Patron Saint O Thieves

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[Verse]
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Auld Nick patron saint o' thieves, murderers and sailors
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Strike these shackles from me uh-huh
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Slide the bolt from out the door and tear down all the wire
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My baby's growin' cold and I'm on fire

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The wind that whistles off the hills and carries her perfume
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Carries too a lonely carol badly out of tune
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For just tonight beyond these walls I'd lay a mountain low
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And sing to her like only I know how

[Chorus]
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They don't hang no fairy lights these rusty iron bars
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So I burn a paper lamp for her to see
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Though she's left like a widow of a war that never was
          C                 D
There's a light still burns in me

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Auld Nick patron saint o' merchants, pawnmen and the judges
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Who barter with the lives of men, the battlers and the bludgers
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Go haunt the dogs awhile they sleep and thrash 'em round to sense
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There's to many good boys this side of the fence

[Chorus]
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They don't hang no fairy lights these rusty iron bars
     Em                           C     D
So I burn a paper lamp for her to see
             Em                     G              D
Though she's left like a widow of a war that never was
          C                 D
There's a light still burns in me

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[Bridge]
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There's boys in here for liftin' gear from non-be-wary strangers
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And newly minted ne'er-do-wells and them born with the dangers
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For livin' less than fruitful lives, toppin' less than faithful wives
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A broken line of fools that span the ages

[Chorus]
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They don't hang no fairy lights these rusty iron bars
     Em                           C     D
So I burn a paper lamp for her to see
             Em                     G              D
Though she's left like a widow of a war that never was
          C                 D
There's a light still burns in me

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Auld Nick patron saint of fools from both sides of the law
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For his sake wipe the dirty grin off that fat bastards jaw
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We're lovers of tradition & we might yet find a way
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To hold them bloody keys come boxing day

[Chorus]
           Em                         G          D
They don't hang no fairy lights these rusty iron bars
     Em                           C     D
So I burn a paper lamp for her to see
             Em                     G              D
Though she's left like a widow of a war that never was
          C                 D
There's a light still burns in me

NC
Burn it boys

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