The Irish Rover

The Irish Rover easy guitar chords by The High Kings

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  • C

  • Bb

  • F

  • Dm

  • Fm

  • Ab

    4
  • Am

  • G

  • Eb

    6
  • Cm

    3
  • C

  • Bb

  • F

  • Dm

  • Fm

  • Ab

    4
  • Am

  • G

  • Eb

    6
  • Cm

    3
  • Intro 1





    Verse 1
    In the 
    year 
    of our 
    lord 
    eighteen 
    hundred 
    and 
    six 

    We set 
    sail 
    from the 
    coal 
    quay 
    of 
    Cork 

    We were 
    sailing 
    away 
    with 

    a cargo 
    of 
    bricks 

    For the 
    Grand 
    City 
    Hall 
    of New 
    York 

    We had 
    an elegant 
    craft 

    She was 
    rigged fore 
    and 
    aft 

    And 
    oh, 
    how the 
    wild 
    winds 
    drove 
    her 

    She had 
    twenty 
    seven 
    masts 

    And withstood 
    several 
    blasts 

    And they 
    called 
    her The 

    Irish 
    Rover

    Verse 2

    There was 
    Barney 
    McGee 

    From the 
    banks 
    of 
    the 
    Lee 

    There was 
    Hogan 
    from 

    County 
    Tyr
    one 

    There was 
    Johnny 
    McGurk 

    Who was 
    scared 
    stiff of 
    work 

    And 
    a chap 
    from West
    meath 

    called Malone 

    There was 
    Slugger 
    O'Toole 

    Who was 
    drunk 
    as a 
    rule 

    And 
    Fighting 
    Bill 
    Tracy 
    from 
    Dover 

    And your 
    man, 
    Mick 
    McCann 

    From the 
    banks 
    of the 
    Bann 

    Was the 
    skip
    per 
    of the 
    Irish 
    Rover

    Verse 3

    We 
    had 
    five 
    million 
    bags 

    of the 
    best Sligo 
    rags 

    We had 
    six 
    million 
    barrels 
    of 
    stones 

    We had 
    seven 
    million 
    bales 

    of old 
    nanny 
    goats 
    tails 

    We had 
    eight 
    million 
    barrels 
    of 
    bones 

    We had 
    nine 
    million 
    hogs 

    Ten 
    million 
    dogs 

    El
    even 
    million 
    barrels 
    of 
    porter 

    We had 
    twelve 
    million 
    sides 

    of old 
    blind 
    horses 
    hides' 

    In the 
    hold 
    of the 
    Irish 
    Rover

    Interlude 1






    We had 
    sailed 
    seven 
    years 
    When the 
    Verse 4

    measles 
    broke 
    out 

    And the 
    ship lost 
    its 
    way 
    in a fo

    And that 
    whole 
    of a 
    crew 

    Was reduced 
    down to 
    two 

    Just my
    self 
    and the 

    Captain's 
    old 
    dog 

    Well the 
    ship 
    struck a 
    rock 

    Oh 
    Lord! 
    what a 
    shock 

    The 
    boat 
    she 
    turned 
    right 
    over 

    She turned 
    nine 
    times 
    around 

    And the 
    poor old 
    dog was 
    drowned 

    I'm 
    the last 
    of The 
    Irish 

    Rover

    Outro 1


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