Chords for Damien Dempsey - Hot Asphalt (feat. John Sheahan & Barney McKenna)
Tempo:
124.6 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [Em]
Good evening all me jolly lads, I'm glad to find [D] you [Em] well.
You'll gather all around me now, [D] the story I will tell.
[Em] For I've got the situation and me gara [D] and me gob, [Em] I can whisper I've the weekly wage of nineteen bob.
[G] It's twelve months come October since I left me day to fall, [Em] After helping in Killarney [D] boys to bring the harvest down.
[Em] But now I wear the yandy and around me [D] raise the belts, [Em] I'm a gaffer in the squad that makes the hot ash belt.
[G] Oh we laid it in the hollows and we laid it in the flats, [Em] And if it doesn't last forever [D] sure as there I'll lay me hat.
[Em] Well I've wandered up and down the world but sure I've [D] never felt, [Em] Any surface that was equal to the hot ash belt.
The other night the copper comes and says to [D] me McGuire, [Em] Will you kindly let me light me [D] pipe down at your boiler fire.
[Em] He planks himself straight down in front as hot as [D] up to late, [Em] Here says I'm a [D] decent man you [Em] better go and mind your fate.
[G] He ups and yells him down and you, I'm up to call your planks, [Em] I know you're far a traitor [D] from the tip of my reedy ranks.
[Em] I hit him from the shoulder, I gave him [D] such a belt, [Em] That I knocked him into [D] the boiler full [Em] of the hot ash belt.
[G] Oh we laid it in the hollows and we laid it in the flats, [Em] And if it doesn't last forever [D] sure as there I'll lay me hat.
[Em] Well I've wandered up and down the world but sure I've [D] never felt, [Em] Any surface [D] that was equal to [Em] the hot ash belt.
We quickly dragged him out again and drove him [D] into the tub, [Em] And with soap and water and water [D] we began to rub and scrub.
[Em] But dim a little ting it's hard, it turned us [D] hard as stone, [Em] And with every [D] yard and worm I [Em] could hear the copper groan.
[G] I'm thinking says O'Reilly, he's nothing like you and Nick, [Em] And for me if I'm not [D] inclined to claim him with me pick.
[Em] Now says I it would be easy or to boil him [D] till he melts, [Em] And to store him [D] nice and easy [Em] into the hot ash belt.
[G] Oh we laid it in the hollows and we laid it in the flats, [Em] And if it doesn't last forever [D] sure as there I'll lay me hat.
[Em] Well I've wandered up and down the world but sure I've [D] never felt, [Em] Any surface [D] that was equal [Em] to the hot ash belt.
Well you may talk about your sailor lots, ballad singers [D] and the rest, [Em] Your shoemakers and your tailors [D] but we praise the ladies best.
[Em] The only ones who know the way their flimsy [D] hats that melt, [Em] Are the lads around the pile and making the hot ash belts.
[G] With rubbing and me scrubbing I cut me dead to [Em] cold, For scientific [D] purposes me body it was sold.
[Em] In the Kelvin Grove you'll see me boys I'm hanging in [D] me pelts, [Em] As a monument to the paddies making the hot ash belt.
Oh [G] we laid it in the hollows and we laid it in the flats, [Em] And if it doesn't last forever [D] sure as there I'll lay me hat.
[Em] Well I've wandered up and down the world but sure [D] I've never felt, [Em] Any surface that was equal to the hot ash belt.
Good evening all me jolly lads, I'm glad to find [D] you [Em] well.
You'll gather all around me now, [D] the story I will tell.
[Em] For I've got the situation and me gara [D] and me gob, [Em] I can whisper I've the weekly wage of nineteen bob.
[G] It's twelve months come October since I left me day to fall, [Em] After helping in Killarney [D] boys to bring the harvest down.
[Em] But now I wear the yandy and around me [D] raise the belts, [Em] I'm a gaffer in the squad that makes the hot ash belt.
[G] Oh we laid it in the hollows and we laid it in the flats, [Em] And if it doesn't last forever [D] sure as there I'll lay me hat.
[Em] Well I've wandered up and down the world but sure I've [D] never felt, [Em] Any surface that was equal to the hot ash belt.
The other night the copper comes and says to [D] me McGuire, [Em] Will you kindly let me light me [D] pipe down at your boiler fire.
[Em] He planks himself straight down in front as hot as [D] up to late, [Em] Here says I'm a [D] decent man you [Em] better go and mind your fate.
