The Rakes Song Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

 [G Em] x4

GI had Ementered Ginto a Emmarriage

GIn the Emsummer of my Gtwenty-first Emyear

GAnd the Embells rang Gfor our Emwedding

GOnly Emnow do I Gremember it Emclear

 AlAright, alCright, alright

 [G Em G Em]

GNo more a Emrake and Gno more a Embachelor

GI was Emwedded and it Gwhetted my Emthirst

GUntil her Emwomb start Gspilling out Embabies

GOnly then Emdid I Greckon my Emcurse

 AlAright, alCright, alrightG Em G Em

 AlAright, alCright, alright

 [G Em G Em] x2

[The rest of the verses follow the same chords]

First came Eziah with his crinkled little fingers

Then came Charlotte and that wretched girl Dawn

Ugly Myfanwy died on delivery

Mercifully taking her mother along

Alright, alright, alright

What can one do when one is widower

Shamefully saddled with three little pests

All that I wanted was the freedom of a new life

So my burden I began to divest

Alright, alright, alright

Alright, alright, alright

Charlotte I buried after feeding her foxglove

Dawn was easy, she was drowned in the bath

Eziah fought but was easily bested

Burned his body for incurring my wrath

Alright, alright, alright

And that's how I came your humble narrator

To be living so easy and free

Expect you think that I should be haunted

But it never really bothers me

Alright, alright, alright

Alright, alright, alright