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Ian Campbell Folk Group – Four Pounds A Day Chords, Piano & Ukulele

ChordsA D E

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[Intro]
A   D A
A   D E
D   A E
A D E A

[Verse 1]
    A
The rain is falling
on the site,
     D              A
 the tea's upon the brew,
      A
We're sittin' on
         D
our arseholes
      E
 with bugger-all to do.
   D
Outside our picks
and shovels lads,
       A            E
 they slowly rust away.
      A                 D
We're rained off and contented
    E             A
 on four pounds a day.

[Chorus 1]
A
Four pounds a day my
          D               A
lads and nothing much to do,
   A                D
No trouble from the foreman
      E
he's in the union too.
     D
Some want the rain to go to
          A                E
 Spain we want the rain to stay.
      A                 D
We're rained off and contented
    E             A
 on four pounds a day.

[Verse 2]
     A
It's early in the morning,
     D              A
 we start at ten o'clock,
   A                  D
We search the skies impatiently,
    E
 Bejays! I felt a drop.
    D
The can lads are on bonus and
      A                 E
 each brew means better pay.
      A                 D
We're rained off and contented
    E             A
on four pounds a day.

[Chorus 2]
A
Four pounds a day my lads
     D               A
 and nothing much to do,
   A                D
No trouble from the foreman
      E
he's in the union too.
     D
Some want the rain to go to
          A                E
Spain we want the rain to stay,
      A                 D
We're rained off and contented
    E             A
 on four pounds a day.

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[Verse 3]
   A
So Freddie get the cards out,
      D              A
 the racing page as well,
    A             D
And as for the contractors
    E
we hope they go to hell.
   D
It looks as if the
rain's set in,
     A                E
 we shan't do much today.
     A            D
What matter if on Friday
     E            A
we all draw our pay.

[Chorus 3]
A
Four pounds a day my lads and
 D               A
nothing much to do,
   A                D
No trouble from the foreman
      E
 he's in the union too.
     D
Some want the rain to go to
          A                E
Spain we want the rain to stay.
      A                 D
We're rained off and contented
    E             A
on four pounds a day.

Watch: Four Pounds a Day

From Ian Campbell Folk Group - Topic on YouTube. Play along with the chords above.

How to play Four Pounds A Day: key, chords and progression

These are chords by Ian Campbell Folk Group on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard.

To play Four Pounds A Day by Ian Campbell Folk Group, think in A major (three sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯). It takes 3 chords: A, D and E.

Most of the song cycles through D – A – D – E (IV – I – IV – V in A major). In solfa, that is fah – doh – fah – soh. Get these 4 changes smooth and the rest comes quickly.

Beginner-friendly: on guitar every chord is an open shape, which makes this a good song to learn early on.