Key: G major•
Verse 1
G
Abdim
A
Eaug
E
Ebdim
D
They
G
C
took old Danny Boy for a ride
Am
F
G
From the arms of his bride to be
Am
F
G
By the dog biscuit factory
G
Am
F
G
As he sinks just like a stone
C
G
Footprints set in sentimental cement
Am
F
G
Em
Now burden down his bones
Am
G
D
F#dim
Here lies the Great unknown
Verse 2
G
C
My my my Delilah
Am
F
G
Who's the butcher that you harbor
D
G
C
Take the rich man to the cleaners
Am
F
G
And the strong man to the barber
Am
F
G
Sort of gruesome only more so
Em
E
Hooks and eyes, fingers and thumbs
D
Verse 3
C
G
Where shall we sing
D
Asus4
At a wedding or a wake
D
C
Gsus4
Whose name shall we cherish
G
D
And for whose sake
Interlude 1
Asus4
D
G
Abdim
A
Eaug
Am
Ebdim
D
G
Abdim
A
Em
Ebdim
D
Verse 4
G
C
Now this year`s cannon fodder
F
G
Tell the future general`s jokes
Am
F
G
As we slipped out for a smoke
Am
G
Am
D
The band played "Hearts of Oak"
Interlude 2
C
Gsus4
G
D
Asus4
C
Gsus4
G
C
And
Verse 5
D
Asus4
D
C
here comes the day
Gsus4
G
D
Asus4
I shall perish all alone
D
C
G
F
Say here lies the great un
Em
F
Em
F
Em
F
known
E
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG Abdim A Eaug E...
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