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[Verse 1]
[D]"What do you find in men's trousers
and on billiard tables?"
"Pockets!"
"Well, that's not the answer I was expecting [G]but gentlemen,
[D]It reminds me of a song..."
"Well sing, you bugger, sing"

[Verse 2]
A poor old snook[G]er player
Stood with hand [C]on cue
[Am]His balls be[D]fore him
Red, yellow, black [G]and blue
[D]A cruel b[G]arman
He sneered and dimmed the [C]light
[Am]Please leave [D]those balls alone
You'll play no more tonight
[G]The chalk- [D]stained [G]veteran

[Verse 3]
He turned with anxious [C]gaze
[Am]His [C]game half [D]over
His balls still on the [G]baize
[D]His eyes they filled [G]with tears
His heart [C]with pain
[Am]And as they [D]flung him out
He sang this sad refrain
[G]Oh [D]please, oh

[Verse 4]
[G]please don't
take my balls [C]away
[Am]I us[C]ed to pl[D]ay with them
at least ten times a [G]day
[D]Once they were [G]lovely but
now they're old and [C]grey
[Am]Oh please don't ta[D]ke my
precious balls away
[G]The[D]

[Verse 5]
[G]busty barmaid
An Irish lass named Ma[C]bel
[Am]Said "Pick up your [D]balls
please
Don't leave them on the [G]table
[D]Though I have [G]travelled far
From the Dublin [C]shore
[Am]I've never [D]seen such dirty balls be[G]fore
Oh [D]please, oh

[Verse 6]
[G]please don't
take my [D]balls [C]away
[Am]I used to pl[D]ay with them at
least ten times a [G]day
[D]Once they were lovely but[G]
now they're old and [C]grey
[Am]Oh pleas[D]e don't take my
precious balls away

[Verse 7]
It's [G]cruel winter
Outside the blizzard [C]squalls
[Am]Oh landlord, [D]give me time
To pocket all my [G]balls
[D]The icy wind doth [G]blow
And if I [C]roam
I [D]may not have my balls
When I get [G]home
Oh [D]please, oh [G]please don't

[Verse 8]
take my balls [C]away
[Am]I used to pl[D]ay with them at
least ten times a [G]day
[D]Once they were [G]lovely but
now they're old and [C]grey
[Am]Oh please don't ta[D]ke my
precious balls [Gm]away

[Verse 9]
Next [Gm]day they found him
The snow lay [D]all around[Cm]
They searched [D]in vain, too late
His balls could not be [Gm]found
[D]They laid him by the fir[Gm]e
They watched him [Cm]thaw
Then through [D]the chilblains

[Verse 10]
He sang this song once more
[D]Oh please, oh [G]please don't
take my balls [C]away
I used [D]to play with them
at least ten times a [G]day
[D]Once the[G]y were lovely but now
they're old [C]and grey
[Am]Oh p[C]lease don't ta[D]ke my
precious balls [Cm]away
[G]