Mary Coughlan – Country Fair Dance chords
Chords:
D A Bm GAt the country fair dance, they were having romance,D A7 DThey were eating, drinking & dancingA Bm GWell a heated exchange is not unusual or strange,D A7 Dand soon them ugly looks turned into ugly actionF#m GWell she was pretty you might say, at least we thought so anywayD A7 ABut she never sent a man to war or slaughterD A7 Bm GThem flashing black eyes made two young men riseD A7 G Dand had a sudden strange effect on each otherD A Bm G D A7 DThere was Porcupine Paul, a man feared by all, he drank away all of his money and his reasonA Bm G D A7 DAnd Fearsome Fred Ford who was restless and bored and tired of waiting for the hunting seasonF#m GOn the floor lay Pamela Pearl, she was Fearsome Fred’s girlD A7but she didn’t mind being dragged under the tableD A Bm G D A7 G DWhen Fred broke it up the man he found on top was Paul doing all he was ableA Bm GWell Fred said look here, take your hand off that brassiereD A7 DWe’re gonna have ourselves a little shootin’A Bm GAnd he’s hitching up his pants and he’s adopting this masochistic stanceD A7 Dand the crowd starts yelling and hootingF#m G D A7 APaul knew he was beat if he ever got to his feet so he fired from the horizontal positionD A Bm GFred was hit, the dust was bit, it was an amazing exhibition of true gritD A7 G DHe fired his gun and accomplished his missionD A Bm GPearl adjusted her lace, with an expression of grief and horror on her faceD A DShe said it sure is grief and horror that I’m feelingA Bm GEveryone was aghast at what had come to passD A7 G DEven the card players looked up and stopped their dealing.