Pills Of White Mercury chords

As [G]I was [Am]walking by the [C]banks of the [D]Ugie
[G]Come my dear [Am]fellows and a [C]story I will [D]tell
I [G]spied a dear [Am]comrade, [C]dressed in white [D]flannel
[G]Dressed in white [C]flannel and [D]cruel was his [G]fate

The [G]mercury was [Am]beating, the [C]limestone was [D]reeking
His [G]tongue all in [Am]flamed hung [C]over his [D]chin
With a [G]hole in his [Am]bosom, his [C]teeth were a [D]closin'
Bad [G]luck to the [C]girl who [D]gave it to [G]him

[CHORUS]
And [G]had she but [Am]told me, [C]when she dis [D]honoured me
[G]Had she but [Am]told me [C]of it in [D]time
I [G]might have been [Am]cured by those [C]pills of white [D]mercury
But [G]now I'm a [C]young man cut [D]down in my [G]prime

My [G]parents they [Am]warned me and [C]oftimes they [D]chided
[G]With those young [Am]flash girls do [C]not sport and [D]play
But [G]I never [Am]listened, no [C]I never [D]heeded
[G] [C] [D] [G] Chorus
I just carried on in my own wicked way

It was [G]down on the [Am]corner two [C]flash girls were [D]talking
[G]One to the [Am]other in a [C]whisper did [D]say
[G]There goes that [Am]young man who [C]once was so [D]jolly
[G] [C] [D] [G] Chorus
But now for his sins his poor body must pay

Oh [G]doctor, dear [Am]doctor be [C]fore you de [D]parture
[G]Take all these [Am]bottles of [C]mercury [D]away
And [G]send for the [Am]minister to [C]say a prayer [D]over me
[G]Then you can [C]lay my poor [D]body in the [G]clay

Now [G]get you six [Am]fellows to [C]carry my [D]coffin
[G]Six pretty [Am]fair maids to [C]bear up my [D]pall
And [G]give each of [Am]them a [C]bunch of red [D]roses
[G] [C] [D] [G] Chorus
So when they pass by me they'll not know the smell