Chords for The Irish Rover

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Hey! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ In the year of our Lord, _ [F] 1806,
We [C] set sail from the [G] Colchaea Park.
We [C] were sailing away with a cargo [F] of bricks
For [C] the grand [G] city hall of [C] New York.
_ With an elegant crotch, she [G] was rigged for a knack,
[C] And oh, how the wild [G] winds drove her!
She [C] had twenty-seven masts, and withstood [Dm] several blasts,
And [C] they called her the [G] Irish [C] Rover!
_ _ Hey! _
_ Hey! _ _ _ _ _
_ There was Barney McGee from the Vines [F] of Lee,
[C] There was Hogan from County [G] Tyrone,
_ [C] There was Charlie McGirt, who was scared [F] stiff of work,
[G] And a chap from Westmeath [C] called Malone.
_ There was Slugger O'Toole, [G] who was drunk as a rule,
[C] And Fighting Bill Tracy [G] from _ Dover,
[C] And Germanic McGann from the Vines [Dm] of the Van,
[C] Was a skipper of the [G] Irish _
[C] Rover!
_ Hey! _ _
Hey!
_ _ _ _ _ Well, we had five million bags of the best [F] lago-wraps,
[C] We had six million barrels [G] of floms,
And [C] we had seven million bales of old nanny-goat's-nails,
We had eight [G] million barrels [C] of bones, _
We had nine million hots, [G] ten million dots,
[C] Eleven million [G] barrels of _ order,
And we had [C] twelve million scythes of a blind [F] horse's height,
[C] In the hold of the [G] Irish _ [C] Rover!
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[G] [C] We had sailed seven years when the Misas [F] broke out,
And [C] the ship lost her way in a [G] fog, _
[C] And the whole of the crew was reduced [F] down to two,
[G] Was meself and the captain's [C] old dog. _
Well, the ship struck a rock, [G] Lord, what a shock!
[Am] The boat, she turned right [G] _
over,
[C] She turned nine times around,
And the poor old lad was [F] through, _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] At last, with the [G] Irish _ _ _ Rover!
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_ _ _ _ Hey! _ _
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[C] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ Oh! _ _
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