Irish Rover Chords by The Irish Rovers

Tempo:
121.8 bpm
Chords used:

C

G

F

Em

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Irish Rover chords
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[C] [G] [C]
In the year of our Lord, [F] 1806, [C] We set sail from the [G] cold, chated park.
[Em]
[C] We were sailing away with the [F] cargo of bricks, [C] For the Grand [Em] City Hall in New York.
Queen Angel, Lady [G] Crafts, she was rigged for a naft, And Lord, how the trade winds roared over!
[C] We had twenty-three masts, and she stood [F] several blasts, [C] And they called her the [G] Irish [C] Rover.
Well, there was Father Naomachie, from the banks [F] of the Lee, [C] There was Hogan, from [G] County Turrone.
[Em] [C] And there was John Naomachark, who was girl [F] stiff of work, [C] And a chap [G] from Westmeath, [C] the name Malone.
And there was Slugger O'Toole, [G] who was drunk as a roo, [C] And fighting Bill [G] Tracy from Dover.
[C] And yer man, MacMahon, from the banks [F] of the Van, [C] Was the skipper on the [G] Irish
[C] Rover.
We had one million bags of the best [F] Ligol rags, [C] We had two million barrels [G] of bone.
[D] [C] We had three million bales of old Nanny [F] Gold's tales, [C] And four [G] million barrels [C] of stone.
We had five million hogs, [G] and six million dogs, [C] And seven million barrels [G] of poker.
[C] We had eight million sides of a blind [F] horse's hide, [C] In the hold of the [G] Irish [C] Rover.
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[F] [C]
[G] [C] We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out, And our ship lost its way [G] in the fog.
[C] And the whole of the crew was reduced [F] down to two, [C] Myself [G] and the Captain [C] and Dog.
Then the ship struck a rock, [G] oh Lord, what a shock!
[C] We nearly [G] tumbled [C] over, turned nine times around.
And the poor old dog [F] was drowned, [C] We're the last of the [G] Irish [C] Rover.
Key:  
C
3211
G
2131
F
134211111
Em
121
D
1321
C
3211
G
2131
F
134211111
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To jam and learn the simple chords for The Irish Rovers - Irish Rover chords, practice playing F, C, G and C in sequence. Ease into the song by practicing at 60 BPM before reaching the track's full tempo of 122 BPM. Adapt the capo setting considering your vocal range, with reference to the key: C Major.

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[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
In the year of our Lord, _ _ [F] 1806, [C] We set sail from the [G] cold, chated park.
[Em] _
[C] We were sailing away with the [F] cargo of bricks, [C] For the Grand [Em] City Hall in New York. _
Queen Angel, Lady [G] Crafts, she was rigged for a naft, And Lord, how the trade winds roared over!
[C] We had twenty-three masts, and she stood [F] several blasts, [C] And they called her the [G] Irish _ [C] Rover.
_ Well, there was Father Naomachie, from the banks [F] of the Lee, [C] There was Hogan, from [G] County Turrone.
[Em] _ [C] And there was John Naomachark, who was girl [F] stiff of work, [C] And a chap [G] from Westmeath, [C] the name Malone.
And there was Slugger O'Toole, [G] who was drunk as a roo, [C] And fighting Bill [G] Tracy from Dover.
_ [C] And yer man, MacMahon, from the banks [F] of the Van, [C] Was the skipper on the [G] Irish _
[C] Rover.
_ We had one million bags of the best [F] Ligol rags, [C] We had two million barrels [G] of bone.
[D] _ [C] We had three million bales of old Nanny [F] Gold's tales, [C] And four [G] million barrels [C] of stone.
_ We had five million hogs, [G] and six million dogs, [C] And seven million barrels [G] of _ poker.
[C] We had eight million sides of a blind [F] horse's hide, [C] In the hold of the [G] Irish _ [C] Rover. _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ We had sailed seven years when the measles broke out, And our ship lost its way [G] in the fog.
_ [C] And the whole of the crew was reduced [F] down to two, [C] Myself [G] and the Captain [C] and Dog.
_ Then the ship struck a rock, [G] oh Lord, what a shock!
[C] We nearly [G] tumbled [C] over, turned nine times around.
And the poor old dog [F] was drowned, _ [C] We're the last of the [G] Irish [C] Rover.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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