E|----------------|---5-8---5---8--|---------8------|-3-------3------|
B|---5-8---5---8--|-6--------------|---5-8------8---|-3-----3---3----|
G|-5--------------|----------------|-5--------------|-0---0-------0--|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|-0-0------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|-2--------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-3--------------|

E|----------------|---5-8----------|----------------|----------------|
B|---5-8---5---8--|-6--------------|----5--8--------|----------------|
G|-5--------------|----------------|-5--------------|-4--7--5--------|
D|----------------|----------------|--------------5-|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

[Verse 1]

        C
When he fell to his knee she thought
           F                    G
He must've spied a penny at his feet
        C
And the water in his eye was just
    F                          G
The rain over the Glasgow city street
    Am
She rifles through her coat
   C
To find a cigarette,
      G                                   Am
A' to give her shakin' hands something to do
     Am
'For Chris'sakes Jimmy,
    C                          G
How long's it take to tie yer' shoe?

[Chorus]

    C      F                   G
'Kathleen, won't you take this ring?
             C
It's not the worst that's ever happened
       F                                  G
Or the cheapest piece o' shit youv'e ever seen
C F    G              C
 O Kathleen, while me hairs all me own
      F                         G
And I still have a song left to sing.

[Verse 2]

        C
Ive had enough o sleepin' rough
         F                         G
I want a warm safe place of all me own
       C                                 F
We can stack a pile o' bricks out in the sticks
                      G
And build ourselves a home
Am                            C
And down all the years you'll pretend not to notice
          G                            Am
I've been swappin' all yer' whisky for tea
Am
When I go singin' in the chapel
          C                       G
You'll go sittin' three rows from me


[Chorus]

    C      F                   G
'Kathleen, won't you take this ring?
             C
It's not the worst that's ever happened
       F                                  G
Or the cheapest piece o' shit youv'e ever seen
C F    G              C
 O Kathleen, while me hairs all me own
      F                         G
And I still have a song left to sing.

[Verse 3]

          C
With that fire in yer' belly
        F                                G
You can help me keep the wolves from the door
       C
We can go to bed hungry
       F                             G
So the children dont know that we're poor
Am
We'll teach 'em love tackles hate
            C
And be they sinner or a saint
       G                             Am
We can hold 'em up as heroes all the same
Am
May they be strangers to the devil
      C                          G
And a choir o' angels sing their name

[Chorus]

    C      F                   G
'Kathleen, won't you take this ring?
             C
It's not the worst that's ever happened
       F                                  G
Or the cheapest piece o' shit youv'e ever seen
C F    G              C
 O Kathleen, while me hairs all me own
      F                         G
And I still have a song left to sing.

[Solo]

C             F          G                            C          F
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|--------5---6---| 8-5--------8-5--|----------------|--------5---6---|
G|-5--5-7---7-----|----7----------7|-----------4----|-5--5-7---7-----|
D|----------------|------5---------|-5---5-5-7---5--|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

        G                            C          F          G
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|8-5--------8-5--|-8--------------|--------5---6---| 8-5--------8-5--|
G|----7----------7|-----------4----|-5--5-7---7-----|----7----------7|
D|------5---------|-----5-5-7---5--|----------------|------5---------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

                    C          F          G                    C
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|------7---8-----|
B|----------------|--------5---6---| 8-5--------8-5--|-8-10---8-------|
G|-----------4----|-5--5-7---7-----|----7----------7|----------------|
D|-5---5-5-7---5--|----------------|------5---------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

[Verse 4]

        C
When he fell to his knee she thought
           F                   G
He must've had a crisis of the soul
        C
And the sorrow in his eye was just him
F                           G
Lookin for a steady hand to hold
Am
'Through the laughter & the tears
        C
We grew silver with the years
         G                           Am
While so many gave each other up for dead'

Though at times they hardly spoke y'know
     C                                      G
They stayed together, it's just what people did.

[Chorus]

    C      F                   G
'Kathleen, won't you take this ring?
             C
It's not the worst that's ever happened
       F                                  G
Or the cheapest piece o' shit youv'e ever seen
C F   G               C
 O Kathleen, while me hairs all me own
      F                         G
And I still have a song left to sing

[Outro]

   C                F                G
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----4--7--4-----|-5--4--2--0----|
G|----------------|----2--5---2----|-5-----------5--|-------------2-|
D|----2--5--2-----|-3--------------|----------------|---------------|
A|-3-----------3--|----------------|----------------|---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|

   C                F                G
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----4--7--4-----|-5--4--2--0----|
G|----------------|----2--5---2----|-5-----------5--|-------------2-|
D|----2--5--2-----|-3--------------|----------------|---------------|
A|-3-----------3--|----------------|----------------|---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|

C F    G
 O Kathleen

C F    G
 O Kathleen

C F    G
 O Kathleen

C F    G
 O Kathleen