Chords for The Corrie Folk Trio --- The Kerry Recruit
Tempo:
106.4 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
G#m
F#
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
At the age of 19 I was digging [Em] the land with me brogs on me feet and me [B] spade in me hand
Well [G#m] says I to myself
What a pity to see
[Em] Such a fine Kerry [F#] lad footin' turf in [B] Tralee
[D#] with your [G#] Kerry-a-ya [A]-fald-al-da-ral-da
[B] Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da [E]-ral-day
So I puttered me brogs and shook hands with me [F#] spade, dashed off to the fair like a gallant [B] young lad
The [G#m] sergeant comes [E] up, says will you enlist?
Sure sergeant says I [F#m] stick the bomb in me fist [E] with your Kerry-a-ya [A]-fald-al-da-ral-da
[B] Kerry-a-ya-fald [E]-al-da-ral-day
There up comes the captain [B] and a man of great fame, [F#] straightway he asks me my [B] country and name
[E] Well I told you before, I'll tell you again, me [G#m] father and mother [F#m] were [B] both Kerry men with your [G#m] Kerry-a-ya-fald [A]-al-da-ral-da
[B] Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da-ral-day
[E] Now the first thing they gave me they called it a gun [F#] and under the trigger I [B] nuzzled me thumb
[E] The [G#m] gun it's fire and vomit it's smoke and it gave a great leap in me shoulder [B] me broke with your Kerry-a [C#m]-ya-fald-al-da [A]-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da-ral-day
[E] Now the first place they took [B] me it was down by [E] the [F#] sea on board a great warship bound for the [B] Crimea
[E] Three sticks in the middle all hung with great sheets sure she walked on [G#m] the water without [B] any feet [E] with your Kerry-a-ya [G#m]-fald-al-da-ral-da
[B] Kerry-a-ya-fald [E]-al-da-ral [B]-day
[E] We reached by the clover [B] all safe and all sound [F#] and when tired and weary we lay [B] on the ground
[E] At morning the daybreak the bugler did call and they served us a [G#m] breakfast of [B] powder and bald
With your [G#] Kerry-a-ya [C#m]-fald-al-da-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al [E]-da-ral-day
So we put them at [B] arm all likewise in their man [F#] but the Russians they foiled us all [B] on the red and
While [E] scaling the ramparts we self lost an eye and the great [G#m] Russian bullet ran away [B] with me thigh
With your Kerry-a [C#m]-ya-fald-al-da-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da [E]-ral-day
Then the surgeon comes [B] up and he soon stops the blood [F#] and he gave me an elegant [B] leg made of wood
[E] And he gave me a pension of ten pence a day contented with shellac [F#m] I live unhappy [B] with me
With your [G#m] Kerry-a-ya [C#m]-fald-al-da-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al [E]-da-ral-day
That is the [B] story that me grandfather [F#] told as he sat by the fire all [B] withered and old
[E] Remember says he that the [G#m] Irish fight well but the Russian artillery's hotter than [E] hell
With your Kerry-a [C#m]-ya-fald-al-da-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da-ral [A]-day
[E]
Well [G#m] says I to myself
What a pity to see
[Em] Such a fine Kerry [F#] lad footin' turf in [B] Tralee
[D#] with your [G#] Kerry-a-ya [A]-fald-al-da-ral-da
[B] Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da [E]-ral-day
So I puttered me brogs and shook hands with me [F#] spade, dashed off to the fair like a gallant [B] young lad
The [G#m] sergeant comes [E] up, says will you enlist?
