The Rake Chords by The Irish Rovers

_ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Dm] _ _
[Bb] I am a [C] young fellow [Dm] from the county Tyrone, [F] In the town of [C] Strabane, [Gm] sure I'm very well
known.
[Dm] For down to the [F] alehouse I'm frequently going,
With Kitty [A] and Judy [Dm] and Mary.
My father [Bb] rebuked [F] me for being such a wreck,
[Dm] After spending [C] my money [Gm] on whisky and cakes.
[Bb] But the lassies [C] are sweet [Dm] and it's all for
their sakes, [F] And it keeps me [A] light [Dm]-hearted and merry. _
I'll eat when [Bb] I'm [F] hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry,
[Dm] I will court [C] all the [G] lassies, or at least I will try,
[Bb] And I'll never [C] conform [Dm] till the day that I die,
[F] Agus foggum [A] is shoot [Dm] marit ashae.
[F] _ _ [C] _ [D] _ _
[Bb] If I chance for [C] to [Dm] wander on down to the fair,
[F] All the lassies [C] all around [G] me do full look on the square,
[Dm] I pull out [C] me [F] fiddle and I play in a hool there,
And sing we're [A] all off [Dm] on the spree.
There's Peggy [Bb] and Jane [F] from the banks of Loughney,
[Dm] There's Kitty [C] and Molly [G] down Dunganan Way, [Bb] And there's another one [C] from [Dm] Cookstown who
makes me head sway, [F] Such a fuss they [A] all [Dm] make over me. _
I'll eat when [Bb] I'm [F] hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry,
[Dm] I will court [C] all the [G] lassies, or at least I will try,
[Bb] And I'll never [C] conform [Dm] till the day that I die,
[F] Agus foggum [A] is shoot [Dm] marit ashae.
[F] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _
[Bb] To quarrel [G] for [Dm] riches I there was [F] inclined,
For the greatest [C] of [Gm] misers must leave them behind,
[Dm] So me money [C] I spend [F] with no thought in my mind,
But to kick up [A] our heels [Dm] and to rouse.
For the rich never [Bb] spend [F] any gold of their
own, [Dm] Sure they hold it [C] away [G] like a dog and its
bone, [Bb] But they end on [C] their backs [Dm] among nettles
and stones, [F] And I hear there's [A] no [Dm] pockets in _ shrouds.
I'll eat when [Bb] I'm [F] hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry,
[Dm] I will court [C] all the [G] lassies, or at least I will try,
[Bb] And I'll never [C] conform [Dm] till the day that I die,
[F] Agus foggum [A] is shoot [D] marit ashae.
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _
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_ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _
[Bb] Now some say [C] I'm [Dm] foolish and some say I'm
[F] wise, For loving [C] the women [G] and the whisky likewise,
[Dm] But the son of [C] King [F] David had ten hundred wives,
And his wisdom [A] was [Dm] highly regarded.
So I'll call [Bb] for the [F] lassies and ask them
to wed, [Dm] And we'll all [C] be content [G] in the one marriage
bed.
[Bb] While the rich count [C] their gold, [Dm] we'll count
children instead, [F] And we'll raise them [A] up true [Dm] and stout-hearted. _
I'll eat when [Bb] I'm [F] hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry,
[Dm] I will court [C] all the [G] lassies, or at least I will try,
[Bb] And I'll never [C] conform [Dm] till the day that I [F] die,
Agus foggum [A] is shoot [D] marit [Bb] ashae.
Agus foggum [A] is shoot [Dm] marit ashae.
[Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [Dm] _ _ _
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