The Rocky Road To Dublin

The Rocky Road To Dublin easy guitar chords by The Dubliners

1964Folk
Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 4

Capo

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Capo
  • Am

  • G

  • Am

  • G

  • Intro 1
    Am
    Am
    G
    Am

    Verse 1
    Am

    While in the merry month of May,

    now from me home I started

    Left, the girls of Tuam
    G

    were nearly broken-hearted
    Am

    Saluted father dear, kissed me darling mother

    Drank a pint of beer,
    G

    me grief and tears to smother
    Am

    Then off to reap the corn

    and leave where I was born

    Cut a stout, black thorn
    G

    to banish ghosts and goblins
    Am

    A brand-new pair of brogues

    to rattle over the bogs

    And frighten all the dogs
    G

    on the rocky road to Dublin
    Am

    A-one, two, three, four, five

    Hunt the hare and turn her

    down the rocky road
    G

    And all the ways to Dublin,
    Am

    whack, follol de-dah
    Verse 2
    Am

    In Mullingar that night

    I rested limbs so weary

    Started by daylight next
    G

    morning blithe and early
    Am

    Took a drop of pure to keep

    me heart from shrinking

    Thats the Paddy's cure
    G

    when'er he's on for drinking
    Am

    To hear the lassies smile,

    laughing all the while

    At me curious style,
    G

    'twould set your heart a-bubblin'
    Am

    They asked me was I hired

    and wages I required to lay
    G

    Was almost tired of the rocky road to Dublin
    Am

    One, two, three, four, five

    Hunt the hare and turn her

    down the rocky road
    G

    And all the ways to Dublin,
    Am

    whack, follol de-dah
    Verse 3
    Am

    In Dublin next arrived,

    I thought it such a pity

    To be so soon deprived
    G

    a view of that fine city
    Am

    So then I took a stroll,

    all among the quality
    G

    Bundle it was stolen, in a neat locality
    Am

    Something crossed me mind,

    when I looked behind

    No bundle could I find
    G

    upon me stick a-wobblin'
    Am

    'Quiring after the rogue,

    said me Connaught brogue

    It wasn't much in vogue
    G

    on the rocky road to Dublin
    Am

    One, two, three, four, five

    Hunt the hare and turn her

    down the rocky road
    G

    And all the ways to Dublin,
    Am

    whack, follol de-dah
    Verse 4
    Am

    From there I got away,

    me spirits never falling

    Landed on the quay,
    G

    just as the ship was sailing
    Am

    Captain at me roared,

    said that no room had he

    When I jumped aboard,
    G

    a cabin found for Paddy
    Am

    Down among the pigs,

    did some hearty rigs

    I played some hearty jigs,
    G

    the water round me bubbling
    Am

    When off Holyhead

    I wished meself was dead

    Or better for instead
    G

    on the rocky road to Dublin
    Am

    One, two, three, four, five

    Hunt the hare and turn her

    down the rocky road
    G

    And all the ways to Dublin,
    Am

    whack, follol de-dah
    Verse 5
    Am

    The boys of Liverpool, when we safely landed
    G

    Called meself a fool, I could no longer stand it
    Am

    Blood began to boil, temper I was losing
    G

    Poor old Erin's Isle they began abusing
    Am

    "Hurrah me soul" says I, me Shillelagh I let fly

    Galway boys were by and
    G

    saw I was a hobblin'
    Am

    With a "lo!" and "hurray !"

    they joined in the affray

    Quickly cleared the way
    G

    for the rocky road to Dublin
    Am

    One, two, three, four, five

    Hunt the hare and turn her

    down the rocky road
    G

    And all the ways to Dublin,
    Am

    whack, follol de-dah

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