Finnegan's Wake chords by Roger McGuinn, Tommy Makem
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Verse 1
(C major) Jim (A minor) (F major) (G major) (C major) Jim Finnegan
lived in (A minor) Walkin' Street
A gentle Ir (F major) ishman, (G major) mighty odd
He (C major) had a blowboat, (A minor) rich and sweet
And to (F major) rise in the world he (G major) carried a (C major) hod
You see, this sort of a (A minor) tibbler's way
With a (C major) look for the liquor
for (A minor) Tim was born
To (C major) help a man with his (A minor) work each day
To (F major) drop the bread on
a rippling (C major) morn
Whack for the don, oh,
(A minor) that's the partner
Wealth (F major) before your (G major) torch, hey
Was (C major) n't it the (A minor) truth, I tell you
(F major) Lots of fun in (G major) Finnegan's (C major) way
One mornin' Tim was (A minor) rather full
His (F major) head felt heavy which (G major) made him shake
He fell from the (A minor) ladder and broke his skull
They (F major) carried him home his (G major) corpse to (C major) wake
They rolled him up in a (A minor) nice clean sheet
And (C major) laid him out upon (A minor) the bed
With a (C major) gallon of whiskey (A minor) on his feet
And (F major) a barrel of porter (G major) at his (C major) head
Whack for the Don, oh,
(A minor) dance to your partner
(F major) Well before your (G major) trotter shake
Was (C major) n't it the (A minor) truth, I tell you
(F major) Lots of fun at (G major) Finnegan's (C major) wake
His friends assembled (A minor) at the wake,
and (F major) Mrs. Finnegan (G major) called for lunch
First (C major) she brought in (A minor) tea and cake,
then (F major) pipes, tabaccy, and (G major) whisky (C major) punch
Biddy O 'Brien began (A minor) to prize,
such a (C major) nice lean (A minor) corpse did ye ever see
Tim (C major) O 'Varnian, (A minor) why need ye die,
or I (F major) shut yer mouth,
says (G major) Paddy McGee
(C major) Whack for the Don, oh,
(A minor) dance to your partner,
(F major) wealth of the Lord, yer (G major) crotter shake
Was (C major) n't it the (A minor) truth, I tell you,
(F major) lots of fun at (G major) Finnegan's wake
Then (C major) Mackie O 'Connor (A minor) took up the job,
oh, (F major) Betty, she says you're (G major) wrong
I'm sure,
(C major) that he gave her (A minor) a belt in the gob,
and (F major) left her sprawling (G major) on the (C major) floor.
Then the war, it (A minor) soon engaged,
was (C major) wo man to woman and (A minor) man to man.
(C major) Jalali law was (A minor) all the rage,
and a (F major) row and a ruction (G major) soon began.
(C major) Rightful Adano,
(A minor) that's the partner
(F major) who whelped the floor your
(G major) trotter shake.
(C major) Wasn't it the (A minor) truth, I tell you,
(F major) lots of fun at (G major) Finnegan's (C major) wake.
Then Mickey Maloney (A minor) ducked his head
when a (F major) bucket o' whiskey flew (G major) at him.
With (C major) mist and fallen (A minor) on the bed,
the (F major) li quor scattered over (G major) (C major) Tim,
begot he revived.
(A minor) See how he rises,
(C major) Timothy rising from (A minor) the bed.
Said, (C major) your whisky (A minor) round like blazes,
(F major) Donna Mundell, you'll (G major) think I'm (C major) dead.
Quack, pull it on out,
(A minor) that's the appartner,
(F major) Welcome for your (G major) trotter shake.
(C major) Wasn't it the (A minor) truth, I told you,
(F major) Lots of fun at (G major) Pennington's (C major) wake.
Quack, pull it on out,
(A minor) that's the appartner,
(F major) Welcome for your (G major) trotter shake.
Was (C major) n't it the (A minor) truth?
told you (F major) lots of fun at (G major) Finnegan's Wake!
Finnegan's Wake
Roger McGuinn, Tommy Makem
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