John O'Reilly chords by
Charlie Robison

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Key: D major

Verse 1
G G 
 
My name is John O'Reilly
C C 
 
And my father worked the fields
G G 
 
In the hills of old Kilarny
D D 
 
Where I helped him turn the wheels
G G 
 
My arms grew hard as iron
C C 
 
for a boy of 17
G G 
 
And I used my fists for gambling
D D 
 
G G 
 
in those wet Kilarny streets

Verse 2
G G 
 
Well the ship left for America and
I brought my pack aboard
C C 
 
G G 
 
Said goodbye to my dear Ireland
D D 
 
said a prayer to my dear Lord
G G 
 
I fought those sorry guineas in the
C C 
 
kitchen they called hell
G G 
 
I fought them for their dollar and those
D D 
 
G G 
 
guineas paid me well

Verse 3
G G 
 
[Chorus] Fair thee
well fair Dover
C C 
 
Fair thee well your seasons turn
G G 
 
For my pockets will be jingling
Em Em 
 
on the day of my return
D D 
 
G G 
 
The day of my return

Interlude 1

Verse 4
G G 
 
I fought in New York City and I
C C 
 
fought the Jersey shore
G G 
 
My gut stayed full of whiskey and my
D D 
 
bed stayed full of whores
G G 
 
They called my right a cannonball
C C 
 
and my left they called the same
G G 
 
I left em' all lyin' half in
D D 
 
G G 
 
blood and half in shame

Verse 5
G G 
 
I met a man on '32 and
C C 
 
he stuck out his hand
G G 
 
And he offered me a thousand
D D 
 
if I'd fall before his man
G G 
 
I said it could be done but only
C C 
 
for another two
G G 
 
D D 
 
He smiled at me and nodded as I stuck
G G 
 
it in my shoe

Interlude 2

Verse 6
D D 
 
[Chorus]
G G 
 
C C 
 
They
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
rang the bell two
C C 
 
times before I let him have my nose
G G 
 
And I let him work my left until my
D D 
 
eye was swollen closed
G G 
 
Then I let loose a right that they
C C 
 
still talk about today
G G 
 
For that guinea didn't know that I
D D 
 
G G 
 
had bet the other way

Verse 7
G G 
 
They covered every dock and every
C C 
 
port there on the coast
G G 
 
Looking for that double crosser
D D 
 
who had turned into a ghost
G G 
 
But I  was on a train my friend
C C 
 
that rode the other way
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
G G 
 
And i'll sail from California back toDub
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
C C 
 
lin
G G 
 
Em Em 
 
D D 
 
one fine day

Outro 1

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsG C D Em

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