[G] He ups and yells him down and you, I'm up to call your planks, [Em] I know you're far a traitor [D] from the tip of my reedy ranks.
[Em] I hit him from the shoulder, I gave him [D] such a belt, [Em] That I knocked him into [D] the boiler full [Em] of the hot ash belt.
[G] Oh we laid it in the hollows and we laid it in the flats, [Em] And if it doesn't last forever [D] sure as there I'll lay me hat.
[Em] Well I've wandered up and down the world but sure I've [D] never felt, [Em] Any surface [D] that was equal to [Em] the hot ash belt.
We quickly dragged him out again and drove him [D] into the tub, [Em] And with soap and water and water [D] we began to rub and scrub.
[Em] But dim a little ting it's hard, it turned us [D] hard as stone, [Em] And with every [D] yard and worm I [Em] could hear the copper groan.
[G] I'm thinking says O'Reilly, he's nothing like you and Nick, [Em] And for me if I'm not [D] inclined to claim him with me pick.
[Em] Now says I it would be easy or to boil him [D] till he melts, [Em] And to store him [D] nice and easy [Em] into the hot ash belt.
[G] Oh we laid it in the hollows and we laid it in the flats, [Em] And if it doesn't last forever [D] sure as there I'll lay me hat.
[Em] Well I've wandered up and down the world but sure I've [D] never felt, [Em] Any surface [D] that was equal [Em] to the hot ash belt.
Well you may talk about your sailor lots, ballad singers [D] and the rest, [Em] Your shoemakers and your tailors [D] but we praise the ladies best.
[Em] The only ones who know the way their flimsy [D] hats that melt, [Em] Are the lads around the pile and making the hot ash belts.
[G] With rubbing and me scrubbing I cut me dead to [Em] cold, For scientific [D] purposes me body it was sold.
[Em] In the Kelvin Grove you'll see me boys I'm hanging in [D] me pelts, [Em] As a monument to the paddies making the hot ash belt.
Oh [G] we laid it in the hollows and we laid it in the flats, [Em] And if it doesn't last forever [D] sure as there I'll lay me hat.
[Em] Well I've wandered up and down the world but sure [D] I've never felt, [Em] Any surface that was equal to the hot ash belt.
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ Good evening all me jolly lads, I'm glad to find [D] you [Em] well.
You'll gather all around me now, [D] the story I will tell.
[Em] For I've got the situation and me gara [D] and me gob, [Em] I can whisper I've the weekly wage of nineteen bob.
[G] It's twelve months come October since I left me day to fall, [Em] After helping in Killarney [D] boys to bring the harvest down.
[Em] But now I wear the yandy and around me [D] raise the belts, [Em] I'm a gaffer in the squad that makes the hot ash belt.
[G] Oh we laid it in the hollows and we laid it in the flats, [Em] And if it doesn't last forever [D] sure as there I'll lay me hat.
[Em] Well I've wandered up and down the world but sure I've [D] never felt, [Em] Any surface that was equal to the hot ash belt.
The other night the copper comes and says to [D] me McGuire, [Em] Will you kindly let me light me [D] pipe down at your boiler fire.
[Em] He planks himself straight down in front as hot as [D] up to late, [Em] Here says I'm a [D] decent man you [Em] better go and mind your fate.
[G] He ups and yells him down and you, I'm up to call your planks, [Em] I know you're far a traitor [D] from the tip of my reedy ranks.
[Em] I hit him from the shoulder, I gave him [D] such a belt, [Em] That I knocked him into [D] the boiler full [Em] of the hot ash belt.
[G] Oh we laid it in the hollows and we laid it in the flats, [Em] And if it doesn't last forever [D] sure as there I'll lay me hat.
[Em] Well I've wandered up and down the world but sure I've [D] never felt, [Em] Any surface [D] that was equal to [Em] the hot ash belt.
We quickly dragged him out again and drove him [D] into the tub, [Em] And with soap and water and water [D] we began to rub and scrub.
[Em] But dim a little ting it's hard, it turned us [D] hard as stone, [Em] And with every [D] yard and worm I [Em] could hear the copper groan.
[G] I'm thinking says O'Reilly, he's nothing like you and Nick, [Em] And for me if I'm not [D] inclined to claim him with me pick.
[Em] Now says I it would be easy or to boil him [D] till he melts, [Em] And to store him [D] nice and easy [Em] into the hot ash belt.
