Chords for Damien Dempsey The Rocky Road To Dublin

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_ It was in the merry [Em] month of June, the first from home I started, left the girls [E] at home all sad and broken.
Had a saluted father dear, kissed me darlin' mother right like a pint of beer.
Me grief and tears disputed and after briefly conned, labor I was born.
Put the stout [D] like corn to banish ghosts.
I got [E] me brand new pair of rugs, rattled over to box, lightened [D] all the dogs.
Down the rocky road a-doubling one, [Em] two, three, four, five,
One to her, hugging her down the rocky [D] road,
And all the while the doubling marked for [Em] lollty-dah. _ _ _
_ _ _ In Mullingar that night I rested limbs aware,
He started by [D] daylight, next morning bright,
And [Em] there he took a drop of the pure,
Kept me heart from sinking, that the potty's [D] pure,
Every [Em] son for drink it to see the lassie smile,
Laugh a god of wile, caught me curious [D] dial,
What's at your [Em] heart?
The bubbling asked me was I hired,
My desire acquired, as I was nearly [D] tired,
Down the rocky road a-doubling one, [Em] two, three, four, five,
One to her, hugging her down the rocky [D] road,
And all the while the doubling [Em] marked for lollty-dah. _ _ _
_ _ In Dublin next arrived, I thought it be a pity,
To be so soon [D] deprived of pure but fat,
For [Em] sickly so then I took a stroll,
All among the quality bundled it was [D] stowl,
In the neat [Em] locality something draught me mind,
When I looked behind the bundle could I [D] find,
Upon me [Em] stick a wobbling word,
It uttered the rogue, said my chronic rogue,
Was it much [D] in vogue?
Upon the rocky road a-doubling one, two, three, [Em] four, five,
One to her, hugging her down the rocky [D] road,
And all the while the doubling [Em] marked for lollty-dah. _ _ _
_ _ From there I got away me spirit,
I was never failing landed on the [D] quay,
Just as the ship [Em] was sailing captain asked me,
Roar, said that no-one had he,
When I jumped [D] aboard a cabin [Em] filled with potty,
Down among the pigs laid some paddy-rigs,
And some [D] paddy-chicks to water [Em] me,
Bubbling men and trolley-heads,
Wish me self was dead, I'd better [D] fire instead,
Upon the rocky road a-doubling one, two, [Em] three, four, five,
One to her, hugging her down the rocky [D] road,
And all the while the doubling marked for [Em] lollty-dah. _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Em] The boys at Liverpool, when me safely landed,
[E] Called me self a fool, they could no [Bm] longer stand it,
[Em] The blood began to boil,
Taffer I was losing poor old [D] Ayrton's oil,
They began [Em] abusing that man, me soul to fly,
Shallowly I looked I, how [D] I was, why why,
So I was [Em] a-huffling, missed the low and the play,
So I did as I pray, quickly [D] cleared the way,
Caught the rocky road a-doubling one, [Em] two, three, four, five,
One to her, hugging her down the rocky road,
[D] And all the while the doubling marked for [Em] lollty-dah.
One to her, hugging her down the rocky _ road,
[D] And all the ways to double and marked [Bm] for _ _ _ [Em] lollty-dah. _ _ _ _ _
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