Rocky Road To Dublin chords by Luke Kelly

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Verse 1
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A 
G 
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 (G major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major) 
While in the merry month
of May from me home I started
Left the girls of Tuam so sad
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 (G major) and broken hearted
A 
Saluted father  (A major) dear,
kissed me darling mother
Drank a pint of beer, me grief and
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 (G major) tears to smother
Then off to reap the corn,
A 
 (A major) leave where I was born
G 
Cut a stout black thorn to  (G major) banish
ghosts and goblins
A 
Bought a pair of  (A major) brogues
rattling o'er the bogs
G 
And fright'ning all the dogs  (G major) on
the rocky road to Dublin

Verse 2
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One, two, three four,  (A major) five
Hunt the Hare and turn
her down the rocky road
G 
 (G major) all the way to Dublin,
A 
Whack  (A major) follol de rah

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Verse 3
In Mullingar that night I rested
limbs so weary
Started by daylight next
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 (G major) morning blithe and early
A 
Took a drop of  (A major) pure to keep
me heartfrom sinking
Thats a Paddy's cure whenev
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 (G major) er he's on drinking
A 
See the lassies  (A major) smile,
laughing all the while
G 
At me curious style, 'twould  (G major) set
your heart a bubblin'
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Asked me was I  (A major) hired, wages I required
G 
I was almost  (G major) tired of the rocky

Verse 4
road to Dublin
G 
A 
 (G major) One, two, three four,  (A major) five
Hunt the Hare and turn
her down the rocky road
G 
 (G major) all the way to Dublin,
A 
Whack  (A major) follol de rah

Verse 5
A 
In Dublin next arrived, I thought it such  (A major) a pity
G 
To be soon deprived a  (G major) view
of that fine city
A 
So then I took a  (A major) stroll,
all among the quality
Me bundle it was stole,
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all  (G major) in a neat locality
A 
Something  (A major) crossed me mind,
when I looked behind
G 
No bundle could I find  (G major) upon me
stick a wobblin'
A 
Enquiring  (A major) for the rogue,
they said me Connaught brogue
G 
Wasn't much in vogue  (G major) on
the rocky road to Dublin
A 
One, two, three four,  (A major) five Hunt the Hare

Verse 6

and turn

her down the rocky road

all the way to Dublin, Whack follol de rah

Verse 7
A 
From there I got away, me  (A major) 
spirits never falling
G 
Landed on the quay, just  (G major) as the
ship was sailing
A 
The Captain at me  (A major) roared,
said that no room had he
When I jumped aboard,
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a cabin  (G major) found for Paddy
A 
Down  (A major) among the pigs,
played some hearty rigs
Danced some hearty jigs,
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the  (G major) wa ter round me bubbling
A 
When off Holy (A major) head I wished
meself was dead
G 
Or better for instead  (G major) on the
rocky road to Dublin
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One, two, three four,  (A major) five Hunt

Verse 8

the Hare and turn

her down the rocky road

all the way to Dublin, Whack follol de rah

Verse 9
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Well the boys  (A major) of Liverpool,
when we safely landed
G 
Called meself a  (G major) fool,
I could no longer stand it
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 (A major) Blood began to boil, temper I was losing
Poor old Erin's Isle they
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 (G major) began abusing
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"Hurrah me  (A major) soul" says
I, me Shillelagh I let fly
G 
Some Galway boys were  (G major) nigh and
saw I was a hobble in
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With a  (A major) load "hurray !" joined in the affray
A 
G 
We quitely cleared the  (A major) way  (G major) for
the rocky road to Dublin

Verse 10
A 
One, two, three four,  (A major) five
Hunt the Hare and turn her down
A 
G 
the rocky  (A major) road and  (G major) all
the way to Dublin
A 
Whack  (A major) follol de rah