{"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":1860442,"song":"The Irish Rover","artist":"Liam Clancy","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11414140-the-irish-rover-chords-by-liam-clancy/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1860442?type=chord","rating":4.82123,"votes":13,"content":"Liam Clancy - The Irish Rover\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1:]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nIn the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and six [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch] \r\nWe set sail from the Cobh quay of Cork [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nWe were sailing away with a cargo of bricks [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the grand city hall in New York[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch] \r\nTwas an elegant craft, she was rigged fore and aft [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd how the trade winds drove her [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe had twenty-three masts and she stood several blasts [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nAnd they called her the Irish Ro-ver[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2:]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nWe had one million bags of the best Sligo rags[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch] \r\nWe had two million barrels of stones[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nWe had three million sides of old blind horses hides[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe had four million barrels of bone[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch] \r\nWe had five million hogs, six million dogs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch] \r\nSeven million barrels of porter[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe had eight million bales of old nanny goats tails[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nIn the hold of the Irish Ro-ver[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3:]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nThere was Barney McGee from the banks of the Lee[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThere was Hogan from County Tyrone[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nThere was Johnny McGuirk who was scared stiff of work[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a chap from Westmeath named Malone[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThere was Slugger O'Toole who was drunk as a rule[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd fighting Bill Tracy from Dover[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd your man Mick McCann from the banks of the Bann[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nWas the skipper of the Irish Ro-ver[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4:]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nWe had sailed seven years when the measles broke out [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd our ship lost it's way in the fog[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nThen the whole of the crew was reduced down to two [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust myself and the captain’s old dog[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThe ship struck a rock, oh Lord what a shock [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch] \r\nAnd nearly tumbled over[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt turned nine times around and the poor dog was drowned [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nI'm the last of the Irish Ro-ver[/tab]","plain_text":"Liam Clancy - The Irish Rover\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 1:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3:]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 4:]","chords":["G","C","D","Em","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}