The Irish Rover Chords by The High Kings

[Start]

[Intro]
Bb Am Gsus4 C
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[Verse]
               C                                
In the year of our lord eighteen hundred and six
F                C        G           
We set sail from the coal quay of Cork
        C                         F        
We were sailing away with a cargo of bricks
              G                     C
For the Grand City Hall of New York ■
          C            
We had an elegant craft
                    G      
She was rigged fore and aft
       C            G              
And oh how the wild winds drove her
C                         
She had twenty seven masts
              Dm7           
And withstood several blasts
                    C   G     C    
And they called her The Irish Rover
          C           
There was Barney McGee
         F               
From the banks of the Lee
          C                 G     
There was Hogan from County Tyrone
          C            
There was Johnny McGurk
        Dm7                 
Who was scared stiff of work
      C         G                C     
And a chap from Westmeath called Malone


[Chorus]
          C              
There was Slugger O'Toole
        G              
Who was drunk as a rule
    C                        G    
And Fighting Bill Tracy from Dover
         C              
And your man Mick McCann
         Dm7              
From the banks of the Bann
        C                    G     C
Was the skipper of the Irish Rover ■


[Verse]
                                     Dm7       
We had five million bags of the best Sligo rags
C                          G        
We had six million barrels of stones
C                                                  
We had seven million bales of old nanny goats tails
             G               C       
We had eight million barrels of bones
   C                    
We had nine million hogs


[Chorus]
G               
Ten million dogs
C                      G        
Eleven million barrels of porter
C                                        Dm7          
We had twelve million sides of old blind horses hides'
   C               G7         
In the hold of the Irish Rover


[Inst]
C Am Gsus4 C C Bb F
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[Break]
Ab C   Bb F C Bb F Ab Bb Ab G C D      G C            
We had ■  ■ ■ ■  ■ ■  ■  ■  ■ ■ sailed ■ ■ seven years


[Chorus]
                          
When the measles broke out
                                  
And the ship lost its way in a fog
                        
And that whole of a crew
                 F     
Was reduced down to two
C               G             C      
Just myself and the Captain's old dog
     C                     
Well the ship struck a rock
G                   
Oh Lord what a shock
Am                  G         
The boat she turned right over
C                           
She turned nine times around
    C                           
And the poor old dog was drowned
F       C                 G    
I'm the last of The Irish Rover


[Outro]
C F C G C F
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G7 G C
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[End]