Chords for Jim Finnegan - Road to Kildare

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] _
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[G] _ _ _ [C] Johnny was born in [F] a _ _ [C]
mansion _ down in [G] the county [C] of Clare. _
_ _ _ Rosie was born by [F] the _ _ _ roadside somewhere [Em] in County _ [Dm] Kildare. _
[G] _ _ [C] _ Destiny brought them [F] _ _ [C] together _ [F] on the road near [Em]
Clarkland [Dm] one day.
[G] _
_ [C] Near her bright tasty shawl she [F] was _ [C] singing as she stole this [G] young heart [C] _ away.
[G]
For she [C] sang, meet me tonight by [F] the _ cannon [C] fire, come with [G] me over [C] the hill. _
_ _ _ Let us be married [F] _ _ tomorrow, _ _ please let [Em] me whisper [Dm] I will.
_ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ What if the neighbors [F] are _ [C] talking, who [F] cares if [Em] your friends stop and [Dm] stare.
[G] _
_ You'd be [C] proud to be married [F] to _ Rosie [C] who was rare [G] on the road to [C] _ Kildare. _
_ _ _ Think of the parents [F] who reared [C]
you, _ think of [G] the family [C] _ name. _
_ _ How can you marry [F] a _ gypsy, _ _ oh what [Em] a terrible [Dm] _ shame.
[G] _
_ _ [C] _ Parents and friends stop [F] your _ [C] pleading, _ [F] don't worry [Em]
about my [Dm] _ affairs.
[G] _
For [C] I've fallen in love with a [F] _ _ [C] gypsy who was rare on [G] the road to [C] _ Kildare.
For she sang, meet me tonight by [F] the cannon [C]
fire, _ come with [G] me over [C] the hill. _
_ _ Let us be married _ [F] _ tomorrow, _ _ _ please let [C] me whisper [Dm] I will.
[G] _
_ _ [C] _ What if the neighbors [F] are _ [C] talking, who [F] cares if [Em] your friends stop [Dm] and stare.
_ [G] _
You'd [C] be proud to be married [F] to _ [C] Rosie who was rare on [G] the road to [C] _ Kildare. _
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_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ [C#] Johnny went down from [F#] his _ [C#] mansion _ _ just as the [G#]
sun had [C#] gone down. _
_ _ _ Turning his back on [F#] his _ _ kinfolk, _ likewise [Fm] his dear native [D#m] _ town.
[G#] _
_ _ [C#] _ Facing the roads of old [F#] _ _ [C#] Ireland with [F#] the gypsy [Fm] love so _ [D#m] sincere.
_ [G#] _
When [C#] he came to the light of the [F#] _ cannon [C#]
fire, _ these are the [G#]
words he [C#] did hear.
For she sang, meet me tonight by the [F#] _ cannon [C#]
fire, _ come with me [G#]
over the [C#] hill. _ _
_ Let us be married _ [F#] _ tomorrow, _ _ _ please let [C#] me whisper [D#m] I will.
[G#] _
_ _ [C#] What if the neighbors are [F#] _ talking, [C#] _
who [F#] cares [Fm] if your friends stop [D#m] and stare.
[G#] _
You'd be [C#] proud to be married to [F#] _ _ [C#] Rosie who was rare [G#] on the road to [C#] Kildare.
For she sang, meet me tonight by the [F#] _ cannon [C#]
fire, come with [G#] me over the [C#] _ hill. _
_ Let us be married _ [F#] _ tomorrow, _ _ _ please let [Fm] me whisper [D#m] I will.
_ [G#] _
_ _ [C#] What if the neighbors are [F#] _ talking, [C#] _
who [F#] cares if your [Fm] friends stop and [D#m] stare.
_ [G#] _
You'd be [C#] proud to be married to [F#] _ _ [C#] Rosie who was rare [G#] on the road [C#] to _ Kildare.
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