Irish folk - Dear Old Donegal Chords
Tempo:
135.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
E
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm] [G] [Dbm] [Bm] [D]
Shake hands with your uncle Mike [Gm] McBoy, and here is your sister Kate.
And there's [A] that girl you used [D] to swing down by the garden gate.
[E] Shake hands with all [G] of the neighbours, and kiss the culling dolls.
Go and rub them as the flowers would mate, with dear old Barnigol.
[Ab] [D]
Beamed like a horny [G] escudé, the film from [D] [Abm] Ireland, it didn't [A] mean a lot.
[D] Wasn't a soul to greet me [Bb] there, stranger eyes [Gb] [N] met me there, and I just [D] aimed a lot.
[G] And now [Fm] I'm going back again [D] to zero there in style.
[Gb] The friends who meet [G] me on the [Abm] ferry, wave at you [A] with a smile.
The things you sure [C] have almost forgot, have been so long away.
But me [E] mother will introduce them all, and this to [G] me will play.
Shake hands with your uncle Mike McBoy, and here is your sister Kate.
[A] And there's that girl you used to swing down by the garden gate.
Shake [G] hands with all of the neighbours, and kiss the culling dolls.
Go and rub [Ab] them as the flowers [G] would mate, with dear old Barnigol.
[D] There'll be a party when [G] I go home, there'll come from [A] here in parts.
There'll line [E] the north for miles [Bb] and miles, with [A] Irish John to part.
[G] The spirits will flow and will decay, to fill the hearts with joy.
The [N] frightful play, an Irish thrill, to [Gm] greet the Yankee boys.
[G]
To dance and sing, [Fm] a home I've known [D] so far, but never seen.
[Gb] The lefty [G] dixie corduroy, [A] the coins wearing green.
There'll be [G] thousands there that I never saw, have been so [D] long away.
[G] But me mother will introduce them all, and this to me will play.
Shake hands with your uncle Mike McBoy, and here is your [Am] sister Kate.
And there's that [D] girl you used to [A] swing down by the garden gate.
[G] Shake hands with all of the neighbours, and kiss the culling dolls.
Go [E] and rub them as the flowers would mate, with dear old [Am] [Gm] Barnigol.
[G]
[N]
Shake hands with your uncle Mike [Gm] McBoy, and here is your sister Kate.
And there's [A] that girl you used [D] to swing down by the garden gate.
[E] Shake hands with all [G] of the neighbours, and kiss the culling dolls.
Go and rub them as the flowers would mate, with dear old Barnigol.
[Ab] [D]
Beamed like a horny [G] escudé, the film from [D] [Abm] Ireland, it didn't [A] mean a lot.
[D] Wasn't a soul to greet me [Bb] there, stranger eyes [Gb] [N] met me there, and I just [D] aimed a lot.
[G] And now [Fm] I'm going back again [D] to zero there in style.
[Gb] The friends who meet [G] me on the [Abm] ferry, wave at you [A] with a smile.
The things you sure [C] have almost forgot, have been so long away.
But me [E] mother will introduce them all, and this to [G] me will play.
Shake hands with your uncle Mike McBoy, and here is your sister Kate.
[A] And there's that girl you used to swing down by the garden gate.
Shake [G] hands with all of the neighbours, and kiss the culling dolls.
Go and rub [Ab] them as the flowers [G] would mate, with dear old Barnigol.
[D] There'll be a party when [G] I go home, there'll come from [A] here in parts.
There'll line [E] the north for miles [Bb] and miles, with [A] Irish John to part.
[G] The spirits will flow and will decay, to fill the hearts with joy.
The [N] frightful play, an Irish thrill, to [Gm] greet the Yankee boys.
[G]
To dance and sing, [Fm] a home I've known [D] so far, but never seen.
[Gb] The lefty [G] dixie corduroy, [A] the coins wearing green.
There'll be [G] thousands there that I never saw, have been so [D] long away.
[G] But me mother will introduce them all, and this to me will play.
Shake hands with your uncle Mike McBoy, and here is your [Am] sister Kate.
And there's that [D] girl you used to [A] swing down by the garden gate.
[G] Shake hands with all of the neighbours, and kiss the culling dolls.
Go [E] and rub them as the flowers would mate, with dear old [Am] [Gm] Barnigol.
