Tonalidad: A major
Verse 1
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When first I came to London
In the year of thirty nine
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G
The city looked so wonderful
D
And the girls were so divine
C
G
But the coppers got suspicious
C
And they soon gave me the knock
G
I was charged with being the owner
D
G
Of an old alarm clock
Verse 2
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Oh next morning down by Barber street
I caused no little stir
C
G
The IRA were busy
D
And the telephones did burr
C
Said the judge "I'm going to
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charge you
C
With the possession of this machine
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And I'm also going to charge you
D
G
With the wearing of the green"
Verse 3
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Now says I to him "Your honor
If you'll give me half a chance
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G
I'll show you how me small machine
D
Can make the peelers dance
C
G
It ticks away politely
C
Till you get an aw ful shock
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And it ticks away the gelignite
D
G
In me old alarm clock"
Said the judge "Now listen here, my man
Verse 4
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And I'll
tell you of our plan
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G
For you and all your countrymen
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I do not give a damn
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G
The only time you'll take is mine
C
Ten years in Dartmoor dock
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And you can count it by the ticking
D
G
Of your old alarm clock
Verse 5
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Now this lonely Dartmoor prison
Would put many in the jigs
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G
The cell it isn't pretty
D
And it isn't very big
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G
Sure I'd long ago have left the place
C
If I had only got
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Ah, me couple of sticks of gelignite
D
And me old alarm clock
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