Danny Boy chords by
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Key: A majorDifficulty: Beginner

Verse 1
C C 
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O Danny boy, the pipes,
F F 
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the pipes are calling
C C 
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From glen to glen
G G 
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and down the mountainside
C C 
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F F 
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The summer's gone and all the roses falling
C/G C/G 
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G G 
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C C 
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'Tis you, 'tis you   must go and I must bide

Chorus 1
Am Am 
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But come ye back
F F 
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C C 
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when summer's in the meadow
Am Am 
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Or all the valley's
F F 
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G G 
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hushed and white with snow
C C 
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F F 
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C C 
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Am Am 
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'Tis I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
C/G C/G 
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G G 
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C C 
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O Danny boy,  O Danny boy, I love you so

Verse 2
C C 
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When winter's come
F F 
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and all the flowers are dying
C C 
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G G 
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And I am dead, as dead I well may be
C C 
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You'll come and find
F F 
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the place where I am lying
C/G C/G 
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G G 
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C C 
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And kneel and say   an "Ave" there for me

Chorus 2
Am Am 
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But I shall hear
F F 
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C C 
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though soft you tread above me
Am Am 
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F F 
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G G 
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And all my grave shall warmer, sweeter be
C C 
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And you will bend
F F 
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C C 
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Am Am 
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and tell me that you love me
C/G C/G 
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And I shall sleep in peace
G G 
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C C 
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until you come to me

Verse 3
C C 
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O Danny boy,
F F 
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the stream flows cool and slowly
C C 
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And pipes still call
G G 
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and echo 'cross the glen
C C 
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Your broken mother
F F 
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sighs and feels so lowly
C/G C/G 
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G G 
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C C 
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For you have not   returned to smile again

Chorus 3
Am Am 
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So if you've died
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C C 
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and crossed the stream before us
Am Am 
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F F 
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G G 
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We pray that angels met you on the shore
C C 
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And you'll look down,
F F 
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C C 
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Am Am 
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and gently you'll implore us
C/G C/G 
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To live so we    may see
G G 
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C C 
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your smiling face once more

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsC F G C/G Am

Chords

C
F
G
C/G
Am
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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

C: x-3-2-0-1-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
C/G: 3-x-2-0-1-0
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0

Capo: No capo

Transpose: 3

3

Accurately transcribed by the GuitarTuna team.

F is one of the chords beginners ask about the most. A short walkthrough on how to fret it cleanly and switch in and out of it. Learn the F chord

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This is the definitive original version of Danny Boy by Traditional, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of A major. It suits players who want to learn Danny Boy the way Traditional intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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