Chords for Irish Rovers, Farewell To Rovin' Tour
Tempo:
139 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
C
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B] Well, my head [D] is all my comb, but that's all [G] right, I'll go home.
She is handsome, [C] she is pretty, [G] she is the [D] belle of [G] Elphastead.
She [C] is caught in a one, two, three, [G]
[D] please will you [G] tell me who is [C] she?
Well, there was a slugger, old Phil, who [G] was strong as a roe.
[C] But fighting betrays [G] even [Em] Dover.
[C] Put your man in the can, run the [F] banks of the ban.
[C] Put the skipper on the [G] Irish [C] [G] rover.
We're the boys [C] of [G] Elphastown, [Am] a-rantin' and a [D]-roarin' and a-rumblin' [G] around.
We're Irish and all high renown, that's the boys of [D] [A] Elphastown.
[Bm] [E]
[A] [Bm]
[E] [A] [Bm]
[E] [A]
[Bm] [E] [A] [D] Oh, it's the biggest mix-up [A] that you have ever seen.
[G] Me father, he [D] was orange, [A] and me mother, [D] she was [Bb] green.
[Cm] Hey, lard, [Dm] I've got [Eb] your green alligators [Fm] and long-necked geese.
[Bb] Some hunty back camels and [Eb] some chimpanzees.
Some cats and rats and [Fm] elephants, but lard, I'm so for lard.
[Eb] I just can't see [F] no [Bb] [Eb] unicorn.
[C] Farewell to [F] the ones I [C] adore, [F] and the land I [Am] will see [Dm] nevermore.
[G]
For [C] I'm saying [F] goodbye [G] with a tear in [Am] green eye, to [F] the dear [G] little [C] Shadrach's shore.
Here we go.
[D] So heave away, heave [A] away, haul away, [E] haul away.
[A]
The [Gbm] anchor's weighed, the course is set, [B] and now we're [E] homeward bound.
Heave [D] away, heave away, [A] haul [E] away, haul [A] away.
Tonight we'll [D] be dancing [E] with the girls of [A] Derrytown.
We're talking about [C] Van Diemen's Land.
This is one of the old ones.
Help us out here.
This is the black [G] velvet bed.
In a neat little town, they called Elphast.
Upper and distant, [A] the rain I [D] found.
[G] And [D] beneath the [Em] hours we have it is, while [Am] I spent [D] in that neat little [G] town.
[D] One, two, three, [G] and
And the [D] navy [A] room, they had me, [D] looked they had me.
Now, if it could sail [G] early, I'd [D] come whenever I'm on the shore.
[G]
[D] [A] [D] [G]
[D] [A] [D] [G]
[A] [G]
[A] That's the night.
[D]
[Em] Way, hey, and I'm sure it [D] is.
Way, [Ab] hey, and I'm [Em] sure it is.
[G] [D] Early [Em] in the morning.
Way, hey, and I'm [D] sure it is.
Way, hey, and I'm sure it [Em] is.
Way, hey, and I'm sure [G] it is.
[D] Early [Em] in the morning.
[G] [D] [Em]
[E] [G]
If you [F] could say this at the end of the night, then you've probably had [Ab] a decent time.
[Bb] It could have been the whiskey.
It might have been [F] the gin, but wasn't that a party?
[N]
She is handsome, [C] she is pretty, [G] she is the [D] belle of [G] Elphastead.
She [C] is caught in a one, two, three, [G]
[D] please will you [G] tell me who is [C] she?
Well, there was a slugger, old Phil, who [G] was strong as a roe.
[C] But fighting betrays [G] even [Em] Dover.
[C] Put your man in the can, run the [F] banks of the ban.
[C] Put the skipper on the [G] Irish [C] [G] rover.
We're the boys [C] of [G] Elphastown, [Am] a-rantin' and a [D]-roarin' and a-rumblin' [G] around.
We're Irish and all high renown, that's the boys of [D] [A] Elphastown.
[Bm] [E]
[A] [Bm]
[E] [A] [Bm]
[E] [A]
[Bm] [E] [A] [D] Oh, it's the biggest mix-up [A] that you have ever seen.
