Chords for Irish Rovers-Liquor in the well
Tempo:
112.4 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
E
C
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] Hey!
I went to a party on [Bb] Saturday night in [F] the middle of the harvest [C] season.
[F] And [Bb] [C] it's clear he [F] lost his reason.
[C] He was up on the table top [F] standing and he wouldn't [C] stop, left shit on [F] his head.
[C] He kicked up the seals and the girls all squealed he looked like a [F] man.
[Bb] He [C] fell on [F] my grandpa [Dm] sitting up against the [G] wall.
Here's what my grandpa [C] said.
[F] I don't know who threw the [C] liquor in the [Bb] well, but [C] [F] I [Bb] don't know who.
[C] [Bb] [C] [Bb] The [C] hermit said [F] when it [Dm] goes in your [G] head there ain't no [C] guilt in drowning it.
[F] I don't know who threw the liquor [C] in [Bb] [C] [F] the well.
Well a man came breaking [Bb] round the house one [F] day about how he was [C] sitting real pretty.
And he [F] just met a man who [Bb] sold him some land [C] in the middle of New [F] York City.
[C] Then he met a man [F] Fisher who said he was [C] rich and he could submit at [F] Bridget Brooklyn.
[C] Well I ain't no hick so [F] I don't wanna quick I [C] can smell a good [F] deal cooking.
[Bb] But [C] grandpa [Dm] said as he scratched his [G] head I believe that [C] Fisher gets stripped off.
I don't [Bb] know who [F] threw the liquor [C] in the [Bb] [C]
[F] [C] [Bb]
[C] well.
[Bb] I've heard it [C] said [Dm] when it goes to your [G] head there ain't no getting [C] around it.
I [Bb] don't know who [C] threw [Bb]
[C] [F] [G] [C] [G] [D]
[C] [D] [G] the liquor in the well.
You can see the [C] weirdest [G] things in the circuit that we [D] call living.
[G] The aliens of the world [C] go round and round [D] and we just [G] wobble with them.
[D] There's shruppers and [G] shysters, moomers and [D] minsters, times of [G] pain and bliss.
[D] There's good guys, bad [G] guys, straights and [D] otherwise on and on [G] goes the list.
[Gm] Can't [D] people [G] do the [Em] strangest [A] things?
Even listen to [D] songs like this?
[G]
[D] [G]
[D] [C] [D] [C]
I've heard [D] it said [G] when it goes to your head [A] there ain't no [D] getting around it.
[G] [D] [C] [D] [G]
[D] [C] [D] [G]
[N]
Speaking of England and the English, there was these two Irishmen, two Scotsmen and two Englishmen
and they were stranded on a desert island.
After one year the two Irishmen had built a still and were making whiskey.
The two Scotsmen had built a pub and were selling it.
The two Englishmen still weren't talking because they hadn't been formally introduced.
You're a bad bunch and I think you need some revival.
My brother and I have written a little [D] gospel song just to make you feel good.
[A] [Bm] Down in the [A] devil's den.
[Bm] [E] [A] [D] [A]
[E] Never [D] gonna climb [Dbm] them golden [B] stairs when [Bm] you're down [E] in the [A] devil's [D] den.
[A] [E] Never [D] gonna see [A] them [E] pearly gates [Bm] drinking with evil [E] men.
[D] How you [A] gonna win [Bm] that [A] diamond crown [Db] flying [D] beyond the sun
[Bm] when you won't [E] shake [A] that [D] tambourine [A] or beat [E] that gospel [A] drum?
My old [E] man was a preacher man, [Gbm] he traveled across [A] the land.
[D] He never had a [A] church, he called his own, [B] just an old salvation [E] band.
[A] Saturday night [E] you'd hear them play on [Gbm] the corner [A] of the square.
[D] [E] Praising the Lord [Gbm] with the horn [D] and the [A] drum and the singing [E] filled [A] the air.
[E] Never [D] gonna [A] climb them [E] golden stairs [D] when you're [E] down in the [A] devil's den.
