E E
A A A E
A D A A
[Verse 1]
A D
When the night is cold and the hours are long,
E
I think upon good times now long since gone,
A Bm
But no memory pleases me more to recall,
Bm7 E
Than the night that dear Willy came out on a crawl
[Verse 2]
A A (stop) D
He was eighteen for a few hours more,
E
I fed him some whisky as he walked through my door
A Bm
The sounds of a house-party rolled down the street
Bm7 E
So we pounded our Pilsners and leapt to our feet.
[Chorus]
A D
Oh he had his filling
E A
Tequila swilling
F#m
Oh he put out the flames
Bm
And it earned him the name
E A
Fire Marshall Willy
[Verse 3]
A D
Oh we led him away to the depths of the house
E
With Jose Cuervo and Old Famous Grouse
A Bm
He took 15 shots in the blink of an eye
Bm7 E
Fell onto the porch by the BBQ side
A D
And they told him just sit down instead
E
Don't touch that extinguisher shiny and red
A Bm
But William was drunk as I've e'r seen a man
Bm7 E
And so the insanity surely began
[Chorus]
A D
Oh he had his filling
E A
Tequila swilling
F#m
Oh he put out the flames
Bm
And it earned him the name
E A
Fire Marshall Willy HO!
[Instrumental]
A A A E A D A E
Alright Willy!
A E A E A D A A
[Verse 4]
A D
Aw, ten minutes later he flashed me a smile
E
There wasn't combustion within twenty miles
A Bm
He'd hosed every chap in the whole fucking place
Bm7 E
And threw his cold water right in Chelsea's face
A A (stop) D
When the night is cold and the hours are long,
E
I think about good times now long since gone,
A Bm
But no memory gives me more pleasure than
Bm7 E E (extra bar of E)
Than the night that dear Willy became a new man
[Chorus]
A D
Oh he had his filling
E A
Tequila swilling
F#m
Oh he put out the flames
Bm
And it earned him the name
E A
Fire Marshall Willy
[Chorus]
A D
Oh he had his filling
E A
Tequila swilling
F#m
Oh he put out the flames
Bm
And it earned him the name
E A
Fire Marshall Willy
F#m
Oh he put out the flames
Bm
And it earned him the name
E E A
Fire Mar-shall Willy HO!
[Outro]
A A A E A D A
Guitar tab for intro, solo and outro
E|-----------0-0---------------|-----------0-5-7-5-4-0-0-0---|
B|-2-0-----2-----3-2-0---------|-2-0-----2-------------------|
G|-----2---------------2-1-2---|-----2-----------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|-0-4-5---5-5-5-0-----0-2---|-----------0-0---------------|
B|-----------------2-3-----2-|-2-0-----2-----3-2-0---------|
G|---------------------------|-----2---------------2-1-2---|
D|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