[G] Oh we laid it in the hollows and we laid it in the flats, [Em] And if it doesn't last forever [D] sure as there I'll lay me hat.
[Em] Well I've wandered up and down the world but sure I've [D] never felt, [Em] Any surface [D] that was equal [Em] to the hot ash belt.
Well you may talk about your sailor lots, ballad singers [D] and the rest, [Em] Your shoemakers and your tailors [D] but we praise the ladies best.
[Em] The only ones who know the way their flimsy [D] hats that melt, [Em] Are the lads around the pile and making the hot ash belts.
[G] With rubbing and me scrubbing I cut me dead to [Em] cold, For scientific [D] purposes me body it was sold.
[Em] In the Kelvin Grove you'll see me boys I'm hanging in [D] me pelts, [Em] As a monument to the paddies making the hot ash belt.
Oh [G] we laid it in the hollows and we laid it in the flats, [Em] And if it doesn't last forever [D] sure as there I'll lay me hat.
[Em] Well I've wandered up and down the world but sure [D] I've never felt, [Em] Any surface that was equal to the hot ash belt. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ Good evening all me jolly lads, I'm glad to find [D] you [Em] well.
You'll gather all around me now, [D] the story I will tell.
[Em] For I've got the situation and me gara [D] and me gob, [Em] I can whisper I've the weekly wage of nineteen bob.
[G] It's twelve months come October since I left me day to fall, [Em] After helping in Killarney [D] boys to bring the harvest down.
[Em] But now I wear the yandy and around me [D] raise the belts, [Em] I'm a gaffer in the squad that makes the hot ash belt.
[G] Oh we laid it in the hollows and we laid it in the flats, [Em] And if it doesn't last forever [D] sure as there I'll lay me hat.
[Em] Well I've wandered up and down the world but sure I've [D] never felt, [Em] Any surface that was equal to the hot ash belt.
The other night the copper comes and says to [D] me McGuire, [Em] Will you kindly let me light me [D] pipe down at your boiler fire.
[Em] He planks himself straight down in front as hot as [D] up to late, [Em] Here says I'm a [D] decent man you [Em] better go and mind your fate.
[G] He ups and yells him down and you, I'm up to call your planks, [Em] I know you're far a traitor [D] from the tip of my reedy ranks.
[Em] I hit him from the shoulder, I gave him [D] such a belt, [Em] That I knocked him into [D] the boiler full [Em] of the hot ash belt.
[G] Oh we laid it in the hollows and we laid it in the flats, [Em] And if it doesn't last forever [D] sure as there I'll lay me hat.
[Em] Well I've wandered up and down the world but sure I've [D] never felt, [Em] Any surface [D] that was equal to [Em] the hot ash belt.
We quickly dragged him out again and drove him [D] into the tub, [Em] And with soap and water and water [D] we began to rub and scrub.
[Em] But dim a little ting it's hard, it turned us [D] hard as stone, [Em] And with every [D] yard and worm I [Em] could hear the copper groan.
[G] I'm thinking says O'Reilly, he's nothing like you and Nick, [Em] And for me if I'm not [D] inclined to claim him with me pick.
[Em] Now says I it would be easy or to boil him [D] till he melts, [Em] And to store him [D] nice and easy [Em] into the hot ash belt.
[G] Oh we laid it in the hollows and we laid it in the flats, [Em] And if it doesn't last forever [D] sure as there I'll lay me hat.
[Em] Well I've wandered up and down the world but sure I've [D] never felt, [Em] Any surface [D] that was equal [Em] to the hot ash belt.
Well you may talk about your sailor lots, ballad singers [D] and the rest, [Em] Your shoemakers and your tailors [D] but we praise the ladies best.
[Em] The only ones who know the way their flimsy [D] hats that melt, [Em] Are the lads around the pile and making the hot ash belts.
[G] With rubbing and me scrubbing I cut me dead to [Em] cold, For scientific [D] purposes me body it was sold.
[Em] In the Kelvin Grove you'll see me boys I'm hanging in [D] me pelts, [Em] As a monument to the paddies making the hot ash belt.
Oh [G] we laid it in the hollows and we laid it in the flats, [Em] And if it doesn't last forever [D] sure as there I'll lay me hat.
[Em] Well I've wandered up and down the world but sure [D] I've never felt, [Em] Any surface that was equal to the hot ash belt. _ _ _ _ _ _
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