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Version 1
            [Intro]
| Em   | Em   | G    | G    | x2
[Verse]
   G                      Em
As I was going over - The Cork and Kerry Mountains
  C                             G
I saw Captain Farrell - And his money he was counting
  G                              Em
I first produced my pistol - And then produced my rapier
      C                            G
I said "Stand and deliver - Or the devil he may take ya"
| Em   | Em   | G    | G    | x2
  G                              Em
I took all of his money - And it was a pretty penny
  C                                   G
I took all of his money - Yeah, and I brought it home to Molly
    G                             Em
She swore that she loved me - No, never would she leave me
C                                              G
 But the devil take that woman - Yeah, for you know she tricked me easy
[Chorus]
      D
Musha rain dum-a-do dum-a-da
C
  Whack for my daddy-o
C
  Whack for my daddy-o
       G
There`s whiskey in the jar-o
| Em   | Em   | G    | G    | x2
[Verse]
G                         Em
Being drunk and weary - I went to Molly`s chamber
C                             G
 Taking Molly with me - But I never knew the danger
     G                               Em
For about six or maybe seven - Yeah, in walked Captain Farrell
C                                     G 
I jumped up, fired my pistols - And I shot him with both barrels
[Chorus]
      D
Musha rain dum-a-do dum-a-da
C
  Whack for my daddy-o
C
  Whack for my daddy-o
       G
There`s whiskey in the jar-o
[Solo]
| Em   | Em            | G     |
            Yeah yeah, whiskey
| G       | Em     | Em   | C    | C    |
    Oh oh, whiskey
| G    | G    | D    | D    | C    | C    | C    | C    | G    | G    |
| Em   | Em   | G    | G    |
[Verse]
    G                               Em
Now some men like the fishing - And some men like the fowling
C                                G
  And some men like to hear - To hear the cannonball a-roaring
G                       Em
Me, I like sleeping - Especially in my Molly`s chamber
C                                  G
  But here I am in prison - Here I am with a ball and chain, yeah
[Chorus]
      D
Musha rain dum-a-do dum-a-da
C
  Whack for my daddy-o
C
  Whack for my daddy-o
       G
There`s whiskey in the jar-o, yeah
| Em   | Em   | G    | G    |
[Outro]
      G
Musha rain dum-a-do dum-a-da
      G
Musha rain dum-a-do dum-a-da
      G
Musha rain dum-a-do dum-a-da
      G                       G
Musha rain dum-a-do dum-a-da
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[Solo]
| Em   | Em            | G     |
            Yeah yeah, whiskey
| G       | Em     | Em   | C    | C    | G    | G    |
    Oh oh, whiskey
| G    | G    | Em  | Em    | C    | C    | G    | G    |
| D    | D    | C    | C    | C    | C    | G    | G    |
| Em   | Em   | G    | G    | x2
[After Last Chorus]
| Em   | Em   | G    | G    |
                       Whiskey in the
| Em   | Em   | G    | G    |
jar-o