🎸 The Reaper Tam Mccorty chords by The Rumjacks

[Intro]
G C G G
C Am Em G
C D G C
D G


[Verse]
G           C       G
Tam he woke tae find a shadow by the bed,
G                C   Am    Em
Blamed it on the vapors still beleaguerin' his head,
C                  G          D
Scrubbed his chops & dragged an oily bug rake through his hair,
  G                  C  D    G
And wiped the mirror tae find the bogey mimickin' his stare,
  G                 C       G
He boilt the jug tae quench his mug & baked a lump o' toast,
G              C    Am  Em
Hid behind the racin' pages from the hoary ghost,
  C          G        D
oh "Awfy ghostie if yer here tae make me dead,
G                 C     D   G
Spare me life & bother me wife or Mother-in-law instead!"

[Chorus]
G           C        G
"Tam McCorty I'm not here to make you cry,
 G                 C    Am   Em
I know you?re just a broken man wi' longing in his eye,
   G            C          D
I'll say my say & go my way a-carving through the rye,
G          C    D  G  C  D  G
Tam McCorty, it?s not your day to die."


[Verse]
    G                  C      G
"By the way ye've hung yer tools o' trade & mantle I can tell,
G                   C   Am  Em
Ye will nae leave until ye've seen me safely intae hell,
  C                   G       D
So follow me down the 'Horse & Crown' of liquor I'm sae fond,
   G                 C    D   G
I'll drink meself tae death & haunt the witches from beyond."


[Chorus]
G           C        G
"Tam McCorty I'm not here to make you cry,
 G                 C    Am   Em
I know you?re just a broken man wi' longing in his eye,
   G            C          D
I'll say my say & go my way a-carving through the rye,
G          C    D  G  C  D  G
Tam McCorty, it?s not your day to die."


[Verse]
   G              C         G
They drank to fallen heroes, they spat & cursed the Queen,
   G                C   Am  Em
They argued o'er 'Black Caviar' - The finest ever seen?
   C                  G        D
They smoked cigars & played at cards for pots o' Gilbeys Gin,
G                C      D     G
Roarin' as the fiery liqour, it spilled all down their chin.


[Chorus]
G           C        G
"Tam McCorty I'm not here to make you cry,
 G                 C    Am   Em
I know you?re just a broken man wi' longing in his eye,
   G            C          D
I'll say my say & go my way a-carving through the rye,
G          C    D  G  C  D  G
Tam McCorty, it?s not your day to die."


[Verse]
   G                 C        G
They staggered home along the tracks & pissed against a post,
  G               C       Am   Em
The dogs a' barkin' madly, all as though they'd seen a ghost,
  C                G       D
"Oh take me now I beg you, pick yer mark & pick it well,
  G                 C    D     G
I'm tired o' livin' & there I think I hear the hounds o' HELL!"


[Chorus]
G           C        G
"Tam McCorty I'm not here to make you cry,
 G                 C    Am   Em
I know you?re just a broken man wi' longing in his eye,
   G            C          D
I'll say my say & go my way a-carving through the rye,
G          C    D  G  C  D  G
Tam McCorty, it?s not your day to die."


[Verse]
   G               C      G
Death threw his cloak across him where he passed out in his chair,
  G
And whispered in a frosty tone directly in his ear,
C                 G        D
"Best you learn to live again, forgive yerself yer past,
  G
For when you see me next Tam, it'll be your last."


[Chorus]
G           C        G
"Tam McCorty I'm not here to make you cry,
 G                 C    Am   Em
I know you?re just a broken man wi' longing in his eye,
   G            C          D
I'll say my say & go my way a-carving through the rye,
G          C    D   G
Tam McCorty, it?s not your day to die."
G           C        G
"Tam McCorty I'm not here to make you cry,
 G                 C    Am   Em
I know you?re just a broken man wi' longing in his eye,
   G            C          D
I'll say my say & go my way a-carving through the rye,
G          C    D   G
Tam McCorty, it?s not your day to die."
G          C    D   G
Tam McCorty, it?s not your day to die."
G          C    D   G