Key: Bb major
Verse 1
G
C
The pipes, the pipes are callin'
G
Em
From glen to glen and
G
Em
I was a fightin' champ from Belfast,
Ireland
C
G
When I kissed my ma goodbye
C
D
before I looked in her dead eyes
C
A
in my heart I know you're mine.
G
C
But I'd fear for you down in my soul
G
C
D
if Daddy don't sing Danny Boy tonight.
C
G
beneath the ringside lights.
D
Bm
C
Bm
But my title is worth more to me
C
A
than even drawing breath
G
C
G
Sewing memory of my dear old dad,
D
G
I'll fight him to the death
Em
Bm
Some fight for love, some fight for hate,
G
Em
Bm
I fought for dad who sang for me,
D
Em
Bm
I fought for God and country boys,
C
A
I fought for Irish pride
G
C
G
But I don't think I'll be worth a damn
D
G
C
G
Am
D
G
Daddy Boy today
C
Bm
If Daddy doesn't sing that song,
C
G
I don't think that I can move on spirit's gone,
C
Bm
Now he's not here, I'm so alone
C
G
I long to stop and go back home
But like before,
C
D
Though daddy won't say,
Em
Bm
Some fight for love, some fight for hate
G
Em
Bm
I fought for Dad who sang for me,
D
Em
Bm
I fought for God and country boys,
C
A
I fought for Irish pride
G
C
G
But I don't think I'll be worth a damn
D
G
Daddy won't sing
D
G
Daddy won't sing you
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG C Em D Bm...
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