[G] Me father, he [D] was orange, [A] and me mother, [D] she was [Bb] green.
[Cm] Hey, lard, [Dm] I've got [Eb] your green alligators [Fm] and long-necked geese.
[Bb] Some hunty back camels and [Eb] some chimpanzees.
Some cats and rats and [Fm] elephants, but lard, I'm so for lard.
[Eb] I just can't see [F] no [Bb] [Eb] unicorn.
[C] Farewell to [F] the ones I [C] adore, [F] and the land I [Am] will see [Dm] nevermore.
[G]
For [C] I'm saying [F] goodbye [G] with a tear in [Am] green eye, to [F] the dear [G] little [C] Shadrach's shore.
Here we go.
[D] So heave away, heave [A] away, haul away, [E] haul away.
[A]
The [Gbm] anchor's weighed, the course is set, [B] and now we're [E] homeward bound.
Heave [D] away, heave away, [A] haul [E] away, haul [A] away.
Tonight we'll [D] be dancing [E] with the girls of [A] Derrytown.
We're talking about [C] Van Diemen's Land.
This is one of the old ones.
Help us out here.
This is the black [G] velvet bed.
In a neat little town, they called Elphast.
Upper and distant, [A] the rain I [D] found.
[G] And [D] beneath the [Em] hours we have it is, while [Am] I spent [D] in that neat little [G] town.
[D] One, two, three, [G] and
And the [D] navy [A] room, they had me, [D] looked they had me.
Now, if it could sail [G] early, I'd [D] come whenever I'm on the shore.
[G]
[D] [A] [D] [G]
[D] [A] [D] [G]
[A] [G]
[A] That's the night.
[D]
[Em] Way, hey, and I'm sure it [D] is.
Way, [Ab] hey, and I'm [Em] sure it is.
[G] [D] Early [Em] in the morning.
Way, hey, and I'm [D] sure it is.
Way, hey, and I'm sure it [Em] is.
Way, hey, and I'm sure [G] it is.
[D] Early [Em] in the morning.
[G] [D] [Em]
[E] [G]
If you [F] could say this at the end of the night, then you've probably had [Ab] a decent time.
[Bb] It could have been the whiskey.
It might have been [F] the gin, but wasn't that a party?
[N]
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[B] Well, my head [D] is all my comb, but that's all [G] right, I'll go home.
She is handsome, [C] she is pretty, [G] she is the [D] belle of [G] Elphastead.
She [C] is caught in a one, two, three, [G]
[D] please will you [G] tell me who is [C] she?
Well, there was a slugger, old Phil, who [G] was strong as a roe.
[C] But fighting betrays [G] even _ [Em] Dover.
[C] Put your man in the can, run the [F] banks of the ban.
[C] Put the skipper on the [G] Irish _ [C] [G] rover.
We're the boys [C] of [G] Elphastown, [Am] a-rantin' and a [D]-roarin' and a-rumblin' [G] around.
We're Irish and all high renown, that's the boys of _ [D] [A] Elphastown.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ [D] Oh, it's the biggest mix-up [A] that you have ever seen.
[G] Me father, he [D] was orange, [A] and me mother, [D] she was [Bb] green.
[Cm] Hey, lard, [Dm] I've got [Eb] your green alligators [Fm] and long-necked geese.
[Bb] Some hunty back camels and [Eb] some _ chimpanzees.
Some cats and rats and [Fm] elephants, but lard, I'm so for lard.
[Eb] I just can't see [F] no [Bb] [Eb] unicorn.
[C] _ Farewell to [F] the ones I [C] adore, _ _ [F] and the land I [Am] will see [Dm] _ nevermore.
[G]
For [C] I'm saying [F] _ goodbye [G] with a tear in [Am] green eye, to [F] the dear [G] little _ [C] Shadrach's shore.
Here we go.
[D] So heave away, heave [A] away, haul away, [E] haul away.
[A]
The [Gbm] anchor's weighed, the course is set, [B] and now we're [E] homeward bound.
Heave [D] away, heave away, [A] haul [E] away, haul [A] away.
Tonight we'll [D] be dancing [E] with the girls of [A] Derrytown.
