Clancy Lowered the Boom Chords by Dennis Day
Tempo:
128.05 bpm
Chords used:
F#
C
G
F
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[C] [Dm]
[F] Now Clancy was a peaceful man, if you know what I mean.
The cops picked up the pieces [G] after Clancy left [C] the scene.
[F] He never [D#] looked for trouble, [A#] that's a fact you can [Bm] assume.
[A] But nevertheless, [Dm] when trouble would [C] press, Clancy [F] lowered the boom.
[A#] Oh, the Clancy!
[F] Oh, the Clancy!
Whenever they [F#] got his Irish [C] up, Clancy [Am] lowered the boom, [Gm] boom, boom, [F] boom, boom, [G] boom, boom.
[F] Oh, Leary was a fighting man, they all knew he was tough.
He strutted round the neighborhood, [G] just shooting [C] off his guff.
[F] He picked a [D#] fight with Clancy, [A#] then and there he [Bm] sealed his doom.
[C] Before you could shout, oh, Leary, look [C] out, Clancy [F] lowered the boom!
[A#] Oh, the Clancy!
[F] Oh, the Clancy!
Whenever they [F#] got his Irish [C] up, Clancy [G] lowered the boom, boom, boom, [C#] boom, boom, [F#] boom.
Clancy left the barbershop with tonic on his hair.
He walked into the pool room [G#] and he met O [C#]'Reilly there.
[F#] O'Reilly [E] said, oh, goodness [B] sakes, now do I [Cm] smell perfume?
[F#]
Before he could [C#] stack your queue in the rack, Clancy [F#] lowered the boom!
Oh, the Clancy!
Oh, the Clancy!
Whenever they [C#] got his Irish up, Clancy [F#] lowered the boom, [G#m] boom, [F#] boom, boom, boom, [G#m] boom.
[F#]
Mulrooney walked into the bar and ordered up a round.
He left his drink to telephone [G#] and Clancy [C#] drank it down.
[F#] Mulrooney [E] said, hot drunk [B] they drank, I lay him [C] in his tomb.
[F#]
Before you could [C#] tap the top of your hat, Clancy [F#] lowered the boom!
[B] Oh, the Clancy!
[F#] Oh, the Clancy!
Whenever [G] they got his [C#] Irish up, Clancy [F#] lowered the boom, [G#m]
boom, [F#m] boom, boom, [G] boom, boom.
The neighbors all turned out for Cato Grady's wedding night.
MacDougall said, let's have [B] some fun, I think I'll [D] start a fight.
[G] He wrecked the hall, then kissed the [C] bride, then half [C#]-arised the groom.
[D]
They're quick as a wink before you can think, Clancy [G] lowered the boom!
[C] Oh, the Clancy!
[G] Oh, the Clancy!
Whenever they got his [F#] Irish up, Clancy lowered the boom.
[C] Oh, the Clancy!
Oh, [G] the Clancy!
Whenever [G#] they got his Irish [Dm] up, Clancy [G] lowered the boom.
[D] Clancy [G] lowered the boom!
[C] [Dm]
[F] Now Clancy was a peaceful man, if you know what I mean.
The cops picked up the pieces [G] after Clancy left [C] the scene.
[F] He never [D#] looked for trouble, [A#] that's a fact you can [Bm] assume.
[A] But nevertheless, [Dm] when trouble would [C] press, Clancy [F] lowered the boom.
[A#] Oh, the Clancy!
[F] Oh, the Clancy!
Whenever they [F#] got his Irish [C] up, Clancy [Am] lowered the boom, [Gm] boom, boom, [F] boom, boom, [G] boom, boom.
[F] Oh, Leary was a fighting man, they all knew he was tough.
He strutted round the neighborhood, [G] just shooting [C] off his guff.
[F] He picked a [D#] fight with Clancy, [A#] then and there he [Bm] sealed his doom.
[C] Before you could shout, oh, Leary, look [C] out, Clancy [F] lowered the boom!
[A#] Oh, the Clancy!
