Chords for The Bantry Girls' Lament - Frances Black, Mary Black, Joannie Madden
Tempo:
81.55 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
B
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Oh, who will plough the fields now, or who will sow the corn?
And who will mine the sheep now, and keep them neatly shorn?
The stack that's in the haggard, unthrashed it may remain
Since Johnny went a-thrashing the dirty King of Spain.
[A] [E]
[A] [D] [B]
[D] [A] [D]
[A] Oh, the girls from the [F#] Bono [A] in sorrow may [E] retire
[A] And the Pipers and his fellows go [E] home and blow [A] the fire
Since Johnny, [D] lovely Johnny, [A]
is saving all the [E] main
[A] Along with other [D] [A] patriarchs to fight the King of Spain.
[D] [A] And the boys will sorely miss him when Money Moor [E] comes around
And [A] they find that their bold captain is nowhere to be found
And the Peelers must unguided against their [E] will and grain
[A] Since the gallant boys who gave them work now [B] appease the King [A] of Spain.
[D] [E] [A]
[E] [A]
[D]
At wakes or hurling matches your likes we'll [E] never see
[A] Till you come back to us again as [E] though we know no quid
And won't you try for peace that you owe us [E] much disdain
[A] Because our eyes are not [D] so bright as [E] those you [A] made in Spain.
[F#m] [A] If cruel fate will not permit our Johnny to [E]
return
[A] His heavy loss, we Bantry girls, will never cease to mourn
We'll resign [D] ourselves to [A] our sad lot and die in [E] grief and pain
[A] Since Johnny died for [D] Ireland's pride [A] in the foreign lands of Spain.
[D] [A]
[E] [A] [D]
[A] Oh, who will plough the fields now or who will sow [E] the corn
[A] And who will mine the sheep now and keep [E] them [A] meek ashore
The stack that's [D] in the [A] haggard and thrashed in May [E] remain
[A] Since Johnny went [D] thrashing [A] the dirty King of Spain.
The stack that's [D] in the [A] haggard and thrashed in [E] May remain
[A] Since Johnny went thrashing to fight [E] the King [A] of Spain.
And who will mine the sheep now, and keep them neatly shorn?
The stack that's in the haggard, unthrashed it may remain
Since Johnny went a-thrashing the dirty King of Spain.
[A] [E]
[A] [D] [B]
[D] [A] [D]
[A] Oh, the girls from the [F#] Bono [A] in sorrow may [E] retire
[A] And the Pipers and his fellows go [E] home and blow [A] the fire
Since Johnny, [D] lovely Johnny, [A]
is saving all the [E] main
[A] Along with other [D] [A] patriarchs to fight the King of Spain.
[D] [A] And the boys will sorely miss him when Money Moor [E] comes around
And [A] they find that their bold captain is nowhere to be found
And the Peelers must unguided against their [E] will and grain
[A] Since the gallant boys who gave them work now [B] appease the King [A] of Spain.
[D] [E] [A]
[E] [A]
[D]
At wakes or hurling matches your likes we'll [E] never see
[A] Till you come back to us again as [E] though we know no quid
And won't you try for peace that you owe us [E] much disdain
[A] Because our eyes are not [D] so bright as [E] those you [A] made in Spain.
[F#m] [A] If cruel fate will not permit our Johnny to [E]
return
[A] His heavy loss, we Bantry girls, will never cease to mourn
We'll resign [D] ourselves to [A] our sad lot and die in [E] grief and pain
[A] Since Johnny died for [D] Ireland's pride [A] in the foreign lands of Spain.
[D] [A]
[E] [A] [D]
[A] Oh, who will plough the fields now or who will sow [E] the corn
[A] And who will mine the sheep now and keep [E] them [A] meek ashore
The stack that's [D] in the [A] haggard and thrashed in May [E] remain
[A] Since Johnny went [D] thrashing [A] the dirty King of Spain.
