Chords for Blarney Pilgrim (Jig)

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_ This is one of my favorite Irish jigs.
It's the Blarney Pilgrim.
Key signature
says one sharp, G major, but it's not in G major.
I believe it's in D mixolydian.
_ So here it is.
I'll play it.
Oh, this has three parts.
An A part, a B part, and a C
part, which is why I love it so much.
I'll play the [E] A, B, and the C [Ab] slowly for you,
and then I'll kick [B] it up with some ornaments.
Okay, here we go.
One, two, three, [Bm] four, five,
six, one, two, three, ready, set, go. _ _
[B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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[Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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_ _ _ So, a couple notes.
[Ab] On the B part, you saw me going back and forth between, should [G] I
do fourth finger, [Ab] or should I do all these excessive string crossings?
That's up to you.
_ I think it's a [Em] slightly cleaner to do [Gb] string crossings, but it's way more efficient to
do fourth finger.
So, let me show [G] you what I mean.
Here's with fourth finger.
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_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
Here's
without fourth finger. _ _
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[E] _ _ [G] _ _ [Ab] I think it's really hard to do open strings, but that's because
my pinky is agile.
If yours is not, it might be easier for you to [G] do open strings.
On [Ab] the
C part, on [B] the slow version, I showed you clean [A] string crossings, _ [D] _ _ [Eb] _
hitting only one string
at a time, [Dm] but it's totally [D] cool to _ [Ab] drag the bow so that it [D] hits, _
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ [B] so that when you get
to your A string, don't let go of your D string, and it makes this nice little chord.
[D] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _
It's just really nice.
I like that part.
All right, have fun with this jig.