[E] [D] Never gonna see [A] them [E] pearly [Bm] gates drinking with [E] evil men.
[D] How you [Dbm] gonna [Bm] win that [A] diamond crown [Db] flying [D] beyond the sun
[Bm] when you [E] won't shake [A] that [D] tambourine [A] or beat [E] that [A] gospel drum?
Mama [E] left us years ago [Gbm] to follow the [A] devil's plan.
[D] Daddy, [A] he didn't cry or fuss, he [B] just made us [E] understand
[A] that rock and roll [E] will ruin your soul like [Gbm] your mama down [A] below.
[D] So take [E] this drum and [Gbm] clap, [D] clap.
[A] The [E] Lord's flying in [A] for a show.
[E] Never [D] gonna climb [A] them [E] golden stairs when [D] you're down [E] in the [A] devil's den.
[E] Never [D] gonna [A] see them [E] pearly gates [Bm] drinking with [E] evil men.
[D] How you [Dbm] gonna win [Bm] that [A] diamond crown [Db] flying [D] beyond the sun
[Bm] when [E] you won't shake [A] that [D] [A] tambourine or beat [E] that [A] gospel drum?
The years have passed and [E] my old man [Gbm] is playing in the heavenly [A] bands.
[D] And I'm still [A] picking my heart out [B] in some old one night [E] stands.
But [A] in some old bar [E] above the noise [Gbm] his voice comes back [A] to me.
Give up the devil and rock and roll [E] and sing [A] along with me.
[E] [D] Never gonna climb [A] them [E] golden [D] stairs when you're down [E] in the [A] devil's den.
[E] Never [D] gonna [A] see them [E] pearly gates [Bm] drinking with [E] evil men.
[D] How [Dbm] you gonna win [Bm] that [A] [Db] diamond [D] crown flying beyond the sun
[Bm] when [E] you won't [A] shake that [D]
[A] tambourine or [E] beat that [A] gospel drum?
[Bm] When you won't shake [A] that tambourine [E] or beat that
[A]
[D] [Eb] [A] [Ab] [A]
[N]
I went to a party on [Bb] Saturday night in [F] the middle of the harvest [C] season.
[F] And [Bb] [C] it's clear he [F] lost his reason.
[C] He was up on the table top [F] standing and he wouldn't [C] stop, left shit on [F] his head.
[C] He kicked up the seals and the girls all squealed he looked like a [F] man.
[Bb] He [C] fell on [F] my grandpa [Dm] sitting up against the [G] wall.
Here's what my grandpa [C] said.
[F] I don't know who threw the [C] liquor in the [Bb] well, but [C] [F] I [Bb] don't know who.
[C] [Bb] [C] [Bb] The [C] hermit said [F] when it [Dm] goes in your [G] head there ain't no [C] guilt in drowning it.
[F] I don't know who threw the liquor [C] in [Bb] [C] [F] the well.
Well a man came breaking [Bb] round the house one [F] day about how he was [C] sitting real pretty.
And he [F] just met a man who [Bb] sold him some land [C] in the middle of New [F] York City.
[C] Then he met a man [F] Fisher who said he was [C] rich and he could submit at [F] Bridget Brooklyn.
[C] Well I ain't no hick so [F] I don't wanna quick I [C] can smell a good [F] deal cooking.
[Bb] But [C] grandpa [Dm] said as he scratched his [G] head I believe that [C] Fisher gets stripped off.
I don't [Bb] know who [F] threw the liquor [C] in the [Bb] [C]
[F] [C] [Bb]
[C] well.
[Bb] I've heard it [C] said [Dm] when it goes to your [G] head there ain't no getting [C] around it.
I [Bb] don't know who [C] threw [Bb]
[C] [F] [G] [C] [G] [D]
[C] [D] [G] the liquor in the well.
You can see the [C] weirdest [G] things in the circuit that we [D] call living.
[G] The aliens of the world [C] go round and round [D] and we just [G] wobble with them.
