Fire Marshall Willy

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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                       
Than the night that dear Willy came
 E
 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
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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                               
And threw his cold water right in 
E
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!

[Other]
A A A E A D A


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