Chords for Irish Rovers-Medley of Most Requested Songs
Tempo:
126.9 bpm
Chords used:
A
B
D
G
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Over all the years of us traveling around the world singing our songs, a few of our songs got more popular than the rest.
We put some of them together into a kind of medley perfect for joining in and singing.
So take a gargle and join in, you two.
[A] [G#] [F#]
Come break [B] of day, [E] wishing me [A] hard the [G#] Sunday.
[G] [F#]
Drinking [B] buttermilk through the week, [E]
whiskey [A] on a Sunday.
He sits on the [B] corner of old Thager's Bush, [E]
astride of an old [A] fashioned crate.
He has three wooden dolls [B] that can dance and sing, [E] and he croons with a smile on [A] his face.
[G#] [G] [F#]
Come [B] break of day, [E] wishing me hard [A] the Sunday.
[G#] [G] [F#]
Drinking [B] buttermilk through the week, [E] whiskey [A] on a Sunday.
[B]
[E] We'll drink and drink and drink till the [B] little pig, the big, the big, the [F#m] savior of.
[B] Take him [E] and break his face, see him when he's dead.
A medicinal [B] compound, [F#m] but never [B] cautious [E] in every case.
Now here's his old me, a [B] little bit lonely, a [F#m] little bit happy, [B] a [E] little bit sad, a little bit incad.
A medicinal [B] compound, but now [F#m] she [B] nearly [E] broke the [B] stand.
[E] We'll drink and drink and drink [B] till the little pig, the big, the big, the [F#m] savior of.
[B] Take [E] him and break his face, see him when he's dead.
A [B] medicinal compound, but never [F#m] [B] cautious in [Am] every case.
[D] [G] Her eyes they shone like the diamond in the prison, yet we think she [A] was queen [D] of the land.
And [G] her hair hung over [Em] her shoulders, [Am] tied up [D] with a black [G] velvet band.
In a neat little town they call Belfast, a parenthesis [A] to trade I [D] was found.
[G] And many's an hour's [Em] sweet happiness [Am] I spent in [D] that neat [G] little town.
Till bad misfortune come over me, that caused me [A] to stray from [D] the land.
[G] Far away from me friends and [Em]
relations, [Am] they follow [D] the black [G] velvet band.
Everybody!
Her eyes they shone like the diamond, yet we think she [A] was queen [D] of the land.
And [G] her hair hung over [Em] her shoulders, [Am] tied up [D] with a black [C] velvet [Dm] band.
[C] [F] A long time ago, [Gm] when the earth was green, [C] and there was more kinds of animals [F] than you've ever seen.
They'd run around free, [Gm] when the earth was being born, [F] and the loveliest of them all [C] was the ewe that [F] he caught.
And there was green [Gm] alligators and long-necked geese, [C] some humpty-backed camels [F] and some chimpanzees.
Some cats and rats and [Gm] elephants, but sure as you're born, [F] you're never going to see [C] no [F] unicorn.
[D]
Oh, in the days when stuff [A] that you have never seen, [G] big father [D] he was sorry, gently [A] mother she [D] was green.
Oh, my father was an Ulster [A] man, but Protestant was he.
[G] My mother was [D] a Catholic [A] girl, but God to [D] heart was she.
Well, [Bm] the family and two [Em] churches lived happily [A] enough, [G] until the day [D] that I was [A] born, and faced her [D] other dog.
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up [A] that you have ever seen, [G] big father [D] he was sorry, [A] gently mother [D] she was green.
Yes, it is the biggest mix-up [A] that you have ever seen, [G] big father [D] he was sorry, gently [A] mother she [D] was green.
[N]
We put some of them together into a kind of medley perfect for joining in and singing.
So take a gargle and join in, you two.
[A] [G#] [F#]
Come break [B] of day, [E] wishing me [A] hard the [G#] Sunday.
[G] [F#]
Drinking [B] buttermilk through the week, [E]
whiskey [A] on a Sunday.
He sits on the [B] corner of old Thager's Bush, [E]
astride of an old [A] fashioned crate.
He has three wooden dolls [B] that can dance and sing, [E] and he croons with a smile on [A] his face.
[G#] [G] [F#]
Come [B] break of day, [E] wishing me hard [A] the Sunday.
[G#] [G] [F#]
Drinking [B] buttermilk through the week, [E] whiskey [A] on a Sunday.
[B]
[E] We'll drink and drink and drink till the [B] little pig, the big, the big, the [F#m] savior of.
[B] Take him [E] and break his face, see him when he's dead.
A medicinal [B] compound, [F#m] but never [B] cautious [E] in every case.
Now here's his old me, a [B] little bit lonely, a [F#m] little bit happy, [B] a [E] little bit sad, a little bit incad.
