{"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":1958371,"song":"The Rake","artist":"The Irish Rovers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11437935-the-rake-chords-by-the-irish-rovers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1958371?type=chord","rating":4.97128,"votes":13,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI am a young fellow from the County Tyrone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the town of Strabane sure I'm very well known,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor down to the alehouse I'm frequently goin',[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith Kitty and Ginny and Mary.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy father rebuked me for being such a rake,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd for spending me money on whiskey and cakes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut the lassies are sweet and it's all for their sakes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd it keeps me lighthearted and merry.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will court all the lassies or at least I will try,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll never conform 'til the day that I die,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAgus fagaimid suid mar atá sé[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIf I chance for to wander on down to the fair,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll the lassies all around me do flock on the square,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll pull out me fiddle and play an auld air,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd soon we're all off on the spree.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's Peggy and Jane from the banks of Loch Nee,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's Kitty and Molly down Dungannon Way,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd there's another one from Cookstown who makes me head sway,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSuch a fuss they all make over me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will court all the lassies or at least I will try,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll never conform 'til the day that I die,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAgus fagaimid suid mar atá sé[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo quarrel for riches I ne'er was inclined,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the greatest of misers must leave them behind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo me money I spend with no thought in me mind,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut to kick up our heels and carouse.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor the rich never spend any gold of their own,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSure they hold it away like a dog and it's bone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut they end on their back among nettles and stones,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I hear there're no pockets in shrouds.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will court all the lassies or at least I will try,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll never conform 'til the day that I die,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAgus fagaimid suid mar atá sé[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow some say I'm foolish and some say I'm wise,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor loving the women and the whiskey likewise,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut the son of King David had ten hundred wives,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd his wisdom was highly regarded![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo I'll call for the lassies and ask them to wed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd we'll all be content in the one marriage bed,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhile the rich count their gold we'll count children instead,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd we'll raise them up true and stout-hearted.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll eat when I'm hungry, I'll drink when I'm dry,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI will court all the lassies or at least I will try,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll never conform 'til the day that I die,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAgus fagaimid suid mar atá sé[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAgus fagaimid suid mar atá sé[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm Am C F   C G Em G   Am Am C F   C G Am Am\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\nC G Am\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\nC G Am\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\nAm Am C F   C G Em G   Am Am C F   C G Am Am\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nAm Am C F   C G Em G   Am Am C F   C G Am Am","chords":["Am","C","F","G","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}