{"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":2512893,"song":"Finnegans Wake","artist":"The Wolfe Tones","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11510598-finnegans-wake-chords-by-the-wolfe-tones/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2512893?type=chord","rating":4.82175,"votes":9,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTim Finnegan lived in Walkin Street, a gentle Irishman mighty odd[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe had a brogue so rich and sweet, an' to rise in the world he carried a hod[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAn' you see he'd a sort of a tippelen way with the love of the liquor Tim was born[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAn' to help him on his way each day, he'd a drop of the craythur every morn[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhack fol the dah now dance to yer partner around the flure yer trotters shake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWasn't it the truth I told you? Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne morning Tim felt rather full, his a-head felt heavy and it made him shake[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell he fell from the ladder and he broke his skull, an' they carried him home his corpse to wake[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey rolled him up in a nice clean sheet, they laid him out upon the bed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith a bottle of porter at his feet and a bottle of whiskey at his head[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhack fol the dah now dance to yer partner around the flure yer trotters shake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWasn't it the truth I told you? Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis friends assembled at the wake, an' Mrs Finnegan called for lunch (c'mon Brady bring in the tay)[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell first they brought in tea and cakes, then the pipes, tobacco and whiskey punch[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen the widow Maloney began to cry, \"Such a nice clean corpse, did you ever see,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nara Tim avourneen, why did you die?\", \"Will ye hould your gob?\" said Muddy McGee[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhack fol the dah now dance to yer partner around the flure yer trotters shake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWasn't it the truth I told you? Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen the widow Maloney took up the job, alas says \"Biddy, you're wrong, I'm sure\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAn' Biddy gave her a belt in the gob and left her sprawling on the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell the civil war did soon engage, t'was woman to woman an' man to man[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShillelagh law was all the rage and a row and a ruction soon began[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhack fol the dah now dance to yer partner around the flure yer trotters shake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWasn't it the truth I told you? Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen Tim Maloney ducked his head when a bottle of whiskey flew at him[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe ducked an' landed on the bed, the whiskey scattered over Tim[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAn' Tim revives, an' see how he rises, Tim Finnegan rising from the bed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSays \"Whittle your whiskey 'round like blazes, t'underin' Jaysus, do ye think I'm dead?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhack fol the dah now dance to yer partner around the flure yer trotters shake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWasn't it the truth I told you? Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhack fol the dah now dance to yer partner around the flure yer trotters shake[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWasn't it the truth I told you? Lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","Am","F","G"],"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]},"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]}}}