Cap In Hand Cifras

Cap In Hand - The Proclaimers
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3/4 time - best sung with a heavy Scottish accent!
 
Basic strum rhythm:  1 2 3
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Intro:
| D    | D    | D    | D    |
 
D                               G           A
  I could tell the meaning of a word like serene,
D                            G        A
  I got some `O' grades when I was sixteen,----
D                                  G             A
  I can tell the difference 'tween margarine and butter,
D                                  G           A
  I can say "Saskatchawen" without starting to stutter.
 
      A          D            G               D          A
But I can't understand why we let someone else  rule our land,
N.C.         D
we're cap in hand.
 
D                               G          A
  I could get a broken jaw from being in a fight,
D                          G            A
  I know it's evening when day turns to night,
D                           G           A
  I can understand why Stranraer lie so lowly,
D                                    G             A
  They could save a lot of points by signing Hibs' goalie.
 
      A          D            G               D         A
But I can't understand why we let someone else  rule our land,
N.C.         D
we're cap in hand.
 
G    D     A           D
  We fight   when they ask us,
G    D     A         D
  We boast   then we cower,
G    D   A       D
  We beg   for a piece of
G                                                    A
  What's already,  what's already,   what's already, ours.
 
Instrumental:
| D  | D  | G  | A  | D  | D  | G  | A  | A  | D  | G  | D  | A  | A  |
 
D                        G          A
  Once I thought I could make God a bribe,
D                 G           A
  So I said I was in His lost tribe,
D                      G         A
  Getting handouts can be so frustrating,
D                           G            A
  "Get in line son, there's five million waiting".
 
                 D             G               D            A
But I can't understand why you let someone else   rule your land
N.C.          D
You're cap in hand.
      A          D            G               D           A
No, I can't understand why we let someone else   rule our land,
N.C.         D             Bm           G            E7
We're cap in hand,  cap in hand, cap in hand, cap in hand,
      A          D            G               D           A
No, I can't understand why we let someone else   rule our land,
N.C.         D
We're cap in hand ... (listen to the record for the way they finish it)
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