The Bold Tenant Farmer chords by The Clancy Brothers

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Verse 1
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 (D major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major) One  (D major) evening I was late into
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band and I  (A major) strayed
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And bound  (D major) for Flannagilty,
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I was making  (G major) me way
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 (D major) At Ballinis (A major) carthy, some time  (D major) I delayed
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For to whet  (A major) me all whistle with Porther
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 (D major) Tithery out -toe, tithery  (G major) out -toe,
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 (D major) tithery out -toe, to  (A major) -tum
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Tithery out  (D major) -toe, tithery out -toe,
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tithery out  (G major) -toe, to -tum
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 (D major) To the re -o -to,  (A major) to the re -o -to,
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to the  (D major) re -o -to -tom
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To the re -o  (A major) -to and doodle
-dee -dah -oh
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I scarcely  (D major) had travelled a mile
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up the  (A major) road
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 (D major) When I heard a dispute
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in  (G major) the farmer's abode
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 (D major) The son of the landlord and in the contort
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And the wife  (A major) of the  (D major) boat -ten (A major) ant farmer
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To the re -o  (D major) -to, to the  (G major) re -o -to,
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 (D major) to the re -o -to -to  (A major) -tom
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 (D major) To the re -o -to, to the re -o -to,
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to the re -o  (G major) -to -to -tom
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 (D major) Tithery -o -toe,  (A major) tithery -o -toe,
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tithery  (D major) -o -toe -tum,
tithery -o -toe,
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 (A major) doodle -dee -da -doe.
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Well, what  (D major) in the  (G major) diff 'ril  (D major) comes over ye  (A major) all,
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 (D major) when we call for our rent
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we can't get  (G major) it at all.
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 (D major) But sure at next  (A major) session's you'll pay  (D major) for it all,
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or you'll get  (A major) the high  (D major) road
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to  (A major) Dungarvan.
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 (D major) Tithery -o -toe, tithery -o -toe,
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tithery -o -toe -toe  (A major) -tum,
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 (D major) tithery -o -toe, tithery -o -toe,
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tithery -o  (G major) -toe -toe -tum.
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 (D major) Tithery -o -toe,  (A major) tithery -o  (D major) -toe,
tithery -o -toe -tum,
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 (A major) tithery -o -toe, doodly -da -do.
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 (D major) Well, I'll offer the  (G major) fowl tenant (D major) s right,
replied,
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 (A major) You're as bad  (D major) as your daddy
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on the  (G major) other side.
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 (D major) But the National Land  (A major) League  (D major) will put
down your pride,
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 (A major) For they're able to bear every storm.
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Tithery -o  (D major) -toe, tithery  (G major) -o -toe,
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 (D major) tithery -o -toe -tum,
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 (A major) tithery -o  (D major) -toe, tithery -o -toe,
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tithery -o  (G major) -toe -tum.
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To  (D major) the re -o -toe,  (A major) to the re -o  (D major) -toe,
to the re -o -toe -toe
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To the re -o -toe and  (A major) to the
re -o -toe -toe
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I sped  (D major) in my  (G major) fist and  (D major) I picked up my  (A major) stick
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And up  (D major) the coach road like  (G major) a deer I did trip
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I  (D major) cared not for  (A major) bail of  (D major) landlord or old Nick
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And I sang like the lark in  (A major) the morning
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 (D major) To the re -o -toe, to the re -o -toe,
to the re -o -toe -toe -toe
To the re -o -toe, to the re -o -toe,
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to the re -o  (G major) -toe -toe -toe
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 (D major) Doodly -o -da,  (A major) doodly -o  (D major) -do,
doodly -o -do -dum,
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doodly -o  (A major) -da, doodly -do.