The stack that's [D] in the [A] haggard and thrashed in [E] May remain
[A] Since Johnny went thrashing to fight [E] the King [A] of Spain.
Key:
A
E
D
B
F#
A
E
D
Oh, who will plough the fields now, or who will sow the corn?
_ And who will mine the sheep now, and keep them neatly shorn?
The stack that's in the haggard, _ unthrashed it may remain
Since Johnny went a-thrashing the dirty King of Spain. _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
[A] Oh, the girls from the [F#] Bono [A] in sorrow may [E] retire
[A] And the Pipers and his fellows go [E] home and blow [A] the fire
Since Johnny, [D] lovely Johnny, [A] _
is saving all the [E] main
[A] Along with other [D] _ [A] patriarchs to fight the King of Spain.
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] And the boys will sorely miss him when Money Moor [E] comes around
And [A] they find that their bold captain is nowhere to be found
And the Peelers must unguided _ against their [E] will and grain
[A] Since the gallant boys who gave them work now [B] appease the King [A] of Spain.
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ At wakes or hurling matches your likes we'll [E] never see
[A] Till you come back to us again as [E] though we know no quid
And won't you try for peace that you owe us [E] much disdain
_ [A] Because our eyes are not [D] so bright as [E] those you [A] made in Spain.
_ _ [F#m] _ [A] If cruel fate will not permit our Johnny to [E]
return
[A] His heavy loss, we Bantry girls, will never cease to mourn
We'll resign [D] ourselves to [A] our sad lot and die in [E] grief and pain
[A] Since Johnny died for [D] Ireland's pride [A] in the foreign lands of Spain.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[A] Oh, who will plough the fields now or who will sow [E] the corn
[A] And who will mine the sheep now and keep [E] them [A] meek ashore
The stack that's [D] in the [A] haggard and thrashed in May [E] remain
[A] Since Johnny went [D] thrashing [A] the dirty King of Spain.
_ The stack that's [D] in the [A] haggard and thrashed in [E] May remain
[A] Since Johnny went thrashing to fight [E] the King [A] of Spain. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And who will mine the sheep now, and keep them neatly shorn?
The stack that's in the haggard, _ unthrashed it may remain
Since Johnny went a-thrashing the dirty King of Spain. _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
[A] Oh, the girls from the [F#] Bono [A] in sorrow may [E] retire
[A] And the Pipers and his fellows go [E] home and blow [A] the fire
Since Johnny, [D] lovely Johnny, [A] _
is saving all the [E] main
[A] Along with other [D] _ [A] patriarchs to fight the King of Spain.
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] And the boys will sorely miss him when Money Moor [E] comes around
And [A] they find that their bold captain is nowhere to be found
And the Peelers must unguided _ against their [E] will and grain
[A] Since the gallant boys who gave them work now [B] appease the King [A] of Spain.
_ [D] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ At wakes or hurling matches your likes we'll [E] never see
[A] Till you come back to us again as [E] though we know no quid
And won't you try for peace that you owe us [E] much disdain
_ [A] Because our eyes are not [D] so bright as [E] those you [A] made in Spain.
_ _ [F#m] _ [A] If cruel fate will not permit our Johnny to [E]
return
[A] His heavy loss, we Bantry girls, will never cease to mourn
We'll resign [D] ourselves to [A] our sad lot and die in [E] grief and pain
[A] Since Johnny died for [D] Ireland's pride [A] in the foreign lands of Spain.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _
[A] Oh, who will plough the fields now or who will sow [E] the corn
[A] And who will mine the sheep now and keep [E] them [A] meek ashore
The stack that's [D] in the [A] haggard and thrashed in May [E] remain
[A] Since Johnny went [D] thrashing [A] the dirty King of Spain.
_ The stack that's [D] in the [A] haggard and thrashed in [E] May remain
[A] Since Johnny went thrashing to fight [E] the King [A] of Spain. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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