Chords for Dubliners - A Comical Genius
Tempo:
86.7 bpm
Chords used:
Em
D
E
Bm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Ladies and gentlemen, we have a special request from Mr.
Barney McKenna to discard his banjo for a minute and sing a song.
Barney, are you ready?
I'm not as good as Lou Kelly, but [G] you don't have to listen to the voice, just listen to the voice.
[Em] He's sure, would you believe that?
What are you going to do?
It's about a
you tell it, people.
Ladies and gentlemen, Barney's granny was a fund of information and great songs.
And Barney, to his eternal discredit, can't remember anything at all except one song.
And this is the one that he can remember.
It's about a policeman.
A fella joined the force and this is what happened to him.
It's called A Comical Genius.
Here we go.
[D]
[F#]
[Em]
A comical genius was thinking one [D] day how he'd jike up a job and receive handy pay.
[E] He did not [Em] like begging and work was too hard, so he got a bright notion to join up the guards.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day.
Well, he went up to Dublin, to the depot, went in, [E] got a new suit [D] of blue, as bright as new [Em] pants.
They drilled him, they drilled him, they [E] drilled him so hard.
[Bm] The old [Em] sergeant proclaimed him a fully fledged guard.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day.
He was stationed somewhere near the town of Vitae.
[A] Round the loads of that [D] district he kept a close [E] eye.
Well, the girls, [Em] they admired him as all [B] blathers do.
[Em] Fall in love with regard and his new suit of blue.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day.
Well, they'd laugh and they'd wink and they'd nod as he'd pass.
[D] Oh, but this heavy guard had his eye on one last.
[E] But this [Bm] little colleague she'd been and I had, soon [Em] made it quite clear that she wanted no guard.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day.
One time while on duty on a dark winter's night, [D] he called her [A] out cycling without any light.
[E] Where's your light, miss, said he, [Em] for an answer, says she.
It's next to me, liver, where you'll never be.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day.
[N]
Barney McKenna to discard his banjo for a minute and sing a song.
Barney, are you ready?
I'm not as good as Lou Kelly, but [G] you don't have to listen to the voice, just listen to the voice.
[Em] He's sure, would you believe that?
What are you going to do?
It's about a
you tell it, people.
Ladies and gentlemen, Barney's granny was a fund of information and great songs.
And Barney, to his eternal discredit, can't remember anything at all except one song.
And this is the one that he can remember.
It's about a policeman.
A fella joined the force and this is what happened to him.
It's called A Comical Genius.
Here we go.
[D]
[F#]
[Em]
A comical genius was thinking one [D] day how he'd jike up a job and receive handy pay.
[E] He did not [Em] like begging and work was too hard, so he got a bright notion to join up the guards.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day.
Well, he went up to Dublin, to the depot, went in, [E] got a new suit [D] of blue, as bright as new [Em] pants.
They drilled him, they drilled him, they [E] drilled him so hard.
[Bm] The old [Em] sergeant proclaimed him a fully fledged guard.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day.
He was stationed somewhere near the town of Vitae.
[A] Round the loads of that [D] district he kept a close [E] eye.
Well, the girls, [Em] they admired him as all [B] blathers do.
[Em] Fall in love with regard and his new suit of blue.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day.
Well, they'd laugh and they'd wink and they'd nod as he'd pass.
[D] Oh, but this heavy guard had his eye on one last.
[E] But this [Bm] little colleague she'd been and I had, soon [Em] made it quite clear that she wanted no guard.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day.
One time while on duty on a dark winter's night, [D] he called her [A] out cycling without any light.
[E] Where's your light, miss, said he, [Em] for an answer, says she.
It's next to me, liver, where you'll never be.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day.
[N]
Key:
Em
D
E
Bm
A
Em
D
E
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a special request from Mr.
Barney McKenna to discard his banjo for a minute and sing a song.
Barney, are you ready?
_ _ I'm not as good as Lou Kelly, but [G] you don't have to listen to the voice, just listen to the voice.
[Em] He's sure, would you believe that? _ _
What are you going to do?
It's about a_
you tell it, people.
Ladies and gentlemen, _ _ Barney's granny was a fund of information and great songs.
And Barney, to his eternal discredit, can't remember anything at all except one song.
And this is the one that he can remember.
It's about a policeman.
A fella joined the force and this is what happened to him.
It's called A Comical Genius.
Here we go. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A comical genius was thinking one [D] day how he'd jike up a job and receive handy pay.
[E] He did not [Em] like begging and work was too hard, so he got a bright notion to join up the guards.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day.
Well, he went up to Dublin, to the depot, went in, [E] got a new suit [D] of blue, as bright as new [Em] pants.
They drilled him, they drilled him, they [E] drilled him so hard.
[Bm] The old [Em] sergeant proclaimed him a fully fledged guard.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day.
He was stationed somewhere near the town of Vitae.
[A] Round the loads of that [D] district he kept a close [E] eye.
Well, the girls, [Em] they admired him as all [B] blathers do.
[Em] Fall in love with regard and his new suit of blue.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day.
Well, they'd laugh and they'd wink and they'd nod as he'd pass.
[D] Oh, but this heavy guard had his eye on one last.
[E] But this [Bm] little colleague she'd been and I had, soon [Em] made it quite clear that she wanted no guard.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day.
One time while on duty on a dark winter's night, [D] he called her [A] out cycling without any light.
[E] Where's your light, miss, said he, [Em] for an answer, says she.
It's next to me, liver, where you'll never be.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day. _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Barney McKenna to discard his banjo for a minute and sing a song.
Barney, are you ready?
_ _ I'm not as good as Lou Kelly, but [G] you don't have to listen to the voice, just listen to the voice.
[Em] He's sure, would you believe that? _ _
What are you going to do?
It's about a_
you tell it, people.
Ladies and gentlemen, _ _ Barney's granny was a fund of information and great songs.
And Barney, to his eternal discredit, can't remember anything at all except one song.
And this is the one that he can remember.
It's about a policeman.
A fella joined the force and this is what happened to him.
It's called A Comical Genius.
Here we go. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A comical genius was thinking one [D] day how he'd jike up a job and receive handy pay.
[E] He did not [Em] like begging and work was too hard, so he got a bright notion to join up the guards.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day.
Well, he went up to Dublin, to the depot, went in, [E] got a new suit [D] of blue, as bright as new [Em] pants.
They drilled him, they drilled him, they [E] drilled him so hard.
[Bm] The old [Em] sergeant proclaimed him a fully fledged guard.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day.
He was stationed somewhere near the town of Vitae.
[A] Round the loads of that [D] district he kept a close [E] eye.
Well, the girls, [Em] they admired him as all [B] blathers do.
[Em] Fall in love with regard and his new suit of blue.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day.
Well, they'd laugh and they'd wink and they'd nod as he'd pass.
[D] Oh, but this heavy guard had his eye on one last.
[E] But this [Bm] little colleague she'd been and I had, soon [Em] made it quite clear that she wanted no guard.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day.
One time while on duty on a dark winter's night, [D] he called her [A] out cycling without any light.
[E] Where's your light, miss, said he, [Em] for an answer, says she.
It's next to me, liver, where you'll never be.
Diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum, diddly-a-dum-dum-day. _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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