[D] There's shruppers and [G] shysters, moomers and [D] minsters, times of [G] pain and bliss.
[D] There's good guys, bad [G] guys, straights and [D] otherwise on and on [G] goes the list.
[Gm] Can't [D] people [G] do the [Em] strangest [A] things?
Even listen to [D] songs like this?
[G]
[D] [G]
[D] [C] [D] [C]
I've heard [D] it said [G] when it goes to your head [A] there ain't no [D] getting around it.
[G] [D] [C] [D] [G]
[D] [C] [D] [G]
[N]
Speaking of England and the English, there was these two Irishmen, two Scotsmen and two Englishmen
and they were stranded on a desert island.
After one year the two Irishmen had built a still and were making whiskey.
The two Scotsmen had built a pub and were selling it.
The two Englishmen still weren't talking because they hadn't been formally introduced.
You're a bad bunch and I think you need some revival.
My brother and I have written a little [D] gospel song just to make you feel good.
[A] [Bm] Down in the [A] devil's den.
[Bm] [E] [A] [D] [A]
[E] Never [D] gonna climb [Dbm] them golden [B] stairs when [Bm] you're down [E] in the [A] devil's [D] den.
[A] [E] Never [D] gonna see [A] them [E] pearly gates [Bm] drinking with evil [E] men.
[D] How you [A] gonna win [Bm] that [A] diamond crown [Db] flying [D] beyond the sun
[Bm] when you won't [E] shake [A] that [D] tambourine [A] or beat [E] that gospel [A] drum?
My old [E] man was a preacher man, [Gbm] he traveled across [A] the land.
[D] He never had a [A] church, he called his own, [B] just an old salvation [E] band.
[A] Saturday night [E] you'd hear them play on [Gbm] the corner [A] of the square.
[D] [E] Praising the Lord [Gbm] with the horn [D] and the [A] drum and the singing [E] filled [A] the air.
[E] Never [D] gonna [A] climb them [E] golden stairs [D] when you're [E] down in the [A] devil's den.
[E] [D] Never gonna see [A] them [E] pearly [Bm] gates drinking with [E] evil men.
[D] How you [Dbm] gonna [Bm] win that [A] diamond crown [Db] flying [D] beyond the sun
[Bm] when you [E] won't shake [A] that [D] tambourine [A] or beat [E] that [A] gospel drum?
Mama [E] left us years ago [Gbm] to follow the [A] devil's plan.
[D] Daddy, [A] he didn't cry or fuss, he [B] just made us [E] understand
[A] that rock and roll [E] will ruin your soul like [Gbm] your mama down [A] below.
[D] So take [E] this drum and [Gbm] clap, [D] clap.
[A] The [E] Lord's flying in [A] for a show.
[E] Never [D] gonna climb [A] them [E] golden stairs when [D] you're down [E] in the [A] devil's den.
[E] Never [D] gonna [A] see them [E] pearly gates [Bm] drinking with [E] evil men.
[D] How you [Dbm] gonna win [Bm] that [A] diamond crown [Db] flying [D] beyond the sun
[Bm] when [E] you won't shake [A] that [D] [A] tambourine or beat [E] that [A] gospel drum?
The years have passed and [E] my old man [Gbm] is playing in the heavenly [A] bands.
[D] And I'm still [A] picking my heart out [B] in some old one night [E] stands.
But [A] in some old bar [E] above the noise [Gbm] his voice comes back [A] to me.
Give up the devil and rock and roll [E] and sing [A] along with me.
[E] [D] Never gonna climb [A] them [E] golden [D] stairs when you're down [E] in the [A] devil's den.
[E] Never [D] gonna [A] see them [E] pearly gates [Bm] drinking with [E] evil men.
[D] How [Dbm] you gonna win [Bm] that [A] [Db] diamond [D] crown flying beyond the sun
[Bm] when [E] you won't [A] shake that [D]
[A] tambourine or [E] beat that [A] gospel drum?
