The Man Who Wrote Danny Boy
The Man Who Wrote Danny Boy

The Man Who Wrote Danny Boy easy guitar chords by Joe Jackson

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

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Capo

  • A

  • Gsus2

  • G

  • D

  • F#m

    2

  • C

  • Em

  • Bm

    2

  • Bb

  • Dsus4

  • F

  • Fsus4

  • Dm

  • Eb

    6

  • G#

    4

  • Cm

    3

  • Gm

    3

  • A

  • Gsus2

  • G

  • D

  • F#m

    2

  • C

  • Em

  • Bm

    2

  • Bb

  • Dsus4

  • F

  • Fsus4

  • Dm

  • Eb

    6

  • G#

    4

  • Cm

    3

  • Gm

    3
    • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    It 
    happened 
    one 
    night 

    At 
    three 
    in 
    the morn
    ing 

    The 
    devil 
    appeared 
    in my 
    studio 
    room 

    And 
    he 
    said 
    I'm 
    your pal 

    And I'll 
    make 
    you 
    a deal 

    Blow 
    away 
    your struggle 

    And 
    I'll take 
    your soul 
    for 
    a 
    toy 

    Verse 2

    After 
    rubbing 
    my 
    eye
    s 

    I 
    looked 
    all 
    around 
    me 

    At 
    the 
    half-finished 
    drivel 
    drivel 

    I'd 
    worked 
    on 
    for days 

    And I 
    told 
    him 
    my dream 

    Was to 
    live 
    for 
    all 
    time 

    In 
    some 
    perfect 
    refrain 

    Like 
    the man 
    who wrote 
    Danny 

    Boy 

    Verse 3

    And I said 
    if 
    you're 
    real, 

    then 
    I'll 
    ask 
    you 
    a question 

    While 
    most 
    of 
    us turn 
    into 
    ashes 
    or 
    dust 

    Just 
    you 
    and 
    that 
    other 

    guy 
    go 
    on 
    forever

    But 
    who 
    writes 
    the history 

    And 
    who 
    do 
    I 
    trust? 

    Interlude 1



    He 
    gave 
    me 
    a wink 
    Verse 4

    And he 
    said 
    it 
    was 
    funny 

    How 
    mortals 
    would pour 
    all 
    their 
    blood, 

    sweat 
    and tears 

    Onto 
    tape, 
    onto 
    paper 

    Or 
    into 
    the air 

    To 
    be 
    lost 
    and 
    forgotten 

    Out
    side 
    of his 
    kind 
    employ 

    Verse 5
    Then I 
    thought 
    I 
    could hear 

    a great 
    sound 
    in 
    the distance 

    Of 
    whis
    key-soaked 
    singing 

    singing 

    And 
    laughter 
    and 
    cheer
    s 

    And 
    they're saying, 

    that 
    song 
    could 
    bring 
    tears 
    to 
    a glass 
    eye 

    So 
    pass 
    me 
    the paper
    s, 

    I'll 
    sign 
    them 
    in 
    blood 

    And the smell 
    of 
    the brimstone 

    was turned 
    in
    to 
    greasepaint 

    And 
    the 
    roar 
    of 
    the crowd 

    like 
    the furies 
    of 
    hell 

    And I 
    hear 
    the applause 
    and 
    I hear 

    the bell
    s 
    ringing 

    And the sound 
    of 
    a woman's 
    voice 

    from 
    the nex
    t 
    room 

    Verse 6
    Saying 
    come 
    to 
    me now 

    Come 
    lay 
    down 
    beside 
    me 

    Whatever 
    you're 
    do
    ing 
    you're 

    too 
    gone 
    to see 

    You can't 
    hold 
    on
    to shadows, 

    no 
    more 
    than 
    to 
    years 

    So 
    be glad 
    for 
    the pleas
    ures 

    We're 
    young 
    enough 
    to 
    en
    joy 

    Interlude 2


    So 
    Verse 7
    maybe 
    I'm 
    drunk 

    Or 
    maybe 
    a liar 

    Or 
    maybe 
    we're all 
    living 

    in
    side 
    a dream 

    You can 
    say 
    what 
    you like 

    When I'm 
    gone, 
    then you'll 
    see 

    I'll 
    be 
    down 
    in 
    the dark 

    Down 
    underground 

    With Shakespeare 
    and Bach 

    And 
    the man 
    who wrote 
    Danny 
    Boy 

    Outro 1


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