A medicinal [B] compound, but now [F#m] she [B] nearly [E] broke the [B] stand.
[E] We'll drink and drink and drink [B] till the little pig, the big, the big, the [F#m] savior of.
[B] Take [E] him and break his face, see him when he's dead.
A [B] medicinal compound, but never [F#m] [B] cautious in [Am] every case.
[D] [G] Her eyes they shone like the diamond in the prison, yet we think she [A] was queen [D] of the land.
And [G] her hair hung over [Em] her shoulders, [Am] tied up [D] with a black [G] velvet band.
In a neat little town they call Belfast, a parenthesis [A] to trade I [D] was found.
[G] And many's an hour's [Em] sweet happiness [Am] I spent in [D] that neat [G] little town.
Till bad misfortune come over me, that caused me [A] to stray from [D] the land.
[G] Far away from me friends and [Em]
relations, [Am] they follow [D] the black [G] velvet band.
Everybody!
Her eyes they shone like the diamond, yet we think she [A] was queen [D] of the land.
And [G] her hair hung over [Em] her shoulders, [Am] tied up [D] with a black [C] velvet [Dm] band.
[C] [F] A long time ago, [Gm] when the earth was green, [C] and there was more kinds of animals [F] than you've ever seen.
They'd run around free, [Gm] when the earth was being born, [F] and the loveliest of them all [C] was the ewe that [F] he caught.
And there was green [Gm] alligators and long-necked geese, [C] some humpty-backed camels [F] and some chimpanzees.
Some cats and rats and [Gm] elephants, but sure as you're born, [F] you're never going to see [C] no [F] unicorn.
[D]
Oh, in the days when stuff [A] that you have never seen, [G] big father [D] he was sorry, gently [A] mother she [D] was green.
Oh, my father was an Ulster [A] man, but Protestant was he.
[G] My mother was [D] a Catholic [A] girl, but God to [D] heart was she.
Well, [Bm] the family and two [Em] churches lived happily [A] enough, [G] until the day [D] that I was [A] born, and faced her [D] other dog.
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up [A] that you have ever seen, [G] big father [D] he was sorry, [A] gently mother [D] she was green.
Yes, it is the biggest mix-up [A] that you have ever seen, [G] big father [D] he was sorry, gently [A] mother she [D] was green.
[N]
Key:
A
B
D
G
E
A
B
D
_ Over all the years of us traveling around the world singing our songs, a few of our songs got more popular than the rest.
We put some of them together into a kind of medley perfect for joining in and singing.
So take a gargle and join in, you two.
_ [A] _ [G#] _ [F#] _ _
Come break [B] of day, _ [E] wishing me [A] hard the [G#] Sunday.
[G] _ [F#] _
Drinking _ [B] buttermilk through the week, [E] _
whiskey [A] on a Sunday.
_ He sits on the [B] corner of old Thager's Bush, [E] _
astride of an old [A] fashioned crate.
He has three wooden dolls [B] that can dance and sing, [E] and he croons with a smile on [A] his face.
[G#] _ [G] _ [F#] _ _
Come [B] break of day, _ [E] wishing me hard [A] the Sunday.
[G#] _ [G] _ [F#] _
Drinking [B] buttermilk through the week, [E] whiskey _ [A] on a Sunday.
_ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] We'll drink and drink and drink till the [B] little pig, the big, the big, the [F#m] savior of.
[B] Take him [E] and break his face, see him when he's dead.
A medicinal [B] compound, [F#m] but never [B] cautious [E] in every case.
Now here's his old me, a [B] little bit lonely, a [F#m] little bit happy, [B] a [E] little bit sad, a little bit incad.
A medicinal [B] _ compound, but now [F#m] she [B] nearly [E] broke the [B] stand. _
_ _ [E] We'll drink and drink and drink [B] till the little pig, the big, the big, the [F#m] savior of.
[B] Take [E] him and break his face, see him when he's dead.
A [B] medicinal compound, but never [F#m] _ [B] cautious in [Am] every case.
[D] _ [G] Her eyes they shone like the diamond in the prison, yet we think she [A] was queen [D] of the land.
And [G] her hair hung over [Em] her _ shoulders, [Am] tied up [D] with a black [G] velvet band.
_ In a neat little town they call Belfast, a parenthesis [A] to trade I [D] was found.
_ [G] And many's an hour's [Em] sweet happiness [Am] I spent in [D] that neat [G] little town.
_ Till bad misfortune come over me, that caused me [A] to stray from [D] the land.
_ [G] Far away from me friends and [Em] _
relations, [Am] they follow [D] the black [G] velvet band.
Everybody!
Her eyes they shone like the diamond, _ yet we think she [A] was queen [D] of the land.
And [G] her hair hung over [Em] her _ shoulders, [Am] tied up [D] with a black [C] velvet [Dm] band.