[Bm] When you won't shake [A] that tambourine [E] or beat that
[A]
[D] [Eb] [A] [Ab] [A]
[N]
Key:
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A
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[F] Hey!
I went to a party on [Bb] Saturday night in [F] the middle of the harvest [C] season.
[F] And _ [Bb] _ [C] it's clear he [F] lost his reason.
[C] He was up on the table top [F] standing and he wouldn't [C] stop, left shit on [F] his head.
[C] He kicked up the seals and the girls all squealed he looked like a [F] man.
[Bb] He [C] fell on [F] my grandpa [Dm] sitting up against the [G] wall.
Here's what my grandpa [C] said.
[F] I don't know who threw the [C] liquor in the [Bb] well, but [C] _ [F] _ I [Bb] don't know who.
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Bb] The [C] hermit said [F] when it [Dm] goes in your [G] head there ain't no [C] guilt in drowning it.
[F] I don't know who threw the liquor [C] in [Bb] _ [C] _ [F] the well.
Well a man came breaking [Bb] round the house one [F] day about how he was [C] sitting real pretty.
And he [F] just met a man who [Bb] sold him some land [C] in the middle of New [F] York City.
[C] Then he met a man [F] Fisher who said he was [C] rich and he could submit at [F] Bridget Brooklyn.
[C] Well I ain't no hick so [F] I don't wanna quick I [C] can smell a good [F] deal cooking.
[Bb] But [C] grandpa [Dm] said as he scratched his [G] head I believe that [C] Fisher gets stripped off.
I don't [Bb] know who [F] threw the liquor [C] in the [Bb] _ [C] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _
[C] well.
[Bb] I've heard it [C] said [Dm] when it goes to your [G] head there ain't no getting [C] around it.
I [Bb] don't know who [C] threw _ [Bb] _
[C] _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _
[C] _ [D] _ [G] _ the liquor in the well.
You can see the [C] weirdest [G] things in the circuit that we [D] call living.
[G] The aliens of the world [C] go round and round [D] and we just [G] wobble with them.
[D] There's shruppers and [G] shysters, moomers and [D] minsters, times of [G] pain and bliss.
[D] There's good guys, bad [G] guys, straights and [D] otherwise on and on [G] goes the list.
[Gm] Can't [D] people [G] do the [Em] strangest [A] things?
Even listen to [D] songs like this?
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [C]
I've heard [D] it said [G] when it goes to your head [A] there ain't no [D] getting around it.
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Speaking of England and the English, there was these two Irishmen, _ _ two Scotsmen and two Englishmen
and they were stranded on a desert island.
After one year the two Irishmen had built a still and were making whiskey.
The two Scotsmen had built a pub and were selling it.
The two Englishmen still weren't talking because they hadn't been formally introduced.
_ You're _ _ _ _ _ _ a bad bunch _ _ and I think you need some revival.
My brother and I have written a little [D] gospel song just to make you feel good.
[A] [Bm] Down in the [A] devil's den.
_ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ [D] _ [A] _
[E] Never [D] gonna climb [Dbm] them golden [B] stairs when [Bm] you're down [E] in the [A] devil's [D] den.
[A] _ [E] Never [D] gonna see [A] them [E] pearly gates [Bm] drinking with evil [E] men.
_ [D] How you [A] gonna win [Bm] that [A] diamond crown [Db] flying [D] beyond the sun _
[Bm] when you won't [E] shake [A] that [D] tambourine [A] or beat [E] that gospel [A] drum?
_ _ My old [E] man was a preacher man, [Gbm] he traveled across [A] the land.
[D] He never had a [A] church, he called his own, [B] just an old salvation [E] band.
_ [A] Saturday night [E] you'd hear them play on [Gbm] the corner [A] of the square.
_ [D] [E] Praising the Lord [Gbm] with the horn [D] and the [A] drum and the singing [E] filled [A] the air.
[E] Never [D] gonna [A] climb them [E] golden stairs [D] when you're [E] down in the [A] devil's den.
