Cap in Hand

Cap In Hand -- The Proclaimers
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3/4 time - best sung with a heavy 
Scottish accent!

Basic strum rythym:  1 2 3
                     / /\/\

Intro:   |D    |D    |D    |D    |

 D                              
   I could tell the meaning of a 
 G           A
word like serene,
 D                            G   
   I got some `O' grades when I 
     A
was sixteen,----
 D                                 
   I can tell the difference 'tween
 G             A
 margarine and butter,
 D                                 
   I can say "Saskatchawen" without
 G           A
 starting to stutter.
         A          D            
   But I can't understand why we 
G               D          A
let someone else  rule our land,
   NC           D
   we're cap in hand.
 D                              
   I could get a broken jaw from 
 G          A
being in a fight,
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 D                          G 
   I know it's evening when day 
           A
turns to night,
 D                           G    
   I can understand why Stranraer 
       A
lie so lowly,
 D                                 
   They could save a lot of points 
   G             A
by signing Hib's goalie.
         A          D            
   But I can't understand why we 
G               D         A
let someone else  rule our land,
   NC           D
   we're cap in hand.

 G    D     A           D
   We fight   when they ask us,
 G    D     A         D
   We boast   then we cower,
 G    D   A       D
   We beg   for a piece of
 G                                 
   What's already,  what's already,
                   A
   what's already, ours.

Instr:
|D  |D  |G  |A  |D  |D  |G  

|A  |A  |D  |G  |D  |A  |A  |

 D                        G       
   Once I thought I could make God
   A
 a bribe,
 D                 G         
   So I said I was in His lost 
  A
tribe,
 D                      G   
   Getting handouts can be so 
      A
frustrating,
 D                           G    
   "Get in line son, there's five 
        A
million waiting".
                     D             
    But I can't understand why you 
G               D            A
let someone else   rule your land
    NC            D
    You're cap in hand.
          A          D            
    No, I can't understand why we 
G               D           A
let someone else   rule our land,
    NC           D             Bm   
        G            E7
    We're cap in hand,  cap in hand,
 cap in hand, cap in hand,
          A          D            
    No, I can't understand why we 
G               D           A
let someone else   rule our land,
    NC           D
    We're cap in hand .... (listen 
to the record for the way they 
finish it)