Intro: (play 2X)                 Main Bassline:
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B|=10=====10=====10=====10====   B|================
G|============================   G|================
D|====7======7======7======7==   D|====4=5=7=5=4===
A|============================   A|==5===========5=
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Strum an open D chord (8 beats)

D
Christy Brown a clown around town
D
Now a man of renown from Dingle to Down
D
I can type with me toes suck stout through me nose
D
And where it's going to end God only knows

G            Bm   D             C                         G
Down all the days - the tap-tap tapping of the typewriter pays
           C               D       G            D
The gentle rattling of the drays - Down all the days

break: strum D (4 beats)

I have often had to depend upon
The kindliness of strangers
But I've never been asked and never replied
If I supported Glasgow Rangers

G            Bm   D             C                         G
Down all the days - the tap-tap tapping of the typewriter pays
           C               D       G            D
The gentle rattling of the drays - Down all the days

break: strum D (16 beats)

G            Bm   D             C                         G
Down all the days - the tap-tap tapping of the typewriter pays
           C               D       G            D
The gentle rattling of the drays - Down all the days