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ A long time ago, [Gm] when the earth was green, [C] and there was more kinds of animals [F] than you've ever seen.
They'd run around free, [Gm] when the earth was being born, [F] and the loveliest of them all [C] was the ewe that [F] he caught.
And there was green _ [Gm] alligators and long-necked geese, [C] some humpty-backed camels [F] and some _ chimpanzees.
Some cats and rats and [Gm] elephants, but sure as you're born, [F] you're never going to see [C] no [F] unicorn.
_ [D] _ _
_ Oh, in the days when stuff [A] that you have never seen, [G] big father [D] he was sorry, gently [A] mother she [D] was green.
_ _ Oh, my father was an Ulster [A] man, but Protestant was he.
[G] My mother was [D] a Catholic [A] girl, but God to [D] heart was she.
Well, [Bm] the family and two [Em] churches lived happily [A] enough, [G] until the day [D] that I was [A] born, and faced her [D] other dog.
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up [A] that you have ever seen, [G] big father [D] he was sorry, [A] gently mother [D] she was green.
Yes, it is the biggest mix-up [A] that you have ever seen, [G] big father [D] he was sorry, gently [A] mother she [D] was green.
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
We put some of them together into a kind of medley perfect for joining in and singing.
So take a gargle and join in, you two.
_ [A] _ [G#] _ [F#] _ _
Come break [B] of day, _ [E] wishing me [A] hard the [G#] Sunday.
[G] _ [F#] _
Drinking _ [B] buttermilk through the week, [E] _
whiskey [A] on a Sunday.
_ He sits on the [B] corner of old Thager's Bush, [E] _
astride of an old [A] fashioned crate.
He has three wooden dolls [B] that can dance and sing, [E] and he croons with a smile on [A] his face.
[G#] _ [G] _ [F#] _ _
Come [B] break of day, _ [E] wishing me hard [A] the Sunday.
[G#] _ [G] _ [F#] _
Drinking [B] buttermilk through the week, [E] whiskey _ [A] on a Sunday.
_ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] We'll drink and drink and drink till the [B] little pig, the big, the big, the [F#m] savior of.
[B] Take him [E] and break his face, see him when he's dead.
A medicinal [B] compound, [F#m] but never [B] cautious [E] in every case.
Now here's his old me, a [B] little bit lonely, a [F#m] little bit happy, [B] a [E] little bit sad, a little bit incad.
A medicinal [B] _ compound, but now [F#m] she [B] nearly [E] broke the [B] stand. _
_ _ [E] We'll drink and drink and drink [B] till the little pig, the big, the big, the [F#m] savior of.
[B] Take [E] him and break his face, see him when he's dead.
A [B] medicinal compound, but never [F#m] _ [B] cautious in [Am] every case.
[D] _ [G] Her eyes they shone like the diamond in the prison, yet we think she [A] was queen [D] of the land.
And [G] her hair hung over [Em] her _ shoulders, [Am] tied up [D] with a black [G] velvet band.
_ In a neat little town they call Belfast, a parenthesis [A] to trade I [D] was found.
_ [G] And many's an hour's [Em] sweet happiness [Am] I spent in [D] that neat [G] little town.
_ Till bad misfortune come over me, that caused me [A] to stray from [D] the land.
_ [G] Far away from me friends and [Em] _
relations, [Am] they follow [D] the black [G] velvet band.
Everybody!
Her eyes they shone like the diamond, _ yet we think she [A] was queen [D] of the land.
And [G] her hair hung over [Em] her _ shoulders, [Am] tied up [D] with a black [C] velvet [Dm] band.
_ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ A long time ago, [Gm] when the earth was green, [C] and there was more kinds of animals [F] than you've ever seen.
They'd run around free, [Gm] when the earth was being born, [F] and the loveliest of them all [C] was the ewe that [F] he caught.
And there was green _ [Gm] alligators and long-necked geese, [C] some humpty-backed camels [F] and some _ chimpanzees.
Some cats and rats and [Gm] elephants, but sure as you're born, [F] you're never going to see [C] no [F] unicorn.
_ [D] _ _
_ Oh, in the days when stuff [A] that you have never seen, [G] big father [D] he was sorry, gently [A] mother she [D] was green.
_ _ Oh, my father was an Ulster [A] man, but Protestant was he.
[G] My mother was [D] a Catholic [A] girl, but God to [D] heart was she.
Well, [Bm] the family and two [Em] churches lived happily [A] enough, [G] until the day [D] that I was [A] born, and faced her [D] other dog.
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up [A] that you have ever seen, [G] big father [D] he was sorry, [A] gently mother [D] she was green.
Yes, it is the biggest mix-up [A] that you have ever seen, [G] big father [D] he was sorry, gently [A] mother she [D] was green.
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _