Johnny Jump Up Chords by Christy Moore

Tempo:
94.4 bpm
Chords used:

E

B

A

G#m

Bm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[B] [E] I'll tell you a story that happened to me one day as I went down to y'all by the sea.
The sun it was bright and the day it was warm.
Says [G#m] I, a quiet pint wouldn't do me no harm.
I went in and I called for [A] a bottle [E] of stout.
Says the barman, I'm sorry, all the beer is sold out.
Try [G#m] whiskey or paddy ten years in the [E] wood.
Says I, I'll try [D] cider, [B] I've heard that it's good.
Oh [F#m] never, oh never, oh [B] never again [A] if I live [E] to a hundred or a hundred and ten.
For I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up after drinking a [B] quart of the Johnny Jump Up.
After lowering the third [A] I made straight for the [E] yard where I bumped into Brophy the big civic guard.
Come here to me boy, don't you know I'm the law.
I upped with me fist and [B] I shattered his jaw.
He fell to the ground with his knees doubled up [E] but it wasn't I hit him, it was Johnny Jump Up.
The next [F#] thing I met down [G#m] in y'all by the sea was a cripple on [Bm] crutches and says [Em] he to me,
[B] I'm afraid in me [E] life I'll be hit by a car.
Won't you help me across to the Rail Women's Bar.
[A] After drinking [E] a quart of that cider so sweet he [Bm] threw down his crutches [B] and danced on his feet.
I went up the lee, rode a friend for to [E] see in the callip the madhouse and carped by the lee.
But when I [B] got up there the truth I [E] do tell, they had the poor bugger [B] locked [E] up in his cell.
Said the guard testing [A] him, said these [E] words if you can, [F#m] around the rugged rock [C#m] the ragged [E] rascal ran.
Tell them I'm not crazy, [B] tell them [E] I'm not mad, [Bm] it was only a sup of a bottle [E] I [B] had.
A man died in the Union by the name of [E] Macnab, they washed him and laid him outside in a slab.
And [B] after O'Connor his measurements did take, his wife took [G#] him home to a [E] bloody fine wake.
About twelve o'clock and the beer it was high, [A] and the corpse he [E] sat up and says he with a sigh,
I can't get [B] to heaven, they won't let me up, till I bring him a quart of the Johnny Jumper.
Oh never, oh never, oh never [E] again, if I [B] live to a hundred [E] or a hundred and ten.
For I fell to the ground [B] and I couldn't get up, after drinking a quart of the Johnny Jumper.
Key:  
E
2311
B
12341112
A
1231
G#m
123111114
Bm
13421112
E
2311
B
12341112
A
1231
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To jam and learn the simple chords for Christy Moore - Johnny Jump Up chords, practice playing B, E, B, E, A and E in sequence. A good strategy is to initiate at 47 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 94 BPM. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: B Major.

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[B] _ _ [E] _ _ _ I'll tell you a story that happened to me one day as I went down to y'all by the sea.
The sun it was bright and the day it was warm.
Says [G#m] I, a quiet pint wouldn't do me no harm.
I went in and I called for [A] a bottle [E] of stout.
Says the barman, I'm sorry, all the beer is sold out.
Try [G#m] whiskey or paddy ten years in the [E] wood.
Says I, I'll try [D] cider, [B] I've heard that it's good.
Oh [F#m] never, oh never, oh [B] never again [A] if I live [E] to a hundred or a hundred and ten.
For I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up after drinking a [B] quart of the Johnny Jump Up.
After lowering the third [A] I made straight for the [E] yard where I bumped into Brophy the big civic guard.
Come here to me boy, don't you know I'm the law.
I upped with me fist and [B] I shattered his jaw.
He fell to the ground with his knees doubled up [E] but it wasn't I hit him, it was Johnny Jump Up.
The next [F#] thing I met down [G#m] in y'all by the sea was a cripple on [Bm] crutches and says [Em] he to me,
[B] I'm afraid in me [E] life I'll be hit by a car.
Won't you help me across to the Rail Women's Bar.
[A] After drinking [E] a quart of that cider so sweet he [Bm] threw down his crutches [B] and danced on his feet.
I went up the lee, rode a friend for to [E] see in the callip the madhouse and carped by the lee.
But when I [B] got up there the truth I [E] do tell, they had the poor bugger [B] locked [E] up in his cell.
Said the guard testing [A] him, said these [E] words if you can, [F#m] around the rugged rock [C#m] the ragged [E] rascal ran.
Tell them I'm not crazy, [B] tell them [E] I'm not mad, [Bm] it was only a sup of a bottle [E] I [B] had.
A man died in the Union by the name of [E] Macnab, they washed him and laid him outside in a slab.
And [B] after O'Connor his measurements did take, his wife took [G#] him home to a [E] bloody fine wake.
About twelve o'clock and the beer it was high, [A] and the corpse he [E] sat up and says he with a sigh,
I can't get [B] to heaven, they won't let me up, till I bring him a quart of the Johnny Jumper.
Oh never, oh never, oh never [E] again, if I [B] live to a hundred [E] or a hundred and ten.
For I fell to the ground [B] and I couldn't get up, after drinking a quart of the Johnny Jumper. _ _ _

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