[G]
[N]
Key:
G
D
A
E
Gm
G
D
A
[Bm] _ [G] _ [Dbm] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [D] _ _
Shake hands with your uncle Mike [Gm] McBoy, and here is your sister Kate.
And there's [A] that girl you used [D] to swing down by the garden gate.
[E] Shake hands with all [G] of the neighbours, and kiss the culling dolls.
Go and rub them as the flowers would mate, with dear old Barnigol.
_ [Ab] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ Beamed like a horny [G] escudé, the film from _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Abm] Ireland, it didn't [A] mean a lot.
[D] Wasn't a soul to greet me [Bb] there, stranger eyes [Gb] _ _ [N] _ met me there, and I just [D] aimed a lot.
[G] And now [Fm] I'm going back again [D] to zero there in style.
[Gb] The friends who meet [G] me on the [Abm] ferry, wave at you [A] with a smile.
The things you sure [C] have almost forgot, have been so long away.
But me [E] mother will introduce them all, and this to [G] me will play.
Shake hands with your uncle Mike McBoy, and here is your sister Kate.
[A] And there's that girl you used to swing down by the garden gate.
Shake [G] hands with all of the neighbours, and kiss the culling dolls.
Go and rub [Ab] them as the flowers [G] would mate, with dear old Barnigol. _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ There'll be a party when [G] I go home, there'll come from [A] here in parts.
There'll line [E] the north for miles [Bb] and miles, with [A] Irish John to part.
[G] The spirits will flow and will decay, to fill the hearts with joy.
The [N] frightful play, an Irish thrill, to [Gm] greet the Yankee boys.
[G]
To dance and sing, [Fm] a home I've known [D] so far, but never seen.
[Gb] The lefty [G] dixie corduroy, [A] the coins wearing green.
There'll be [G] thousands there that I never saw, have been so [D] long away.
[G] But me mother will introduce them all, and this to me will play.
Shake hands with your uncle Mike McBoy, and here is your [Am] sister Kate.
And there's that [D] girl you used to [A] swing down by the garden gate.
[G] Shake hands with all of the neighbours, and kiss the culling dolls.
Go [E] and rub them as the flowers would mate, with dear old [Am] _ _ _ _ [Gm] Barnigol.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
Shake hands with your uncle Mike [Gm] McBoy, and here is your sister Kate.
And there's [A] that girl you used [D] to swing down by the garden gate.
[E] Shake hands with all [G] of the neighbours, and kiss the culling dolls.
Go and rub them as the flowers would mate, with dear old Barnigol.
_ [Ab] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ Beamed like a horny [G] escudé, the film from _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Abm] Ireland, it didn't [A] mean a lot.
[D] Wasn't a soul to greet me [Bb] there, stranger eyes [Gb] _ _ [N] _ met me there, and I just [D] aimed a lot.
[G] And now [Fm] I'm going back again [D] to zero there in style.
[Gb] The friends who meet [G] me on the [Abm] ferry, wave at you [A] with a smile.
The things you sure [C] have almost forgot, have been so long away.
But me [E] mother will introduce them all, and this to [G] me will play.
Shake hands with your uncle Mike McBoy, and here is your sister Kate.
[A] And there's that girl you used to swing down by the garden gate.
Shake [G] hands with all of the neighbours, and kiss the culling dolls.
Go and rub [Ab] them as the flowers [G] would mate, with dear old Barnigol. _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ There'll be a party when [G] I go home, there'll come from [A] here in parts.
There'll line [E] the north for miles [Bb] and miles, with [A] Irish John to part.
[G] The spirits will flow and will decay, to fill the hearts with joy.
The [N] frightful play, an Irish thrill, to [Gm] greet the Yankee boys.
[G]
To dance and sing, [Fm] a home I've known [D] so far, but never seen.
[Gb] The lefty [G] dixie corduroy, [A] the coins wearing green.
There'll be [G] thousands there that I never saw, have been so [D] long away.
[G] But me mother will introduce them all, and this to me will play.
Shake hands with your uncle Mike McBoy, and here is your [Am] sister Kate.
And there's that [D] girl you used to [A] swing down by the garden gate.
[G] Shake hands with all of the neighbours, and kiss the culling dolls.
Go [E] and rub them as the flowers would mate, with dear old [Am] _ _ _ _ [Gm] Barnigol.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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