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