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oraffertys motor car chords by
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Verse 1
G
G

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Now,

Denny
C
C

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O 'Rafferty's motorcar
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A

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is the greatest, I declare.
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It's made up of bits and pieces
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D
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that he picked up here and there.
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The engine must be ages old, but
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it's still got lots of power.
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With the gallon, stout, and the petzl
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D
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tank, it does 90 miles an hour.

Oh, what a wonderful motorcar,
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G

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it's the greatest ever seen.
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It used to be black as me father's
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A

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D
D

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hat, now it's forty shades of green

On
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D
D

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TV and the radio and in every public bar
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The burning question of the day is
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Rafferty's motorcar
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Now two of the wheels are triangular
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and the third one's off a pram
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The fourth is the last re
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A
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maining wheel from off a
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Dublin tram
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C

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The number plates in
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Gaelic and the plugs won't even spark

And the chassis came off of a tinker's
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car that collapsed in

Phoenix
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G

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Park
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Now go for a ride in the motorcar and
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you'll end up with the shakes

The road from

Cork to
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Dublin is a vale of pains and aches
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When traffic lights turn red the hedge,
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at best, jump out the door

For the moment that any thread's on the brakes,
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his foot'll go through the floor

Oh, what a wonderful motorcar,
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G

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it's the greatest ever seen
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It used to be black as me father's
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A
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D
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hat, now it's forty shades of green

On
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TV and the radio and in every public bar

The burning question of the day is
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Ab
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4

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Rafferty's motorcar

C#
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Now if you could see the upholstery,
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Ab
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your eyes would start to pop
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Ab
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It's nothing but empty beer crates
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Eb
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with a load of sacks on top
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The windscreen's gone to
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Lord knows where and there's
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Eb
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Ab
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4

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mud balls in the horn
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And I reckon he'd only get half
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Ab
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a quid if he took it to the pond

Now
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Ab
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Denny was driving around last
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Eb
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Ab
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4

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week when the engine did the splits
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Ab
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It went up in smoke and nearly blew
Bb
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O 'Connell
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Street in bits
Db
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Bbm
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They searched around for
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Cm
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Denny and found he'd
Bb
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Eb
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Ab
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4

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landed up by heck

Away up on top of the

GPO with his
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Ab
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LP sound in his neck

Oh, what a wonderful motorcar,
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Ab
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it's the greatest ever seen
Db
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It used to be black as me father's
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Bb
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Eb
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hat, now it's forty shades of green

On
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Cm
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Bb
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Eb
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Ab
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TV and the radio and in every pub lic bar
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The burning question of the day is
Bb
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Eb
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Ab
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Rafferty's mother
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • C

  • A

  • D

  • E

  • Bm

    2

  • Ab

    4

  • C#

    4

  • Bb

  • Eb

    6

  • F

  • Db

    4

  • Bbm

  • Cm

    3

  • Fm

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

0

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The original key of oraffertys motor car by Val Doonican is A major.

The primary chords used in oraffertys motor car are A, D, B, E, F#, C#m.

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