[F] Oh, the Clancy!
Whenever they [F#] got his Irish [C] up, Clancy [G] lowered the boom, boom, boom, [C#] boom, boom, [F#] boom.
Clancy left the barbershop with tonic on his hair.
He walked into the pool room [G#] and he met O [C#]'Reilly there.
[F#] O'Reilly [E] said, oh, goodness [B] sakes, now do I [Cm] smell perfume?
[F#]
Before he could [C#] stack your queue in the rack, Clancy [F#] lowered the boom!
Oh, the Clancy!
Oh, the Clancy!
Whenever they [C#] got his Irish up, Clancy [F#] lowered the boom, [G#m] boom, [F#] boom, boom, boom, [G#m] boom.
[F#]
Mulrooney walked into the bar and ordered up a round.
He left his drink to telephone [G#] and Clancy [C#] drank it down.
[F#] Mulrooney [E] said, hot drunk [B] they drank, I lay him [C] in his tomb.
[F#]
Before you could [C#] tap the top of your hat, Clancy [F#] lowered the boom!
[B] Oh, the Clancy!
[F#] Oh, the Clancy!
Whenever [G] they got his [C#] Irish up, Clancy [F#] lowered the boom, [G#m]
boom, [F#m] boom, boom, [G] boom, boom.
The neighbors all turned out for Cato Grady's wedding night.
MacDougall said, let's have [B] some fun, I think I'll [D] start a fight.
[G] He wrecked the hall, then kissed the [C] bride, then half [C#]-arised the groom.
[D]
They're quick as a wink before you can think, Clancy [G] lowered the boom!
[C] Oh, the Clancy!
[G] Oh, the Clancy!
Whenever they got his [F#] Irish up, Clancy lowered the boom.
[C] Oh, the Clancy!
Oh, [G] the Clancy!
Whenever [G#] they got his Irish [Dm] up, Clancy [G] lowered the boom.
[D] Clancy [G] lowered the boom!
Key:
F#
C
G
F
C#
F#
C
G
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ Now Clancy was a peaceful man, if you know what I mean.
The cops picked up the pieces [G] after Clancy left [C] the scene.
[F] He never [D#] looked for trouble, [A#] that's a fact you can [Bm] assume.
[A] But nevertheless, [Dm] when trouble would [C] press, Clancy [F] lowered the boom.
[A#] Oh, the Clancy!
_ [F] Oh, the Clancy!
_ _ Whenever they [F#] got his Irish [C] up, Clancy [Am] lowered the boom, [Gm] boom, boom, [F] boom, boom, [G] boom, boom.
[F] Oh, Leary was a fighting man, they all knew he was tough.
He strutted round the neighborhood, [G] just shooting [C] off his guff.
[F] He picked a [D#] fight with Clancy, [A#] then and there he [Bm] sealed his doom.
[C] Before you could shout, oh, Leary, look [C] out, Clancy [F] lowered the boom!
[A#] Oh, the Clancy!
_ [F] Oh, the Clancy!
_ _ Whenever they [F#] got his Irish [C] up, Clancy [G] lowered the boom, boom, boom, _ _ [C#] boom, boom, [F#] boom.
Clancy left the barbershop with tonic on his hair.
He walked into the pool room [G#] and he met O [C#]'Reilly there.
[F#] O'Reilly [E] said, oh, goodness [B] sakes, now do I [Cm] smell perfume?
[F#]
Before he could [C#] stack your queue in the rack, Clancy [F#] lowered the boom!
Oh, the Clancy!
_ Oh, the Clancy!
_ Whenever they [C#] got his Irish up, Clancy [F#] lowered the boom, [G#m] boom, [F#] boom, boom, boom, [G#m] boom.
_ [F#]
Mulrooney walked into the bar and ordered up a round.
He left his drink to telephone [G#] and Clancy [C#] drank it down.
[F#] Mulrooney [E] said, hot drunk [B] they drank, I lay him [C] in his tomb.
