{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1038681,"song":"John Oreilly","artist":"Charlie Robison","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11229239-john-oreilly-chords-by-charlie-robison/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1038681?type=chord","rating":4.68812,"votes":59,"content":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nTuning: Standard\r\n\r\nCapo II (Relative to capo)\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy name is John O'Reilly and my father worked the fields[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the hills of old Kilarny where I helped him turn the wheels[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy arms grew hard as iron for a boy of 17[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I used my fists for gambling on those wet Kilarny streets[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell the ship left for America and I took my pack aboard[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]            \r\nSaid goodbye to my dear Ireland said a prayer to my dear lord[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I fought those sorry guineas in the kitchen they called hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell I fought them for their dollar and those guineas paid me well[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nFair the well fair Dover[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFair the well your seasons turn[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor my pockets will be jingling on the day of my return the day of my return[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell I fought in New York City and I fought the Jersey shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy gut stayed full of whiskey and my bed stayed full of whores[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell they called my right a cannonball and my left they called the same[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I left them all lyin' half in blood and half in shame[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell I met a man on 32 and he stuck out his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd he offered me a thousand if I'd fall before his man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell I said it could be done but only for another two[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he smiled at me and nodded as I stuck it in my shoe[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nFair the well fair dover[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFair the well your seasons turn[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor my pockets will be jingling on the day of my return the day of my return[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell they rang the bell two times before I let him have my nose[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I let him work my left until my eye was swollen closed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen I let loose a right that they still talk about today[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor that guinea didn't know that I had bet the other way[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey covered every dock and every port there on the coast[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLooking for the double crosser who had turned into a ghost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I was on a train my friend that rode the other way[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll sail from California back to Dublin one fine day[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus: x2\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nFair the well fair Dover[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFair the well your seasons turn[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFor my pockets will be jingling on the day of my return the day of my return[/tab]","plain_text":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nTuning: Standard\n\nCapo II (Relative to capo)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus: x2","chords":["D","G","A","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}