Beggarman Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Well I'm a little beggarman,
I am a beggarman,
I'm a little beggar-beggarman,
I I am a beggar man X

[Verse 2]
Well [D]I'm a little beggarman and
begging I have been
for three score or more on this
little isle of green.
And I'm known from the Liffey from the
basement to the zoo,
And I'm known by the name
of old Johnny Dhu.

[Verse 3]
Of all the [C]trades that's goin'
the beggin' is the [D]be st,
For when a man is tired he can
sit down and rest
He can beg for his dinner,
he's nothing else to do
When he comes around the corner
with his old rig-a-doo.

[Verse 4]
[D]And And[Dm][D][Dm][D]
And I met a little
flaxy-haired girl one day
'Well good morning' little flaxy-haired girl,' did I say,
'Well good mornin' little beggarman,
how do you do,
with your rags and your bags
and your old rig-a-doo.'
I'll I'll I'll [C]buy a pair of leggings
and a collar and a tie,
And a [D]nice young lady
I will fetch by and by.
I'll buy a pair of goggles
and I'll color them blue
And an old fashioned lady
I will make of her too.

[Verse 5]
I've got [G]the sky,[D]
I've got the [C]road.[D]
I've got [G]the sky...[D][C]
The world [D]is my home.

[Verse 6]
[D]I'm a little beggarman,
I am a beggar man,
And I slept way down,
in a barn at Caurabawn
A wet night came on and
I slept 'till the dawn
With holes in the roof and the
rain coming through
And the rats and the cats,
they were playing peek-a-boo
When When When [C]who should awaken
but the woman of the house
With her [D]white spotty apron
and her calico blouse
She began to frighten
and I said "Boo!
Ah, don't be afraid ma'am it's
only Johnny Dhu."

[Verse 7]
Die di [D]die di diddle diddle dum
Di die di die di diddle diddle dum.
Diddle dum di diddle diddle dum.
I've got [G]the sky,

[Verse 8]
[D]
I've got the [C]road.[D]
I've got [G]the sky...[D][C]
The world is my [D]home.

[Interlude 1]
[Dm][D][Dm][D]
[Dm][D][Dm][D]
[Dm][D]
[Dm][D]
[Dm][C][Dm][C][Dm]
[Am][F][Dm][D]
[C][Dm]
[D][Am][F]
[D][Dm]
[D]
[Dm][D]
[Dm][D][Dm][C]
[Dm][C][D][Am][F][Am]
[F][D][Dm][C]
[D][C][D][Am]
[F][Am][D]

[Verse 9]
And it's [D]over the fields
with my pack on my back
And over the fields with my
great heavy sack
With the holes in my shoes and my
toes peeping through
Singing skinny-me-rink a a
a doodle o for old Johnny Dhu
I [C]must be going to bed for it's
getting late at night
When the [D]fire's all raked
and out goes the light
Now you've heard the story
of me old rig-a-doo
It's It's It's [G]goodnight [D]and[C][D]
[G]God[D]
[C]be
[D]with[G]
[D]you[C]
[D]fro[G]m
[D][C]
[D]old Joh[G]nny Dhu[D].