The Blaydon Races Chords
by Geordie
The Blaydon Races by Geordie is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, D, A7 and E7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
The Blaydon Races.
Capo on 2 (optional).
INTRO
G D A7 D
VERSE
D
I went to Blaydon Races
A7 D
Twas on the ninth of June
G D
Eighteen Hundred and Sixty Two
E7 A7
On a summer's afternoon
D
I took the bus from Balmbras
A7 D
And she was heavy laden
G D
Away we went along Collingwood Street
A7 D
That's on the Road to Blaydon
D A7 D
Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin
G D
Passing the folks along the road
E7 A7
And all of them were starin'
D
All the lads and lasses there
A7 D
They all had smilin' faces
G D
Gannin along the Scotswood Road
A7 D
To see the Blaydon Races
VERSE
D
We flew past Armstrong's factory
A7 D
And up by the Robin Adair
G D
But gannin ower the Railway Bridge
E7 A7
The bus wheel flew off there
D
The lasses lost their crinolenes
A7 D
And veils that hide their faces
G D
I got two black eyes and a broken nose
A7 D
In gannin to Blaydon Races
D A7 D
Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin
G D
Passing the folks along the road
E7 A7
And all of them were starin'
D
All the lads and lasses there
A7 D
They all had smilin' faces
G D
Gannin along the Scotswood Road
A7 D
To see the Blaydon Races
VERSE
D
Now when we got the wheel back on
A7 D
Away we went again
G D
But them that had their noses broke
E7 A7
They went back ower hyem
D
Some went to the dispensary
A7 D
And some to Doctor Gibbses
G D
And some to the infirmary
A7 D
To mend their broken ribses
D A7 D
Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin
G D
Passing the folks along the road
E7 A7
And all of them were starin'
D
All the lads and lasses there
A7 D
They all had smilin' faces
G D
Gannin along the Scotswood Road
A7 D
To see the Blaydon Races
VERSE
D
We flew across the Tyne Bridge
A7 D
And came to Blaydon Toon
G D
The barman he was calling then
E7 A7
They called him Jackie Broon
D
I saw him talking to some chaps
A7 D
And them he was persuadin'
G D
To gan and see Geordie Ridley's show
A7 D
At the Mechanics' Hall in Blaydon
D A7 D
Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin
G D
Passing the folks along the road
E7 A7
And all of them were starin'
D
All the lads and lasses there
A7 D
They all had smilin' faces
G D
Gannin along the Scotswood Road
A7 D
To see the Blaydon Races
VERSE
D
Now when we got to Paradise
A7 D
There were bonny games begun
G D
There were four and twenty on the bus
E7 A7
And how we danced and sung
D
They called on me to sing a song
A7 D
So I sang 'em 'Paddy Fagan'
G D
I danced a jig and I swung me twig
A7 D
The day I went to Blaydon
D A7 D
Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin
G D
Passing the folks along the road
E7 A7
And all of them were starin'
D
All the lads and lasses there
A7 D
They all had smilin' faces
G D
Gannin along the Scotswood Road
A7 D
To see the Blaydon Races
VERSE
D
The rain it poured down all the day
A7 D
And made the ground quite muddy
G D
Coffee Johnny had a white hat on
E7 A7
Shouted 'Wee stole the cuddy?'
D
There were spice stalls and monkey shows
A7 D
And old wives selling ciders
G D
And the chap on the ha'penny roundabout
A7 D
Saying 'Any more lads for riders?'
D A7 D
Oh me lads, you should've seen us gannin
G D
Passing the folks along the road
E7 A7
And all of them were starin'
D
All the lads and lasses there
A7 D
They all had smilin' faces
G D
Gannin along the Scotswood Road
A7 D
To see the Blaydon Races!