Cod Liver Oil And Orange Juice chords

Cod Liver Oil And Orange Juice

• EM

COD LIVER OIL AND ORANGE JUICE   As sung by Hamish Imlach

Put together by D Chisholm

Capo on 3rd

1 = an approximation. If you're looking for a lumber (or a "bag-off"),
you're out for the night hoping to hook up with a member off the opposite
sex with a view to having a (often temporary) sexual liaison.
2 = dunny: a passage or basement in a tenement building.
3 = cludgie: an outside toilet in a tenement building

EM.EM6,C G B7


A Em A Em

1)      Em    	   C	G	       Em
Well, oot of the east, there came a hard man,
	C	C		G
Ohhoohh, all the way from Brigton 
       Em      Em       G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
	G	         B7     Em
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.


 2)     Em    	        C		  G              Em
Well, he went intae a pub and he come oot paralytic,
 C	    C	       G 
Ohhoohh, VP and cider,
Em             Em                     G
Aahhahh, what a hell of a mixture,
	G	         B7     Em
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.

‘Sex rears its ugly head now!"

3)      Em    	   C	       G            Em
Does this bus go to the Danister Parlae
C	   C	                  G
Ohhoohh, I'm lookin' for a lumber,
Em         Em           G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
	G	         B7     Em
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.

 "Eyes up the talent, and lo, and behold..."

4)      Em       C             G             Em
  In the dancin' he met Hairy Mary,
C	      C	                 G
Ohhohh, the flo(w)er o' the Gorbels,
Em         Em           G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
	G	         B7     Em
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.

Spoken: "He chats her up.."

5)     Em           C        G            Em
"Ah, noo, Mary, are ye dancin'?"
C	     C	                        G
"Oh, no, it's jest the way I'm standin'"
Em         Em           G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
	G	         B7     Em
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.

"Rebuffed!"

6)     Em       C	       G                    Em
"Well, then, Mary, you're one in a million",
C	     C	         G 
"Ohhohh, so's yer chances!"
Em         Em           G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
	G		B7     Em
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.

"Rebuffed again!"

7)     Em       C	      G               Em
"Well, then, Mary, can I run ye hame?
C	     C	                        G 
Ohhoohh, I've got a pair of sandshoes
Em               Em              G
Aahhaahh," yer hell of a funny..."
	G	          B7     Em
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.

"Never say die; sways aboot non-chalantly pickin' his nails wi' 'is bayonet; an 'e 
knocks 'er off!..."

8)      Em                                C	          G              Em 
Well, doon through the back close, and intae the dunny,
   C	          C	                     G 
Ohhoohh, it wasnae for the first time,
Em         Em           G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
	G	         B7     Em
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.

9)     Em   	         C	                G                       Em 
Then oot came her mammy, she was goin' tae the cludgie 
C	        C	                        G 
Ohhoohh, I half-buggered off Sharpish
  Em         Em           G
Ahhahh, glory hallelujah,
	G		B7     Em
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.
 

10)     Em              C	     G                Em 
        Noo Hairy Mary's lookin' for her hard man
  C	        C	                            G 
Ohhoohh, he's joined the Foreign Legion
    Em         Em           G
Aahhaahh, Sahara under a camel
	G		B7     Em 
Cod liver oil and the orange juice

11)     Em       C	     G            Em 
Then Hairy Mary had a little baby,
C	    C	                    G 
Ohhoohh, his father's in the army,
Em         Em           G
Aahhaahh, glory hallelujah,
	G		B7     Em 
Cod liver oil and the orange juice.


Hmm... Those chords don't do it from me... I played along with my copy of Hamish' 
version, and came up with these. For the talking bits, alternate between Em and 
A. Mr. Imlach only needs one A but I cannae talk that fast...


http://www.myspace.com/lookinforalumber

http://www.theballadeers.com/scots/hi_01.htm

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