The Merry Ploughboy chords by The Wolfe Tones
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Verse 1
(G major) (C major) (F major) (C major) Oh I am a merry ploughboy (G major)
And I (F major) plough the feilds (G major) all (C major) day
'Till a (G major) sudden thought came to my mind
That I should roam away (C major)
Verse 2
For im (C major) tired of this civil (G major) ian life
Since the (F major) day that (G major) I was (C major) born
So im (G major) off to join the IRA
And im off tomorrow morn' (C major)
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Verse 3
And were (C major) all off to Dublin (G major) in the green
Where the (F major) helmets glisten (G major) in the sun (C major)
Where the (G major) bay'nets clash and rifles crash
To the echo of the thompson (C major) gun
Verse 4
I'll (C major) leave aside my (G major) pick and spade
I'll (F major) leave aside (G major) my plough (C major)
Oh ill (G major) leave aside my horse and yoke
For no more I'll need them (C major) now
Verse 5
And I (C major) leave aside my (G major) MAry
She is the (F major) girl I (G major) do ad (C major) ore and I (G major) wonder if
She thinks of me when she
Hears that canon roar (C major)
Verse 6
And we're (C major) all off to Dublin in the (G major) green
In the green
Where the (F major) helmets glisten (G major) in the sun (C major)
Where the (G major) bay'nets flash and
The riffles crash
To the rattle of a Thompson (C major) gun
Verse 7
And (C major) when the war is (G major) over
And (F major) dear old (G major) Ireland is (C major) free
I'll take (G major) her to the church to wed
And a rebel's wife she'll (C major) be (G major)
Well (F major) some men fight for (G major) silver and
Some (C major) men fight for gold (G major)
But the IRA are fighting for the
Land that the Saxons (C major) stole (F major)
(C major) And we're
Verse 8
all off to Dublin in the (G major) green
In the green
Where the (F major) helmets glisten (G major) in the sun (C major)
Where the (G major) bay'nets flash and
The riffles crash
To the rattle of a Thompson (C major) gun
The Merry Ploughboy
The Wolfe Tones
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