Limerick Rake chords by
The Clancy Brothers

N/A•

Key: C minor•

Verse 1

Am

Am

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C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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Em

Em

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Am

Am

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C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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Em

Em

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Am

Am

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I am a young fellow,

C

C

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F

F

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but sassy and bold,

C

C

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G

G

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In Castletown commerce

Em

Em

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I'm very well known.

Am

Am

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C

C

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F

F

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In Newcastle West I spent money and nought,

E

E

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Am

Am

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Like Katie and Judy and Mary.

F

F

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My father rebuked me

C

C

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Em

Em

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for being such a wreck,

G

G

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And spending wee time in

Em

Em

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such colicsome ways.

Am

Am

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I ne 'er can forget the

C

C

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F

F

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good nature of Jane

Am

Am

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And it's foggin' me tune,

what a posh shame

If I chance for to go to the

C

C

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market of Crome

F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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With a tit to me hat

Em

Em

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and me pipes in full tune

Am

Am

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I'm made welcome at once

C

C

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and brought up to the Rome

F

F

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C

C

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Where Crackus is sport

E

E

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Am

Am

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ing with Venus

There's Peggy and Jane

F

F

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C

C

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Em

Em

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from the town of Pruirie

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Am

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G

G

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And Biddy from Brough,

and we all on the spree

Em

Em

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Am

Am

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Such a homin' of luxe

C

C

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F

F

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there was about me,

C

C

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Em

Em

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Agus fagom g'meith siúth

Am

Am

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Em

Em

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Am

Am

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maith aghsé.

To quaddle for riches

C

C

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F

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I ne 'er was inclined,

C

C

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G

G

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For the greatest of misers

must leave them behind.

Em

Em

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Am

Am

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I'll purchase a cow

C

C

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F

F

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that will never run dry,

C

C

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Em

Em

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E

E

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Am

Am

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And I'll milk her by twisting her horn.

F

F

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C

C

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Em

Em

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Don Laimer of Straunel had plenty of gold,

Am

Am

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G

G

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And Devonshire's treasurer

Em

Em

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is twenty times more

Am

Am

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But he's laid on his back

C

C

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among nettles and stalls

F

F

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C

C

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Em

Em

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And he's far from a maidservant,

Am

Am

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Em

Em

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Am

Am

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but that's the

There, some say I'm foolish

C

C

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F

F

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and some say I'm wise

C

C

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Gm

Gm

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In Flanders, the women,

G

G

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Em

Em

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I think, did no crime

Am

Am

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For the son of King David

C

C

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had ten hundred wives

F

F

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And his wisdom was highly regarded

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F

F

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C

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Em

Em

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I'll tell of a garden and live at my age

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Am

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G

G

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And each woman and child

Em

Em

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can partake of the same

Am

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If they swore on the cabin

C

C

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themselves they can blame

F

F

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C

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Em

Em

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Christ father made sure

Am

Am

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Em

Em

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Am

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of a cachet

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Am

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F

F

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And now for the future I mean to be wise

G

G

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And I sent for the women

Em

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who acted so kind

Am

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And I'll marry them all

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Am

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C

C

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F

F

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and the morrow bind by

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C

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Em

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E

E

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Am

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If the clergy agree to the bargain

F

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C

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Em

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When the devil he comes my soul for to take

Am

Am

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G

G

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All the women will gather to cry in my wake

Em

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Am

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And the sons and their daughters

C

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F

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will offer their prayers

Am

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To the Lord and the soul of their father

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Chords

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Capo: 3

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The original key of Limerick Rake by The Clancy Brothers is C minor.

The primary chords used in Limerick Rake are Cm, Eb, Ab, Bb, Gm, G.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 3 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Cm, Eb, Ab, Bb, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Limerick Rake is approximately 103 beats per minute.

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