{"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":2833939,"song":"Portlaoise Jail","artist":"Pecker Dunne","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11642525-portlaoise-jail-chords-by-pecker-dunne/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2833939?type=chord","rating":4.405,"votes":12,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFor thirty years I've been a tinker[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI've tramped the mountains and the glen[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI've courted girls in every county[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I fought the very best of men[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI drank an awful lot of porter[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI've slept in sun and snow and gale[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut the life I loved was taken from me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I spent two years in Portlaoise Jail[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPortlaoise Jail would tame a tiger[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTry me boys and do get bail[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere's many a heart that sobs and sighs[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInside the walls of Portlaoise Jail[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI joined a camp outside Killorglin[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe night before they crowned the King[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere was song and dance and plenty porter[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith our wagons formed round in a ring[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTill a foxy lass sat down beside me[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBe dad, says I, I'm alright here[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut her husband roared and leapt between us[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he knocked me down with a kick in the ear[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI hit him hard below the navel[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe hit the ground with a mighty wail[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHis neck was broke, he died in seconds[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I spent puck fail in Portlaoise Jail[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPortlaoise Jail would tame a tiger[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTry me boys and do get bail[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere's many a heart that sobs and sighs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nInside the walls of Portlaoise Jail[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","Dm","Am","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]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}