Finnegan's Wake original guitar chords by
Dropkick Murphys

1998Rock237 views

Key: B major•

Verse 1
B B 2
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Tim Finnegan lived in Watling Street
G# G# 4
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A gentle Irishman mighty odd
E E 
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He'd a beautiful brogue so rich and sweet
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To rise in the world he carried a hod
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See he'd sort of a tippling way
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With love for a liquor poor Tim was born
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To help him on with his work every day
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He'd a drop of the Craythor every morn'

Interlude 1

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B

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E

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B

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G#

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F#

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Verse 2
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One morning Tim was rather full
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His head felt heavy, which made him shake
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Fell from the ladder and broke his skull
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So they carried him home, his corpse to wake
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Rolled him up in a nice clean sheet
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And laided him upon the bed
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A bottle of whiskey at his feet
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And a gallon of porter at  his head

Chorus 1
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And whack Fol-De-Dah
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now dance to your partner
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F# F# 2
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Welt the floor, your trotters shake
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G# G# 4
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Wasn't it the truth I told you
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Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake

Verse 3
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His friends assembled at his wake
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And Missus Finnegan called for lunch
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First they brought in tea and cake
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Then pipes, tobacco and whiskey punch
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Biddy O'Brien begged to cry
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Such a nice clean corpse
did you ever see
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Tim mavourneen why did you die?
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Hold your gob said Paddy MCGee

Chorus 2
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And whack Fol-De-Dah
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now dance to your partner
E E 
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F# F# 2
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Welt the floor, your trotters shake
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G# G# 4
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Wasn't it the truth I told you
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Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake

Interlude 2

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B

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Verse 4
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Then Peggy O'Connor took up the job
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Biddy she says you're wrong I'm sure
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Biddy then gave her a belt on the gob
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And left her sprawling on the floor
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Then the war did soon engage
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Woman to woman and man to man
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Shillelah-law was all the rage
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An a row and a ruction soon began

Verse 5
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Mickey Maloney he raised  his head
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When a bottle of whiskey flew at him
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It missed him falling on the bed
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The liquor scattered over Tim
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Tim revives, see how he rises
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Timothy rising from the bed
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Whirl your whiskey around like blazes
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Tonamondeal, do you think I'm dead?

Chorus 3
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And whack Fol-De-Dah
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now dance to your partner
E E 
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Welt the floor, your trotters shake
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G# G# 4
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Wasn't it the truth I told you
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Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake

Chorus 4
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And whack Fol-De-Dah
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now dance to your partner
E E 
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F# F# 2
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Welt the floor, your trotters shake
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G# G# 4
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Wasn't it the truth I told you
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F# F# 2
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B B 2
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Lots of fun at Finnegan's wake

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