darby oleary

darby oleary easy guitar chords by The Dubliners

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Guitar
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E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 5

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  • Am

  • C

  • F

  • G

  • Am

  • C

  • F

  • G

    • Verse 1
    Am

    One evening of late as
    C
    F

    I happened to stray
    C
    G

    To the County Tipperary

    I straight took my way
    Am
    C
    F

    To dig the potatoes and work by the day
    C
    G
    Am

    for a farmer called Darby O'Leary.
    Verse 2
    F

    I asked him how far we
    C

    were bound for to go
    F
    G

    The night being dark and

    the cold wind did blow
    Am

    I was hungry and tired
    C
    F

    and my spirits were low
    C
    G
    Am

    for I got neither whiskey nor water.
    Verse 3
    Am

    The dirty old miser he
    C
    F

    mounted his steed
    C
    G

    To the Galbally mountains he

    rode in great speed
    Am

    I followed behind 'til my
    C
    F

    poor feet did bleed
    C
    G

    when we stopped when his old
    Am

    horse was weary.
    Verse 4
    F
    C

    When we came to his cottage I entered it first
    F
    G

    it seemed like a kennel or

    a ruined old church
    Am
    C

    Says I to myself I am left in the lurch
    F
    C
    G
    Am

    in the house of old Darby O'Leary
    Verse 5
    Am
    C
    F

    I well recollect it was Michalmass night
    C
    G

    To a hearty good supper

    he did me invite
    Am

    A cup of sour milk that was
    C
    F

    more green than white
    C
    G
    Am

    And it gave me the trotting disorder
    Verse 6
    Am
    F

    The wet old potatoes would
    C

    poison the cats
    G

    And the barn where my bed was

    was swarming with rats
    Am

    The fleas would have frightened
    C
    F

    the fearless St. Pat
    C
    G
    Am

    who banished the snakes o'er the border.
    Verse 7
    Am

    He worked me by day and he
    C
    F

    worked me by night,
    C
    G

    while he held an old candle

    to give me some light
    Am

    I wished his potatoes would
    C
    F

    die of the blight
    C
    G
    Am

    or himself would go off with the fairies.
    Verse 8
    Am

    It was on this old miser I
    C

    looked with a frown
    F
    G

    When the straw was brought in

    for to make my shakedown
    Am

    And I wished I had never
    C

    seen him nor his town
    F
    C
    G
    Am

    nor the sky above Darby O'Leary.
    Verse 9
    Am

    I've worked in Kilconnel, I've
    C
    F

    worked in Killmore
    C
    G

    I worked in Knoockan

    nie and Shamballamore
    Am
    C
    F

    In Kalisanaker and Sollahed Moore
    C
    G
    Am

    with farmers so decent and cheery.
    Verse 10
    F

    I've worked in Tipperary,
    C

    the Rag and Ross Green
    F
    G

    At the mount of Killfegal, the Bridge

    of Orleans
    Am
    C
    F

    But such woeful starvation I never yet seen
    C
    G
    Am

    As I got from old Darby O'Leary
    Outro 1
    Am

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