The Rocky Road To Dublin chords by The Dubliners
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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While in the merry month of May,
now from me home I started
Left, the girls of Tuam
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were nearly broken-hearted
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Saluted father dear, kissed me darling mother
Drank a pint of beer,
B
me grief and tears to smother
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Then off to reap the corn
and leave where I was born
Cut a stout, black thorn
B
to banish ghosts and goblins
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A brand-new pair of brogues
to rattle over the bogs
And frighten all the dogs
B
on the rocky road to Dublin
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A-one, two, three, four, five
Hunt the hare and turn her
down the rocky road
B
And all the ways to Dublin,
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whack, follol de-dah
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Verse 2
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In Mullingar that night
I rested limbs so weary
Started by daylight next
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morning blithe and early
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Took a drop of pure to keep
me heart from shrinking
Thats the Paddy's cure
B
when'er he's on for drinking
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To hear the lassies smile,
laughing all the while
At me curious style,
B
'twould set your heart a-bubblin'
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They asked me was I hired
and wages I required to lay
B
Was almost tired of the rocky road to Dublin
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One, two, three, four, five
Hunt the hare and turn her
down the rocky road
B
And all the ways to Dublin,
C#m
whack, follol de-dah
Verse 3
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In Dublin next arrived,
I thought it such a pity
To be so soon deprived
B
a view of that fine city
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So then I took a stroll,
all among the quality
B
Bundle it was stolen, in a neat locality
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Something crossed me mind,
when I looked behind
No bundle could I find
B
upon me stick a-wobblin'
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'Quiring after the rogue,
said me Connaught brogue
It wasn't much in vogue
B
on the rocky road to Dublin
C#m
One, two, three, four, five
Hunt the hare and turn her
down the rocky road
B
And all the ways to Dublin,
C#m
whack, follol de-dah
Verse 4
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From there I got away,
me spirits never falling
Landed on the quay,
B
just as the ship was sailing
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Captain at me roared,
said that no room had he
When I jumped aboard,
B
a cabin found for Paddy
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Down among the pigs,
did some hearty rigs
I played some hearty jigs,
B
the water round me bubbling
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When off Holyhead
I wished meself was dead
Or better for instead
B
on the rocky road to Dublin
C#m
One, two, three, four, five
Hunt the hare and turn her
down the rocky road
B
And all the ways to Dublin,
C#m
whack, follol de-dah
Verse 5
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The boys of Liverpool, when we safely landed
B
Called meself a fool, I could no longer stand it
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Blood began to boil, temper I was losing
B
Poor old Erin's Isle they began abusing
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"Hurrah me soul" says I, me Shillelagh I let fly
Galway boys were by and
B
saw I was a hobblin'
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With a "lo!" and "hurray !"
they joined in the affray
Quickly cleared the way
B
for the rocky road to Dublin
C#m
One, two, three, four, five
Hunt the hare and turn her
down the rocky road
B
And all the ways to Dublin,
C#m
whack, follol de-dah
The Rocky Road To Dublin
The Dubliners
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