Sure sergeant says I [F#m] stick the bomb in me fist [E] with your Kerry-a-ya [A]-fald-al-da-ral-da
[B] Kerry-a-ya-fald [E]-al-da-ral-day
There up comes the captain [B] and a man of great fame, [F#] straightway he asks me my [B] country and name
[E] Well I told you before, I'll tell you again, me [G#m] father and mother [F#m] were [B] both Kerry men with your [G#m] Kerry-a-ya-fald [A]-al-da-ral-da
[B] Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da-ral-day
[E] Now the first thing they gave me they called it a gun [F#] and under the trigger I [B] nuzzled me thumb
[E] The [G#m] gun it's fire and vomit it's smoke and it gave a great leap in me shoulder [B] me broke with your Kerry-a [C#m]-ya-fald-al-da [A]-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da-ral-day
[E] Now the first place they took [B] me it was down by [E] the [F#] sea on board a great warship bound for the [B] Crimea
[E] Three sticks in the middle all hung with great sheets sure she walked on [G#m] the water without [B] any feet [E] with your Kerry-a-ya [G#m]-fald-al-da-ral-da
[B] Kerry-a-ya-fald [E]-al-da-ral [B]-day
[E] We reached by the clover [B] all safe and all sound [F#] and when tired and weary we lay [B] on the ground
[E] At morning the daybreak the bugler did call and they served us a [G#m] breakfast of [B] powder and bald
With your [G#] Kerry-a-ya [C#m]-fald-al-da-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al [E]-da-ral-day
So we put them at [B] arm all likewise in their man [F#] but the Russians they foiled us all [B] on the red and
While [E] scaling the ramparts we self lost an eye and the great [G#m] Russian bullet ran away [B] with me thigh
With your Kerry-a [C#m]-ya-fald-al-da-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da [E]-ral-day
Then the surgeon comes [B] up and he soon stops the blood [F#] and he gave me an elegant [B] leg made of wood
[E] And he gave me a pension of ten pence a day contented with shellac [F#m] I live unhappy [B] with me
With your [G#m] Kerry-a-ya [C#m]-fald-al-da-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al [E]-da-ral-day
That is the [B] story that me grandfather [F#] told as he sat by the fire all [B] withered and old
[E] Remember says he that the [G#m] Irish fight well but the Russian artillery's hotter than [E] hell
With your Kerry-a [C#m]-ya-fald-al-da-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da-ral [A]-day
[E]
Key:
B
E
G#m
F#
A
B
E
G#m
At the age of 19 _ I was digging [Em] the land with me brogs on me feet and me [B] spade in me hand
_ Well [G#m] says I to myself
What a pity to see
[Em] Such a fine Kerry [F#] lad footin' turf in [B] Tralee
_ [D#] with your [G#] Kerry-a-ya [A]-fald-al-da-ral-da
[B] Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da [E]-ral-day
_ _ _ So I puttered me brogs and shook hands with me [F#] spade, dashed off to the fair like a gallant [B] young lad
The [G#m] sergeant comes [E] up, says will you enlist?
Sure sergeant says I [F#m] stick the bomb in me fist [E] with your Kerry-a-ya [A]-fald-al-da-ral-da
[B] Kerry-a-ya-fald [E]-al-da-ral-day
_ _ There up comes the captain [B] and a man of great fame, [F#] straightway he asks me my [B] country and name
[E] Well I told you before, I'll tell you again, me [G#m] father and mother [F#m] were [B] both Kerry men with your [G#m] Kerry-a-ya-fald [A]-al-da-ral-da
[B] Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da-ral-day
[E] _ _ Now the first thing they gave me they called it a gun [F#] and under the trigger I [B] nuzzled me thumb
[E] The [G#m] gun it's fire and vomit it's smoke and it gave a great leap in me shoulder [B] me broke with your Kerry-a [C#m]-ya-fald-al-da [A]-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da-ral-day
[E] _ Now the first place they took [B] me it was down by [E] the [F#] sea on board a great warship bound for the [B] Crimea
_ [E] Three sticks in the middle all hung with great sheets sure she walked on [G#m] the water without [B] any feet [E] with your Kerry-a-ya [G#m]-fald-al-da-ral-da
[B] Kerry-a-ya-fald [E]-al-da-ral [B]-day
