Chords for Meneguinness in Ireland - The Irish Rover (a trip across Ireland)
Tempo:
164.05 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em] [A]
[G]
[D] [G]
July [C] 1860, [G] we set sail from the sea to [A] Vancouver.
[G] We were sailing away, the cargo [C] of bricks [G] from the ground [D] city all [G] in the yard.
It was a wonderful crash, [A] it was straightforward and [G] tough.
All the white [D] went over, [G] the cities were ablast.
27 mast, [D] and they called her the [G] Irish Trooper.
We had four million bags of the [C] best slager [G] eggs.
We had two million [D] barrels of guns.
[G] We had three million sides of a blind [C] horse's eyes.
[G] We had four [D] million [G] barrels of stuns.
We had five million hugs, [D] six million thugs, [G] seven million [D] barrels of water.
[G] We had a million bales of old nanny goat milk, the whole [D] of the [G] Irish Rover.
There was only Mimicootz who played art [C] on his flute,
[G] and the ladies played not [D] for a set.
[G] He was tuned with skill for the [C] sparking quadrille,
[G] so the dancers [D] afflicted [G] a bet.
With his smart, with his talk, [D] he would skulk up to a [G] wharf,
roll an ounce [D] and then hover.
[G] Then, at a glance, he took up his stance and his tail [D] in the [G] Irish Rover.
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[G] There was only Mickey from the banks [C] of the Lee,
[G] there was Logan from [D] County Tyrone.
[G] There was only Wacker who was [C] scarcely for fourth,
[G] and a man [D] from Westmeath [G] called Malone.
There was Wacker, a [D] tool, a strong caster,
who'd [G] fight him but try to [D] see from the other.
[G] Then you meet McCann, the banks of the band,
who was the skipper [D] of the [G] Irish Rover.
He had six of an ears, the [C] measles, brocades,
[G] and a shape of lasting three [D] in the thug.
[G] Then, after crew was Wreck, [C] Dissonant, and Zoot,
[G] just myself [D] and the [G] captain's old dog.
When the ship sunk a rock, [D] learned that I shot,
[G] but could not turn [D] it, I don't care.
[G] Turned it nine times [D] around,
[A] and the poor old dog [C] was drowned.
[G] At last, the [D] Irish [G] Rover,
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[D] [G]
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[D] [G]
July [C] 1860, [G] we set sail from the sea to [A] Vancouver.
[G] We were sailing away, the cargo [C] of bricks [G] from the ground [D] city all [G] in the yard.
It was a wonderful crash, [A] it was straightforward and [G] tough.
All the white [D] went over, [G] the cities were ablast.
27 mast, [D] and they called her the [G] Irish Trooper.
We had four million bags of the [C] best slager [G] eggs.
We had two million [D] barrels of guns.
[G] We had three million sides of a blind [C] horse's eyes.
[G] We had four [D] million [G] barrels of stuns.
We had five million hugs, [D] six million thugs, [G] seven million [D] barrels of water.
[G] We had a million bales of old nanny goat milk, the whole [D] of the [G] Irish Rover.
There was only Mimicootz who played art [C] on his flute,
[G] and the ladies played not [D] for a set.
[G] He was tuned with skill for the [C] sparking quadrille,
[G] so the dancers [D] afflicted [G] a bet.
With his smart, with his talk, [D] he would skulk up to a [G] wharf,
roll an ounce [D] and then hover.
[G] Then, at a glance, he took up his stance and his tail [D] in the [G] Irish Rover.
[A] [G]
[D]
[G] [D]
[G]
[E] [G]
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[G] There was only Mickey from the banks [C] of the Lee,
[G] there was Logan from [D] County Tyrone.
[G] There was only Wacker who was [C] scarcely for fourth,
[G] and a man [D] from Westmeath [G] called Malone.
There was Wacker, a [D] tool, a strong caster,
who'd [G] fight him but try to [D] see from the other.
[G] Then you meet McCann, the banks of the band,
who was the skipper [D] of the [G] Irish Rover.
He had six of an ears, the [C] measles, brocades,
[G] and a shape of lasting three [D] in the thug.
[G] Then, after crew was Wreck, [C] Dissonant, and Zoot,
[G] just myself [D] and the [G] captain's old dog.
When the ship sunk a rock, [D] learned that I shot,
[G] but could not turn [D] it, I don't care.
[G] Turned it nine times [D] around,
[A] and the poor old dog [C] was drowned.
