The Man Who Wrote Danny Boy Chords by Joe Jackson

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_ _ _ It happened one [A]
night [B] at three in the [A] morning, [B] the devil _
[E] appeared in [G#m] my studio room [A] and he
said I'm your [E] pal and [A] I'll make [D] you a deal, _ [F#] blow away all [C#m] your struggle [B] and take your
[A] soul for [B] it. _ _
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_ _ After rubbing my [A] eyes, [B] I looked all around [A] me at [B] the half [E]-finished drivel [G#m] I'd worked
on for days [A] and I told [E] him my dream was to live for [D] all _ time in [F#m] some perfect [C#m] refrain
[B] like the man who [A] wrote [B] Danny Boy.
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_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] I said if you're real then I'll ask you a question while most of us [B] turn into [E] ashes
or dust, just you and that other guy go [Bm] on forever, [E] but who writes the history and who
[D] do I [G] trust?
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_ [B] He gave me [A] a wink and he [B] said it was [A] funny how [B] mortals would [E] pour all [G#m] their blood, sweat
and tears [A] onto tape, [E] onto [A] paper or into [D] the air to [F#m] be lost and [C#m] forgotten [B] outside of his [A] _ [B] kindest show.
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Then [E] I thought I could hear a great sound in the [B] distance, whiskey [Bm] soaked singing [E] and
laughter and cheers, saying [B] that song [E] could bring tears to a glass eye, so [Bm] pass me the
papers [E] I'll sign them in blood.
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[D] _ [E] The smell of the brimstone was turned [D] into grease [E] paint, the [D] roar of the crowd [E] like the
furies of hell, I [D] hear the [E] applause and I hear [D] the bells ringing and the [A] sound of a
woman's voice from [D] the next room.
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_ _ _ [F] _ [G] Come lay down beside [F] me, [G] whatever [C] you're doing [Em] you're too gone to see, you [F] can't hold [C] on
to [F] shadows no more than [A#] _ _ _ _ _
_ you used to be, so be [Dm] glad for the [Am] pleasures [G] we're young enough [C] to [G] enjoy. _
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