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Dermot O'brien
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Key: F major•
Verse 1
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We were sitting on the wall upon a

Sunday
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To watch the girls go by

And thinking we'd be

married to one one day

When
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F#m
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Caitlyn caught our eye
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Ah boy, she was the makings of a fairy
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And it made each boy all swear
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There's not a girl in the wide,
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wide world
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Like the darlin' girl from
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Clare

And every man had got the finest
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plan you'd ever seen of
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Farinina

Every day there's one of them would say
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that she'll agree now, you'll see now
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All night they'd fight as to

which of them was right
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About the colour of her eyes and hair
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But not a word from me
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was ever heard
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About the darlin' girl from
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Clare.

Says
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Fagin, it's the father I'll be pleasin'
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I'll tell him of the land I've tilled,

I'll tell him of the cattle I have grazin'
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And the house I mean to build.
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And when he sees the arable and pasture,
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And the fat stuff feedin' there,
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And the hens and the chickens shimmer go
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To the dickens for the darlin' girl from
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Flair.

So every man had got the finest
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plan you'd ever seen,
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Now, barring me, now.

Every day there's one of them would
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say that she'll agree, now,
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He'll see now, thinks I well now,
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Though I haven't e 'er a cow of cash,
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I've got my share,
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And so I know the way
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they ought to go,
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About the darling girl from
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Clare.

Says
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Sharkey, she'll be coming to the shop here
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To buy some sort of thing

I'll ask her if she has a mind to stop here
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And should I buy the ring
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And when she sees the
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curtains on the windows
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And the outlock on the stair
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Keepin' time to the minute,
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no one else will there be in it
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A
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With the darlin' girl from
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Flare
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So every man has got the finest plan you'd ever seen now,
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bar in me now
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Every day there's one of them would say that she'll agree now,
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he'll see now
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Things say in the stop,
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all your life in your shop, and not a hair I care
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With all your gold he'll never hold a
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hold upon the darlin' girl from
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Clare.
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I never said a single word about her,
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but I met the girl that day.

I told her I could never live without her,
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and what had she to say?
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She said that I might go and ask her father, I met him then and there,
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and in less than an hour we were fighting for the dower of the darling girl from
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Clare.
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So every man has got the finest plan you'd ever seen,
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now, barring me now.
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Every day there's one of them would say that she'll agree now,
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you'll see now.
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But late last night, when the moon was bright,
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I asked her if she'd share
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Me joy and me sorrow and me gorrow on
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tomorrow I'll be married to the girl from
Outro 1

Clare
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • G

  • F#m

    2

  • F#

    2

  • Bm

    2

  • A

  • E

  • Em

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

0

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The original key of Girl From Clare by Dermot O'Brien is F major.

The primary chords used in Girl From Clare are F, Bb, Am, A, Dm, C.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like F, Bb, Am, A, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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