_ [E] [D] Never gonna see [A] them [E] pearly [Bm] gates drinking with [E] evil men.
[D] How you [Dbm] gonna [Bm] win that [A] diamond crown [Db] flying [D] beyond the sun
[Bm] when you [E] won't shake [A] that [D] tambourine [A] or beat [E] that [A] gospel drum?
_ Mama [E] left us years ago [Gbm] to follow the [A] devil's plan.
_ [D] _ Daddy, [A] he didn't cry or fuss, he [B] just made us [E] understand
[A] that rock and roll [E] will ruin your soul like [Gbm] your mama down [A] below.
[D] So take [E] this drum and [Gbm] clap, [D] clap.
[A] The [E] Lord's flying in [A] for a show.
[E] Never [D] gonna climb [A] them [E] golden stairs when [D] you're down [E] in the [A] devil's den.
[E] Never [D] gonna [A] see them [E] pearly gates [Bm] drinking with [E] evil men.
_ [D] How you [Dbm] gonna win [Bm] that [A] diamond crown [Db] flying [D] beyond the sun
[Bm] when [E] you won't shake [A] that [D] [A] tambourine or beat [E] that [A] gospel drum?
The years have passed and [E] my old man [Gbm] is playing in the heavenly [A] bands.
[D] And I'm still [A] picking my heart out [B] in some old one night [E] stands.
But [A] in some old bar [E] above the noise [Gbm] his voice comes back [A] to me. _
Give up the devil and rock and roll [E] and sing [A] along with me.
_ [E] [D] Never gonna climb [A] them [E] golden [D] stairs when you're down [E] in the [A] devil's den.
_ [E] Never [D] gonna [A] see them [E] pearly gates [Bm] drinking with [E] evil men.
[D] How [Dbm] you gonna win [Bm] that [A] _ _ [Db] diamond [D] crown flying beyond the sun
[Bm] when [E] you won't [A] shake that [D] _
[A] tambourine or [E] beat that [A] gospel drum?
[Bm] When you won't shake [A] that tambourine [E] or beat _ that_
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [D] _ [Eb] _ [A] _ [Ab] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
I went to a party on [Bb] Saturday night in [F] the middle of the harvest [C] season.
[F] And _ [Bb] _ [C] it's clear he [F] lost his reason.
[C] He was up on the table top [F] standing and he wouldn't [C] stop, left shit on [F] his head.
[C] He kicked up the seals and the girls all squealed he looked like a [F] man.
[Bb] He [C] fell on [F] my grandpa [Dm] sitting up against the [G] wall.
Here's what my grandpa [C] said.
[F] I don't know who threw the [C] liquor in the [Bb] well, but [C] _ [F] _ I [Bb] don't know who.
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Bb] The [C] hermit said [F] when it [Dm] goes in your [G] head there ain't no [C] guilt in drowning it.
[F] I don't know who threw the liquor [C] in [Bb] _ [C] _ [F] the well.
Well a man came breaking [Bb] round the house one [F] day about how he was [C] sitting real pretty.
And he [F] just met a man who [Bb] sold him some land [C] in the middle of New [F] York City.
[C] Then he met a man [F] Fisher who said he was [C] rich and he could submit at [F] Bridget Brooklyn.
[C] Well I ain't no hick so [F] I don't wanna quick I [C] can smell a good [F] deal cooking.
[Bb] But [C] grandpa [Dm] said as he scratched his [G] head I believe that [C] Fisher gets stripped off.
I don't [Bb] know who [F] threw the liquor [C] in the [Bb] _ [C] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Bb] _ _
[C] well.
[Bb] I've heard it [C] said [Dm] when it goes to your [G] head there ain't no getting [C] around it.
I [Bb] don't know who [C] threw _ [Bb] _
[C] _ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ [D] _
[C] _ [D] _ [G] _ the liquor in the well.
You can see the [C] weirdest [G] things in the circuit that we [D] call living.
[G] The aliens of the world [C] go round and round [D] and we just [G] wobble with them.
