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A Fine Celtic Name chords by
Loudon Wainwright Iii
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Key: G major•
Verse 1
G
G

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I'm going to do another song for you
B
B
2

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and then bring up,
G
G

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start this parade of incredible

people.
C
C

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G
G

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Johnny Cash is here tonight.

Johnny Paycheck is here tonight.

Neither of them are here tonight.

I wish they were though.

Here's a song.

Oh yeah,

this song has a prop to it, actually.

Read the letters on the top line.

No, this was lifted,

removed from Tower Records.

This is my section, you know?

My section.
D
D

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For those of you, it's hard to see,
G
G

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B
B
2

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But I do have a section over there at Tower,

C#
C#
4

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G
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and for years, I mean,

they just stuck my records in

with Jerry Jeff Walkers

and Tom Waits.

I mean, they said, it's a W,

just put it in there. Who's he?

But I've got my own section now.


Unfortunately,

they've misspelled my name,
C
C

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G
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which happens a lot,

L -O -U -D -E -M.
C
C

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G
G

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And Wainwright, they got right.
Eb
Eb
6

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G
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Now, I've got to tell you,

that's tame compared to the all -time great misspelling of the old Laudo's moniker.

I was playing in this club
Eb
Eb
6

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in Piermont, New York,
G
G

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across the river.

Some of you live there, I guess.

And in the paper, in the, you know, the Pyrmont Press,


Star -Ledger, Picayune,
C
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G
G

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whatever they call that rag over there, they said,

appearing at the turning point,
G
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May 8th, two shows,

Gordondon Wainwright III. Gordondon.

That's not a misspelling,


that's just a different name.

It's a fine Celtic name, Gordondon.

Son of Ethelred. Gordondon.

The only way that anybody could

call anybody Gordon Don

is if mom was a Gordon Lightfoot fan

and dad liked Loudon Wainwright


and they said, let's call him
G
G

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Gordon Don.

Anyway.

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • B

    2

  • C

  • D

  • C#

    4

  • Eb

    6

Capo: 0

Transpose: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of A Fine Celtic Name by Loudon Wainwright III is G major.

The primary chords used in A Fine Celtic Name are G, B, C, D, Db, Eb.

No capo is required for this song.

Yes, this version uses open chords like G, B, C, D, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of A Fine Celtic Name is approximately 36 beats per minute.

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