Old Main Drag Guitar Tab

Rum Sodomy & The Lash Tabs:

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***The Old Main Drag - by Shane MacGowan
from the album "Rum Sodomy & The Lash"

The Old Main Drag - as perfomed by The Pogues

Intro	|D G A D|G A D A|G A D A|D G A D||

       D	     G	          A       D
When I first came to London I was only sixteen
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With a fiver in my pocket and my ole dancing bag
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I went down to the dilly to check out the scene
      D	         G	     A	      D
And I soon ended up upon the old main drag

There the he-males and the she-males paraded in style
And the old man with the money would flash you a smile
In the dark of an alley you'd work for a fiver
For a swift one off the wrist down on the old main drag

In the cold winter nights the old town it was chill
But there were boys in the cafes who'd give you cheap pills
If you didn't have the money you'd cajole or you'd beg
There was always lots of tuinol on the old main drag

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One evening as I was lying down by Leicester Square
I was picked up by the coppers and kicked in the balls
Between the metal doors at Vine Street I was beaten and mauled
And they ruined my good looks for the old main drag

In the tube station the old ones who were on the way out
Would dribble and vomit and grovel and shout
And the coppers would come along and push them about
And I wished I could escape from the old main drag

And now I'm lying here I've had too much booze
I've been spat on and shat on and raped and abused
I know that I am dying and I wish I could beg
	 D	  G		   A
For some money to take me from the old main drag

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture bec Average	#1 by bec madden at Jun 3, 1973 at 12:48 PM EST
	The old main drag - London's Red Light District is about a narrator new to the city who becomes addicted to pain killers then abused and beaten by police

No Picture Chris Average	#2 by Chris Tucker at Jul 14, 1978 at 7:52 AM EST
	this is a great song. last year me and my friends made a music video for it for a project in photography class. they thought the song was hella gay and made fun of me for it, but fuck 'em. i did all the work and we had a great time taking the pictures. anyway, i'm pretty sure a swift one off the wrist refers to a hand job from a hooker.

No Picture Jordan Average	#3 by Jordan S. at Oct 29, 1982 at 3:55 AM EST
	anyway, i'm pretty sure a swift one off the wrist refers to a hand job from a hooker ------------------------------------- its not from a hooker, he is the hooker. its about him being a rent boy, hence "And they ruined my good looks for the old main drag"