[G] At last, the [D] Irish [G] Rover,
[B] [G]
[D]
[G]
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D]
[G]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ _ _ July [C] 1860, [G] we set sail from the sea to [A] Vancouver. _
_ [G] We were sailing away, the cargo [C] of bricks [G] from the ground [D] city all [G] in the yard.
It was a wonderful crash, [A] it was straightforward and [G] tough.
All the white [D] went over, [G] the cities were ablast. _
27 mast, [D] and they called her the [G] Irish _ Trooper.
We had four million bags of the [C] best slager [G] eggs.
We had two million [D] barrels of guns.
_ [G] We had three million sides of a blind [C] horse's eyes.
[G] We had four [D] million [G] barrels of stuns.
We had five million hugs, [D] six million thugs, [G] seven million [D] barrels of water.
[G] We had a million bales of old nanny goat milk, the whole [D] of the [G] Irish _ Rover.
_ There was only Mimicootz who played art [C] on his flute,
[G] and the ladies played not [D] for a set.
_ [G] He was tuned with skill for the [C] sparking quadrille,
[G] so the dancers [D] afflicted [G] a bet.
_ With his smart, with his talk, [D] he would skulk up to a [G] wharf,
roll an ounce [D] and then _ hover.
[G] Then, at a glance, he took up his stance and his tail [D] in the [G] Irish _ Rover. _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ There was only Mickey from the banks [C] of the Lee,
[G] there was Logan from [D] County Tyrone.
_ [G] There was only Wacker who was [C] scarcely for fourth,
[G] and a man [D] from Westmeath [G] called Malone.
_ There was Wacker, a [D] tool, a strong caster,
who'd [G] fight him but try to [D] see from the other.
[G] Then you meet McCann, the banks of the band,
who was the skipper [D] of the [G] Irish Rover.
He had six of an ears, the [C] measles, brocades,
[G] and a shape of lasting three [D] in the thug.
_ [G] Then, after crew was Wreck, [C] Dissonant, and Zoot,
[G] just myself [D] and the [G] captain's old dog.
_ When the ship sunk a rock, [D] learned that I shot,
[G] but could not turn [D] it, I _ don't care. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Turned it nine times [D] around, _
[A] and the poor old dog [C] was _ drowned. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [G] At last, the [D] Irish [G] Rover, _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ July [C] 1860, [G] we set sail from the sea to [A] Vancouver. _
_ [G] We were sailing away, the cargo [C] of bricks [G] from the ground [D] city all [G] in the yard.
It was a wonderful crash, [A] it was straightforward and [G] tough.
All the white [D] went over, [G] the cities were ablast. _
27 mast, [D] and they called her the [G] Irish _ Trooper.
We had four million bags of the [C] best slager [G] eggs.
We had two million [D] barrels of guns.
_ [G] We had three million sides of a blind [C] horse's eyes.
[G] We had four [D] million [G] barrels of stuns.
We had five million hugs, [D] six million thugs, [G] seven million [D] barrels of water.
[G] We had a million bales of old nanny goat milk, the whole [D] of the [G] Irish _ Rover.
_ There was only Mimicootz who played art [C] on his flute,
[G] and the ladies played not [D] for a set.
_ [G] He was tuned with skill for the [C] sparking quadrille,
[G] so the dancers [D] afflicted [G] a bet.
_ With his smart, with his talk, [D] he would skulk up to a [G] wharf,
roll an ounce [D] and then _ hover.
[G] Then, at a glance, he took up his stance and his tail [D] in the [G] Irish _ Rover. _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ There was only Mickey from the banks [C] of the Lee,
[G] there was Logan from [D] County Tyrone.
_ [G] There was only Wacker who was [C] scarcely for fourth,
[G] and a man [D] from Westmeath [G] called Malone.
_ There was Wacker, a [D] tool, a strong caster,
who'd [G] fight him but try to [D] see from the other.
[G] Then you meet McCann, the banks of the band,
who was the skipper [D] of the [G] Irish Rover.
He had six of an ears, the [C] measles, brocades,
[G] and a shape of lasting three [D] in the thug.
_ [G] Then, after crew was Wreck, [C] Dissonant, and Zoot,
[G] just myself [D] and the [G] captain's old dog.
_ When the ship sunk a rock, [D] learned that I shot,
[G] but could not turn [D] it, I _ don't care. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Turned it nine times [D] around, _
[A] and the poor old dog [C] was _ drowned. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [G] At last, the [D] Irish [G] Rover, _ _ _ _ _
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