Key: G major
Verse 1
G
Em
If it wasn't for the ships that do sail,
G
Em
G
Em
Dublin lady wouldn't have
Bm
G
Em
D
to sit alone upon her stool
G
Em
If it wasn't for the ships
G
Bm
G
Bm
C
G
that do sail
C
G
and coal all in the hole
Bm
C
If it wasn't for the ships that do sail
C#dim
C
Dublin lady wouldn't have to spend
Am
G
D
her nights alone and cold
Ebdim
Eb
Em
D
If it wasn't for
C
G
D
the ships that do sail
G
Bm
G
If it wasn't for the kegs of beer
C
G
and cattle in the pen
Bm
C
If it wasn't for the ships that you sail
C#dim
C
Dublin lady, wouldn't miss
Am
G
D
her celebrity now and then
Baug
Em
G
C
If it wasn't for the shoes that you sell
Interlude 1
G
Bm
G
C
G
Bm
G
Am
D
G
Bm
C
G
Bm
Am
Verse 2
Bm
G
For the Irish sea,
C
G
so narrow with no reef
Bm
G
C
If it wasn't for the ships that do sail
C#dim
C
A Dublin lady wouldn't have to
Am
G
D
sit and weep and holler at me
Baug
Em
G
C
G
If it wasn't for the ship that do sail
D
G
Bm
It's because of the Irish seas,
G
C
Am
G
so narrow with no reach
Bm
C
It's because of those ships that do sail
C#dim
C
Dublin lady has to sit and weep
It's because of those ships that do sail you
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