The Rake Chords by The Irish Rovers

[Dm] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _ _
I [Bb] am [C] a young [Dm] fellow from the county [Bb]
Tyrone, [F] In the town [C] of [Gm] Scruban, sure I'm very [Am] well
[Dm] known.
For down [C] to the [F] alehouse I'm [Bb] frequently
going, [F] With Kitty [A] and [Dm] Judy and Mary. _
My [Bb] father [F] rebuked me for being [Am] such a [Dm] wreck, After spending [C] my [Gm] money on whiskey [Am] and [Bb] cakes.
But the [C] lassies are [Dm] sweet and it's all [Bb] for their [F] sakes,
And it keeps [A] me light [Dm]-hearted and merry. _
I'll eat [Bb] when I'm [F] hungry, I'll drink [Am] when
I'm dry, I [Dm] will court [C] all the [G] lassies, or at least
[C] I will [Bb] try, And I'll never [C] [Dm] conform till the day [Bb] that
I [F] die, Agus maith [A] go mith [Dm] siot mar a dashay.
[F] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
[Bb] If I chance [C] for to [Dm] wander on down [Bb] to the [F] fair,
While the [C] lassies all [G] around me do flock [Am] on the [Dm] square,
I'll pull [C] out my [F] fiddle and I'll play [Bb] an a-whole there,
[F] And still we're [A] all [Dm] up on the spree. _
There's Peggy [Bb] and [F] Jane from the banks of
[Am]
[Dm] Loughney, There's Kitty [C] and [G] Molly down [Am] Dungananway,
[Bb] And there's another [C] one from [Dm] Cootstown who makes me [Bb] head [F] sway,
Such a fuss they [A] all [Dm] make over me. _
I'll eat [Bb] when I'm [F] hungry, I'll drink when
[Am] I'm [Dm] dry, I will court [C] all the [G] lassies, or at least
I [C] will [Bb] try, And I'll never [C] conform [Dm] till the day that
[Bb] I [F] die, Agus maith [A] go mith [Dm] siot mar a dashay.
[F] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
[Bb] To [C] quarrel for [Dm] riches I there [Bb] was [F] inclined, For the greatest [C] of [G] misers must leave [Am] them
behind.
[Dm] Some money [C] I [F] spend with no thought [Bb] in my
[F] mind, But the kick-up [A] are [Dm] heel and carouse.
For the rich [Bb] never [F] spend any gold [Am] of their [Dm] own,
Sure they hold [C] it away [G] like a dog [Am] and its [Bb] bone,
But they end [C] on their [Dm] backs among nettles [Bb] and [F] stones,
And I hear [A] there's no [Dm] pockets in shrouds.
I'll eat when [Bb] I'm [F] hungry, I'll drink when
[Am] I'm [Dm] dry, I will court [C] all the [G] lassies, or at least
[C] I will [Bb] try, And I'll never [C] [Dm] conform till the day that
[Bb] I [F] die, Agus maith go [A] mith siot [Dm] mar a dashay.
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] _
[F] _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _ _
[Bb] Now some say [C] I'm [Dm] foolish and some [Bb] say I'm [F] wise,
For loving [C] the [G] women and the whisky [Am] likewise, [Dm] But the son [C] of King [F] David had ten [Bb] hundred
[F] wives, And his wisdom [A] was [Dm] highly regarded.
So I'll call [Bb] for the [F] lassies and ask them [Am] to wed,
[Dm] And we'll all [C] be content [G] in a one [Am]-marriage [Bb] bed,
While the rich count [C] their gold, [Dm] we'll count children [Bb]
[F] instead,
And [A] we'll raise them up true [Dm] and stout-hearted. _
I'll eat when [Bb] I'm [F] hungry, I'll drink when [Am] I'm [Dm] dry,
I will court [C] all the [G] lassies, or at least I [C] will [Bb] try,
And I'll never [C] conform [Dm] till the day that [Bb] I [F] die,
Agus maith go [A] mith siot [Dm] mar a [Bb] dashay.
[F] Agus maith go [A] mith siot [Dm] mar a dashay.
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ [A] _ [Dm] _ _ _
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