McCafferty Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]When I was eighteen yea[F]rs of age
[G]Into the army I [C]did engage
I left my home with a [F]good [C]intent
For to [G]join the forty-second [C]regiment

[Verse 2]
While [C]I was posted on g[F]uard one day
Some [G]soldiers' children came [C]out to play
From the officers' quarters my [F]captain [C]came
And he [G]ordered me for to [C]take their names

[Verse 3]
I [C]took one name ins[F]tead of three
On ne[G]glect of duty they [C]then charged me
I was confined to barracks with [F]loss of [C]pay
For [G]doing my duty the [C]opposite way

[Verse 4]
A [C]loaded rifle I [F]did prepare
For to [G]shoot my captain
on the [C]barracks square
It was my captain I [F]meant to [C]kill
But I [G]shot my colonel a[C]gainst my will

[Verse 5]
At [C]Liverpool Assizes my [F]trial I stood
And I [G]held my courage as [C]best I could
Then the old judge said,
Now, [F]McCaffer[C]ty
Go pre[G]pare your soul for e[C]ternity

[Verse 6]
I [C]had no father to [F]take my part
No [G]loving mother to [C]break her heart
I had one friend and a [F]girl was [C]she
Who'd lay [G]down her life for Mc[C]Cafferty

[Verse 7]
So come [C]all you officers take ad[F]vice from me
And go [G]treat your men with some [C]decency
For it's only lies and a [F]tyran[C]ny
That have [G]made a murderer of Mc[C]Cafferty