Chords for Spancill Hill - The Dubliners

Tempo:
164.45 bpm
Chords used:

C

G

Dm

Am

Cm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Spancill Hill - The Dubliners chords
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[Dm] .
[C] .
[G] [C] [Dm] .
Last night as I [C] lay dreaming Of pleasant [G] [C] days [Dm] gone by.
Me mind been bent on rambling [G] [C] To iron [G]-tided flight.
[C] I [Dm] stepped on board a vision [C] And I followed [G] with the will.
[C] [Dm] Till next I [Am] came [C] to anchor at The cross [G] in Spansol [Dm] .
Hill.
It been on the twenty [C]-third of June The day [G] before [Dm] the fair .
When Ireland's sons and daughters [G] [C] And friends [G] assembled [C] there.
The [Dm] young, the old, the brave and the bold [G] Came [C] their duty to [G] fulfil .
[C] At [Dm] the parish church [C] in Clooney A mile [G] from [Dm] Spansol Hill .
I went to see [C] me neighbours To see [G].
what they [Dm] might say .
The old ones were all dead and gone [G] [C] The young ones [G] tarn and grey.
[C] .
But [Dm] I met the tailor Quigley [C] He's as bold as [G] ever still.
[C] .
[Dm] He used to [C] make me britches When I [G] lived in [Dm] Spansol Hill .
[Cm] [Dm] I [C] .
[G] [C] [Dm] .
[Bm] [C] .
[G] [C] .
[Dm] .
[D] [C] .
[G] [C] .
[Dm] [C] .
[G] [Dm] .
paid a blind [C].
visit To my [G] first and only [Dm] love .
She's as white as [C] any [Dm] lily [G] [C] .
Gentle [G] as a dove.
[C].
And [Dm] she threw her arms around me [G] Saying, [C].
Johnny, I [G] love you still.
[C] As [Dm] she's now the [C] farmer's daughter And the pride [G] of Spansol [Dm] .
Hill .
I tempt, I held [C] and kissed her As in [G] the days [Dm] of yore.
Ah, Johnny, you're only joking [G] [C] As many as the [G] time before.
[C] Then [Dm] the cock he crew in the morning [C] He crew both [G] loud and [C] shrill.
By [Dm] a oak in [C] California Many miles [G] from [Dm] Spansol Hill.
[C] [G] .
[Am] [Dm] .
Key:  
C
3211
G
2131
Dm
2311
Am
2311
Cm
13421113
C
3211
G
2131
Dm
2311
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Let's start jamming The Dubliners - Spancil Hill chords, practice the chord sequence Dm, G, Dm, C, Dm, C, G and C. Set your pace at 82 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 164. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: C Major.

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_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ .
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ Last night as I [C] lay dreaming _ _ Of pleasant [G] _ [C] days [Dm] gone _ _ by.
Me mind been bent on _ _ rambling [G] [C] To _ iron _ [G]-tided flight.
[C] _ _ I [Dm] stepped on board a vision _ _ [C] And I followed _ _ [G] with the will.
[C] _ _ _ [Dm] Till next I [Am] came [C] to _ anchor at The cross [G] in _ Spansol [Dm] _ .
Hill.
_ _ _ It _ _ been on the _ twenty [C]-third of June The day [G] _ before [Dm] the fair _ .
_ _ When _ Ireland's sons and _ daughters _ [G] [C] And friends _ _ [G] assembled [C] there.
_ The [Dm] _ young, the old, the brave and the bold [G] Came [C] their duty _ to [G] _ fulfil _ .
[C] _ At [Dm] the parish church [C] in Clooney _ _ A mile [G] from _ [Dm] Spansol Hill _ .
_ I _ _ _ _ _ _ went to see [C] me neighbours _ _ To see [G].
what they [Dm] might say _ .
The _ old ones were all dead and gone [G] [C] The young ones [G] tarn and grey.
[C] _ .
But [Dm] I met the tailor _ Quigley _ [C] He's as bold as [G] _ ever still.
[C] _ .
_ [Dm] He used to [C] make me britches _ When I _ [G] lived in _ [Dm] Spansol Hill _ .
_ [Cm] [Dm] I _ _ _ _ [C] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ .
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ .
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _ .
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ .
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ paid a blind [C].
visit _ _ To my [G] first and _ only [Dm] love _ _ .
She's as white as [C] any [Dm] _ _ _ lily [G] _ [C] _ .
Gentle _ _ [G] as a dove.
[C].
And [Dm] she threw her arms around me _ [G] Saying, [C].
Johnny, I [G] love you still.
[C] _ As [Dm] she's now the _ [C] farmer's daughter _ _ And the pride [G] of _ Spansol [Dm] _ .
Hill _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ I tempt, I held [C] and kissed her _ _ As in [G] the days [Dm] of _ _ _ yore.
Ah, Johnny, _ you're only _ _ joking [G] [C] As many as the [G] time _ before.
_ [C] Then [Dm] the cock he crew in the _ morning _ [C] He crew both [G] loud and _ [C] shrill.
By [Dm] a oak in _ [C] _ _ _ California _ Many miles [G] from _ _ [Dm] Spansol Hill.
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ .
_ [Am] _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

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The 20 Original Greatest Hits Volume 2 album includes this song.

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