[D] There's shruppers and [G] shysters, moomers and [D] minsters, times of [G] pain and bliss.
[D] There's good guys, bad [G] guys, straights and [D] otherwise on and on [G] goes the list.
[Gm] Can't [D] people [G] do the [Em] strangest [A] things?
Even listen to [D] songs like this?
_ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ [C]
I've heard [D] it said [G] when it goes to your head [A] there ain't no [D] getting around it.
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Speaking of England and the English, there was these two Irishmen, _ _ two Scotsmen and two Englishmen
and they were stranded on a desert island.
After one year the two Irishmen had built a still and were making whiskey.
The two Scotsmen had built a pub and were selling it.
The two Englishmen still weren't talking because they hadn't been formally introduced.
_ You're _ _ _ _ _ _ a bad bunch _ _ and I think you need some revival.
My brother and I have written a little [D] gospel song just to make you feel good.
[A] [Bm] Down in the [A] devil's den.
_ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ [D] _ [A] _
[E] Never [D] gonna climb [Dbm] them golden [B] stairs when [Bm] you're down [E] in the [A] devil's [D] den.
[A] _ [E] Never [D] gonna see [A] them [E] pearly gates [Bm] drinking with evil [E] men.
_ [D] How you [A] gonna win [Bm] that [A] diamond crown [Db] flying [D] beyond the sun _
[Bm] when you won't [E] shake [A] that [D] tambourine [A] or beat [E] that gospel [A] drum?
_ _ My old [E] man was a preacher man, [Gbm] he traveled across [A] the land.
[D] He never had a [A] church, he called his own, [B] just an old salvation [E] band.
_ [A] Saturday night [E] you'd hear them play on [Gbm] the corner [A] of the square.
_ [D] [E] Praising the Lord [Gbm] with the horn [D] and the [A] drum and the singing [E] filled [A] the air.
[E] Never [D] gonna [A] climb them [E] golden stairs [D] when you're [E] down in the [A] devil's den.
_ [E] [D] Never gonna see [A] them [E] pearly [Bm] gates drinking with [E] evil men.
[D] How you [Dbm] gonna [Bm] win that [A] diamond crown [Db] flying [D] beyond the sun
[Bm] when you [E] won't shake [A] that [D] tambourine [A] or beat [E] that [A] gospel drum?
_ Mama [E] left us years ago [Gbm] to follow the [A] devil's plan.
_ [D] _ Daddy, [A] he didn't cry or fuss, he [B] just made us [E] understand
[A] that rock and roll [E] will ruin your soul like [Gbm] your mama down [A] below.
[D] So take [E] this drum and [Gbm] clap, [D] clap.
[A] The [E] Lord's flying in [A] for a show.
[E] Never [D] gonna climb [A] them [E] golden stairs when [D] you're down [E] in the [A] devil's den.
[E] Never [D] gonna [A] see them [E] pearly gates [Bm] drinking with [E] evil men.
_ [D] How you [Dbm] gonna win [Bm] that [A] diamond crown [Db] flying [D] beyond the sun
[Bm] when [E] you won't shake [A] that [D] [A] tambourine or beat [E] that [A] gospel drum?
The years have passed and [E] my old man [Gbm] is playing in the heavenly [A] bands.
[D] And I'm still [A] picking my heart out [B] in some old one night [E] stands.
But [A] in some old bar [E] above the noise [Gbm] his voice comes back [A] to me. _
Give up the devil and rock and roll [E] and sing [A] along with me.
_ [E] [D] Never gonna climb [A] them [E] golden [D] stairs when you're down [E] in the [A] devil's den.
_ [E] Never [D] gonna [A] see them [E] pearly gates [Bm] drinking with [E] evil men.
[D] How [Dbm] you gonna win [Bm] that [A] _ _ [Db] diamond [D] crown flying beyond the sun
[Bm] when [E] you won't [A] shake that [D] _
[A] tambourine or [E] beat that [A] gospel drum?
[Bm] When you won't shake [A] that tambourine [E] or beat _ that_
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