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The Irish Rover by The Irish Rovers - Guitar Chords

Artist The Irish Rovers How to play the guitar chord G.jpg How to play the guitar chord C.jpg How to play the guitar chord D.jpg How to play the guitar chord Em.jpg

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            [Verse]
       G                                      C
In the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and six, 
       G                           D
We set sail from the sweet cove of Cork 
        G                            C
We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks 
        G                      G
For the grand City Hall in New York 
          G                        D
She was a wonderful craft, she was rigged 'fore and aft 
        G              C 
And how the wild winds drove her 
           G                       Em           C
She 'stood several blasts, she had twenty-three masts 
         G              C
And they called her the Irish Rover
          G                                  C
There was Barney McGee from the banks of the Lee 
          G                   D
There was Hogan from County Tyrone 
          G                                     C
There was Johnny McGurk who was scared stiff of work 
      G                         G
And a man from Westmeath called Malone 
          G                       D
There was Slugger O'Toole who was drunk as a rule 
G                            D
And fighting Bill Tracy from Dover 
         G                         Em
And your man Mick McCann, from the banks of the Bann 
        G              D     G
Was the skipper of the Irish Rover
       G                                  C 
We had one million bags of the best Sligo ags 
       G                      D
We had two million barrels of stones 
       G                                        C
We had three million sides of old blind horses' hides 
       G            D          G
We had four million barrels of bones 
       G                     D
We had five million hogs and six million dogs 
G                            D
And seven million barrels of porter 
       G                          Em           C
We had eight million bales of old nanny goats' tails 
       G           D     G
In the hold of the Irish Rover
       G                                         C
We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out 
        G                        D
And our ship lost her way in the fog 
        G                                     C 
And the whole of the crew was reduced down to two 
      G          D                 G
'Twas meself and the captain's old dog 
         G                           D
Then the ship struck a rock; oh Lord what a shock 
G                              D
The bulkhead  was turned right over 
          G                        Em                   C
We turned nine times around - then the poor old dog was drowned 
        G               D     G
Now I'm the last of the Irish Rover 
        

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