[F#]
Before you could [C#] tap the top of your hat, Clancy [F#] lowered the boom!
[B] Oh, the Clancy!
[F#] Oh, the Clancy!
_ Whenever [G] they got his [C#] Irish up, Clancy [F#] lowered the boom, [G#m]
boom, [F#m] _ boom, boom, [G] boom, boom.
The neighbors all turned out for Cato Grady's wedding night.
MacDougall said, let's have [B] some fun, I think I'll [D] start a fight.
[G] He wrecked the hall, then kissed the [C] bride, then half [C#]-arised the groom.
[D]
They're quick as a wink before you can think, Clancy [G] lowered the boom!
[C] Oh, the Clancy!
[G] Oh, the Clancy!
_ Whenever they got his [F#] Irish up, Clancy lowered the boom.
[C] Oh, the Clancy!
Oh, [G] the Clancy!
_ Whenever [G#] they got his Irish [Dm] up, Clancy [G] lowered the boom. _ _
_ _ _ [D] Clancy [G] lowered the boom! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ Now Clancy was a peaceful man, if you know what I mean.
The cops picked up the pieces [G] after Clancy left [C] the scene.
[F] He never [D#] looked for trouble, [A#] that's a fact you can [Bm] assume.
[A] But nevertheless, [Dm] when trouble would [C] press, Clancy [F] lowered the boom.
[A#] Oh, the Clancy!
_ [F] Oh, the Clancy!
_ _ Whenever they [F#] got his Irish [C] up, Clancy [Am] lowered the boom, [Gm] boom, boom, [F] boom, boom, [G] boom, boom.
[F] Oh, Leary was a fighting man, they all knew he was tough.
He strutted round the neighborhood, [G] just shooting [C] off his guff.
[F] He picked a [D#] fight with Clancy, [A#] then and there he [Bm] sealed his doom.
[C] Before you could shout, oh, Leary, look [C] out, Clancy [F] lowered the boom!
[A#] Oh, the Clancy!
_ [F] Oh, the Clancy!
_ _ Whenever they [F#] got his Irish [C] up, Clancy [G] lowered the boom, boom, boom, _ _ [C#] boom, boom, [F#] boom.
Clancy left the barbershop with tonic on his hair.
He walked into the pool room [G#] and he met O [C#]'Reilly there.
[F#] O'Reilly [E] said, oh, goodness [B] sakes, now do I [Cm] smell perfume?
[F#]
Before he could [C#] stack your queue in the rack, Clancy [F#] lowered the boom!
Oh, the Clancy!
_ Oh, the Clancy!
_ Whenever they [C#] got his Irish up, Clancy [F#] lowered the boom, [G#m] boom, [F#] boom, boom, boom, [G#m] boom.
_ [F#]
Mulrooney walked into the bar and ordered up a round.
He left his drink to telephone [G#] and Clancy [C#] drank it down.
[F#] Mulrooney [E] said, hot drunk [B] they drank, I lay him [C] in his tomb.
[F#]
Before you could [C#] tap the top of your hat, Clancy [F#] lowered the boom!
[B] Oh, the Clancy!
[F#] Oh, the Clancy!
_ Whenever [G] they got his [C#] Irish up, Clancy [F#] lowered the boom, [G#m]
boom, [F#m] _ boom, boom, [G] boom, boom.
The neighbors all turned out for Cato Grady's wedding night.
MacDougall said, let's have [B] some fun, I think I'll [D] start a fight.
[G] He wrecked the hall, then kissed the [C] bride, then half [C#]-arised the groom.
[D]
They're quick as a wink before you can think, Clancy [G] lowered the boom!
[C] Oh, the Clancy!
[G] Oh, the Clancy!
_ Whenever they got his [F#] Irish up, Clancy lowered the boom.
[C] Oh, the Clancy!
Oh, [G] the Clancy!
_ Whenever [G#] they got his Irish [Dm] up, Clancy [G] lowered the boom. _ _
_ _ _ [D] Clancy [G] lowered the boom! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _