Chords and lyrics for Body Of An American by The Pogues

 

The  

C 

cadillac stood  

F 

by the house and the  

C 

Yanks they were within

 

And  

C 

the tinker boys they  

F 

hissed advice ‘Hot  

C 

wire her with a  

G 

pin’

 

We  

C 

turned and shook as we  

F 

had a look in the  

C 

room where the dead man  

G 

lay

 

So  

C 

big Jim Dwyer made  

F 

his last  

C 

trip to the shores where his  

F 

fathers 

 

 

C 

laid

 

C 

Fifteen minutes later we had  

F 

our first taste of  

C 

whiskey

C 

There was uncles giving lectures on  

F 

ancient Irish  

G 

history

F 

The men all started telling jokes and the  

C 

women they got  

G 

frisky

 

At  

C 

five o’ clock in the evening every  

F 

bastard there was  

G 

pisskey

 

Fare thee  

C 

well going a

G 

way there’s nothing left to  

C 

say

 

Fare

F 

well to New York City boys to  

C 

Boston and  

G 

P 

 

A

 

He  

F 

took them out will a well-aimed clout he was  

C 

often heard to  

G 

say

 

I’m a  

C 

free born  

F 

man of the  

G 

U.S.

C 

A.