[E] _ _ We reached by the clover [B] all safe and all sound [F#] and when tired and weary we lay [B] on the ground
[E] At morning the daybreak the bugler did call and they served us a [G#m] breakfast of [B] powder and bald
With your [G#] Kerry-a-ya [C#m]-fald-al-da-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al [E]-da-ral-day
_ So we put them at [B] arm all likewise in their man [F#] but the Russians they foiled us all [B] on the red and
While [E] scaling the ramparts we self lost an eye and the great [G#m] Russian bullet ran away [B] with me thigh
With your Kerry-a [C#m]-ya-fald-al-da-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da [E]-ral-day
_ _ Then the surgeon comes [B] up and he soon stops the blood [F#] and he gave me an elegant [B] leg made of wood
[E] And he gave me a pension of ten pence a day contented with shellac [F#m] I live unhappy [B] with me
With your [G#m] Kerry-a-ya [C#m]-fald-al-da-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al [E]-da-ral-day _ _ _
That is the [B] story that me grandfather [F#] told as he sat by the fire all [B] withered and old
[E] Remember says he that the [G#m] Irish fight well but the Russian artillery's hotter than [E] hell
With your Kerry-a [C#m]-ya-fald-al-da-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da-ral [A]-day
[E] _ _ _ _
_ Well [G#m] says I to myself
What a pity to see
[Em] Such a fine Kerry [F#] lad footin' turf in [B] Tralee
_ [D#] with your [G#] Kerry-a-ya [A]-fald-al-da-ral-da
[B] Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da [E]-ral-day
_ _ _ So I puttered me brogs and shook hands with me [F#] spade, dashed off to the fair like a gallant [B] young lad
The [G#m] sergeant comes [E] up, says will you enlist?
Sure sergeant says I [F#m] stick the bomb in me fist [E] with your Kerry-a-ya [A]-fald-al-da-ral-da
[B] Kerry-a-ya-fald [E]-al-da-ral-day
_ _ There up comes the captain [B] and a man of great fame, [F#] straightway he asks me my [B] country and name
[E] Well I told you before, I'll tell you again, me [G#m] father and mother [F#m] were [B] both Kerry men with your [G#m] Kerry-a-ya-fald [A]-al-da-ral-da
[B] Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da-ral-day
[E] _ _ Now the first thing they gave me they called it a gun [F#] and under the trigger I [B] nuzzled me thumb
[E] The [G#m] gun it's fire and vomit it's smoke and it gave a great leap in me shoulder [B] me broke with your Kerry-a [C#m]-ya-fald-al-da [A]-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da-ral-day
[E] _ Now the first place they took [B] me it was down by [E] the [F#] sea on board a great warship bound for the [B] Crimea
_ [E] Three sticks in the middle all hung with great sheets sure she walked on [G#m] the water without [B] any feet [E] with your Kerry-a-ya [G#m]-fald-al-da-ral-da
[B] Kerry-a-ya-fald [E]-al-da-ral [B]-day
[E] _ _ We reached by the clover [B] all safe and all sound [F#] and when tired and weary we lay [B] on the ground
[E] At morning the daybreak the bugler did call and they served us a [G#m] breakfast of [B] powder and bald
With your [G#] Kerry-a-ya [C#m]-fald-al-da-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al [E]-da-ral-day
_ So we put them at [B] arm all likewise in their man [F#] but the Russians they foiled us all [B] on the red and
While [E] scaling the ramparts we self lost an eye and the great [G#m] Russian bullet ran away [B] with me thigh
With your Kerry-a [C#m]-ya-fald-al-da-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da [E]-ral-day
_ _ Then the surgeon comes [B] up and he soon stops the blood [F#] and he gave me an elegant [B] leg made of wood
[E] And he gave me a pension of ten pence a day contented with shellac [F#m] I live unhappy [B] with me
With your [G#m] Kerry-a-ya [C#m]-fald-al-da-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al [E]-da-ral-day _ _ _
That is the [B] story that me grandfather [F#] told as he sat by the fire all [B] withered and old
[E] Remember says he that the [G#m] Irish fight well but the Russian artillery's hotter than [E] hell
With your Kerry-a [C#m]-ya-fald-al-da-ral [B]-da
Kerry-a-ya-fald-al-da-ral [A]-day
[E] _ _ _ _