of beer
C G C
And watch them chain up the swings
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