{"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":1936901,"song":"Oraffertys Motor Car","artist":"Val Doonican","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11433147-oraffertys-motor-car-chords-by-val-doonican/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1936901?type=chord","rating":4.87836,"votes":6,"content":"Capo 2nd fret\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow Denny O'Rafferty's motor car is the greatest I declare[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]A7[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's made up of bits and pieces that he picked up here and there[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe engine must be ages old but it's still got lots of power[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a gallon of stout in the petrol tank it does ninety miles an hour[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, what a wonderful motor car; it's the greatest ever seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt used to be black as me father's hat, now it's forty shades of green[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn TV and the radio and in every public bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe burning question of the day is Rafferty's motor car[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow two of the wheels are triangular and the third one's off a pram[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]A7[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe fourth is the last remaining wheel from off a Dublin tram[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe number plate's in Gaelic and the plugs won't even spark[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the chassis came off of a tinkers' cart that collapsed in Phoenix Park[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow go for a ride in the motor car and you'll end up with the shakes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe road from Cork to Dublin is a vale of pains and aches[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen traffic lights turn red ahead you'd best jump out the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the moment that Denny treads on the brakes his foot'll go through the floor[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, what a wonderful motor car; it's the greatest ever seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt used to be black as me father's hat, now it's forty shades of green[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn TV and the radio and in every public bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe burning question of the day is Rafferty's motor car[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow if you could see the upholstery your eyes would start to pop[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt's nothing but empty beer crates with a load of sacks on top[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]C#m[/ch]                          [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe windscreen's gone to Lord knows where and there's mothballs in the horn[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I reckon he'd only get half a quid if he took it to the pawn[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNow Denny was driving around last week when the engine did the splits[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]B7[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt went up in smoke and nearly blew O'Connell Street in bits[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]C#m[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThey searched around for Denny and found he'd landed up by heck[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAway up on top of the GPO with his L plates round his neck[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh, what a wonderful motor car; it's the greatest ever seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]B7[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt used to be black as me father's hat, now it's forty shades of green[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOn TV and the radio and in every public bar[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe burning question of the day is Rafferty's motor......[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 2nd fret\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","D","A7","Bm","Am","A","E","B7","C#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}