We're talking about [C] Van Diemen's Land.
This is one of the old ones.
Help us out here.
This is the black [G] velvet bed. _ _ _
_ _ In a neat little town, they called _ Elphast.
Upper and distant, [A] the rain I [D] found.
_ [G] And [D] beneath the [Em] hours we have it is, while [Am] I spent [D] in that neat little [G] town.
_ _ [D] One, two, three, [G] and_
And the [D] navy [A] room, they had me, [D] looked they had me.
Now, if it could sail [G] early, I'd [D] come whenever I'm on the shore.
[G] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] That's the night.
[D] _ _
[Em] Way, hey, and I'm sure it [D] is.
Way, [Ab] hey, and I'm [Em] sure it is.
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] Early [Em] in the morning.
Way, hey, and I'm [D] sure it is.
Way, hey, and I'm sure it [Em] is.
Way, hey, and I'm sure [G] it is.
[D] Early [Em] in the morning.
[G] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
If you [F] could say this at the end of the night, then you've probably had [Ab] a decent time.
[Bb] It could have been the whiskey.
It might have been [F] the gin, but wasn't that a party?
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _
She is handsome, [C] she is pretty, [G] she is the [D] belle of [G] Elphastead.
She [C] is caught in a one, two, three, [G]
[D] please will you [G] tell me who is [C] she?
Well, there was a slugger, old Phil, who [G] was strong as a roe.
[C] But fighting betrays [G] even _ [Em] Dover.
[C] Put your man in the can, run the [F] banks of the ban.
[C] Put the skipper on the [G] Irish _ [C] [G] rover.
We're the boys [C] of [G] Elphastown, [Am] a-rantin' and a [D]-roarin' and a-rumblin' [G] around.
We're Irish and all high renown, that's the boys of _ [D] [A] Elphastown.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ [D] Oh, it's the biggest mix-up [A] that you have ever seen.
[G] Me father, he [D] was orange, [A] and me mother, [D] she was [Bb] green.
[Cm] Hey, lard, [Dm] I've got [Eb] your green alligators [Fm] and long-necked geese.
[Bb] Some hunty back camels and [Eb] some _ chimpanzees.
Some cats and rats and [Fm] elephants, but lard, I'm so for lard.
[Eb] I just can't see [F] no [Bb] [Eb] unicorn.
[C] _ Farewell to [F] the ones I [C] adore, _ _ [F] and the land I [Am] will see [Dm] _ nevermore.
[G]
For [C] I'm saying [F] _ goodbye [G] with a tear in [Am] green eye, to [F] the dear [G] little _ [C] Shadrach's shore.
Here we go.
[D] So heave away, heave [A] away, haul away, [E] haul away.
[A]
The [Gbm] anchor's weighed, the course is set, [B] and now we're [E] homeward bound.
Heave [D] away, heave away, [A] haul [E] away, haul [A] away.
Tonight we'll [D] be dancing [E] with the girls of [A] Derrytown.
We're talking about [C] Van Diemen's Land.
This is one of the old ones.
Help us out here.
This is the black [G] velvet bed. _ _ _
_ _ In a neat little town, they called _ Elphast.
Upper and distant, [A] the rain I [D] found.
_ [G] And [D] beneath the [Em] hours we have it is, while [Am] I spent [D] in that neat little [G] town.
_ _ [D] One, two, three, [G] and_
And the [D] navy [A] room, they had me, [D] looked they had me.
Now, if it could sail [G] early, I'd [D] come whenever I'm on the shore.
[G] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] That's the night.
[D] _ _
[Em] Way, hey, and I'm sure it [D] is.
Way, [Ab] hey, and I'm [Em] sure it is.
_ _ _ [G] _ [D] Early [Em] in the morning.
Way, hey, and I'm [D] sure it is.
Way, hey, and I'm sure it [Em] is.
Way, hey, and I'm sure [G] it is.
[D] Early [Em] in the morning.
[G] _ [D] _ [Em] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
If you [F] could say this at the end of the night, then you've probably had [Ab] a decent time.
[Bb] It could have been the whiskey.
It might have been [F] the gin, but wasn't that a party?
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _