The Old Alarm Clock Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Whe[D]n f[G]irst I came to London
In the year of thirty nine
The [C]city looked so [G]wonderful
And the [D]girls were so divine
But the [C]coppers got suspi[G]cious
And they soon gave [C]me the knock
I was [G]charged with being the owner
Of an [D]old alarm [G]clock

[Verse 2]
Oh next [G]morning down by Barber street
I caused no little stir
The [C]IRA were [G]busy
And the [D]telephones did burr
Said the [C]judge "I'm going to
[G]charge you
With the pos[C]session of this machine
And I'm [G]also going to charge you
With the [D]wearing of the [G]green"

[Verse 3]
Now says I to him "Your [G]honor
If you'll give me half a chance
I'll [C]show you how me [G]small machine
Can [D]make the peelers dance
It [C]ticks away po[G]litely
Till you get an [C]aw ful shock
And it [G]ticks away the gelignite
In me [D]old alarm [G]clock"
Said the judge "Now listen here, my man

[Verse 4]
[G]And I'll
tell you of our plan
For [C]you and all your [G]countrymen
I [D]do not give a damn
The [C]only time you'll [G]take is mine
Ten [C]years in Dartmoor dock
And you can [G]count it by the ticking
Of your [D]old alarm [G]clock

[Verse 5]
Now this [G]lonely Dartmoor prison
Would put many in the jigs
The [C]cell it isn't [G]pretty
And it [D]isn't very big
Sure I'd [C]long ago [G]have left the place
[C]If I had only got
Ah, me [G]couple of sticks of gelignite
And me [D]old alarm clock