Concerning Charlie Horse
Great Big Sea
Starts in key of F and modulates up to G
Capo on 5 and play the chords for keys of C and D

Come (C)all ye friends I'll (C)sit you down and (F)sing a doleful (C)ditty
'Twas (C)on a day in (C)April month we (Dm)started from the (G)city
We (C)planned a day or (C)two at Mahers, we (F)stalwart men were (C)chosen
To re-(C)move old Charlie from (C)Angle Pond
Who fell (Dm)in when the (G)pond was (C)frozen

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We (C)seven men came (C)roaring down on the (F)road to Roaches (C)Line,
We (C)might have stopped in (C)Avondale or (Dm)Brigus might have been (G)fine,
We was (C)hungry as sin but we (C)never stopped in, nor (F)took any time to (C)park us,
We (C)all of us knew that we (C)must get through to re-(Dm)move old (G)Charlie‘s (C)carcass.

(C)Here's to (C)Charlie Horse, (F)here's Shave the (C)master
No (C)better horse ne'er (C)ran the course nor (Dm)pulled the logs more (G)faster
(C)Here's to (C)Charlie Horse and I (F)wants ye all to (C)know,
(C)Charlie's gone to the (C)big corral where (Dm)all good horses (C)go.

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In the (C)car was Ol' (C)Pocket Comb and be-(F)side him Old Moose (C)Coosten,
And (C)Barracuda Bill and (C)Jimmy Clark in the (Dm)back seat he was (G)roosting'
There was (C)Smiley Stubborn and the (C)Mounted Police - it (F)wasn't hard to (C)find him,
And (C)Johnny Pollack and (C)Sagebrush Sam was (Dm)sitting right (G)in be-(C)side him.

(C)Kevin and (C)Buck was also there, but they (F)brought some brawn and (C)brains,
They was (C)aiming to help as (C)best they could to re-(Dm)move old Chuck's re-(G)mains,
(C)Charlie was like a brother to (C)Shave and he (F)loved him well of (C)course,
(C)Charlie was a very good (C)man you see al-(Dm)though he'd (G)been a (C)horse.

(C)Here's to (C)Charlie Horse, (F)here's Shave the (C)master
No (C)better horse ne'er (C)ran the course nor (Dm)pulled the logs more (G)faster
(C)Here's to (C)Charlie Horse and I (F)wants ye all to (C)know,
(C)Charlie's gone to the (C)big corral where (Dm)all good horses (C)go.

(modulates to D on the bridge)

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Now I'll (D)spare you all the (D)gruesome details
And (G)just relate the (D)end.
With (D)two stout doors and a (D)few strong ropes
We re-(Em)moved old Shady's (A)friend,

We (D)gave him a decent (D)send off with (G)all our hats (D)removed,
So (D)long as we helped old (D)Shave and his friend, our (Em)loyal-(A)ty was (D)proved.

(D)Somewhere up in the (D)great beyond his (G)eyes are shining (D)bright,
(D)Charlie nods an pa-(D)proving nod cause he (Em)knows we did him (A)right.
(D)Shave will join him (D)there one day and he'll (G)bring the harness (D)leather,
And (D)so and for all of e-(D)ternary they‘ll (Em)pull the (A)logs to-(D)gether.

(D)Here's to (D)Charlie Horse, (G)here's to Shave the (D)Master
No (D)better horse ne'er (D)ran the course nor (Em)pulled the logs more (A)faster,
(D)Here's to (D)Charlie Horse and I (G)want ye all to (D)know,
(D)Charlie's gone to the (D)big corral where (Em)all good (A)horses (D)go.