{"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":80213,"song":"The Limerick Rake","artist":"The Pogues","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/80213-the-limerick-rake-chords-by-the-pogues/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/80213?type=chord","rating":4.48713,"votes":8,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI am a young fellow that's easy and bold,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIn Castletown Corners I'm very well known;[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIn Newcastle West I spent many a note[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith Kitty and Jenny and Mary.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMy parents rebuked me for being such a rake[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd spending my time in such frolicsome ways,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut I ne've could forget the good nature of Jane,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAgus fagaimid siud mar ata se.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere's some say I'm foolish, there's more say I'm wise,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor love of the women I'm sure 'tis no crime;[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFor the son of King David had ten thousand wives[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd his wisdom is highly regarded.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIf I chance for to go to the town of Rathkeel,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe girls all around me do flock on the square,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSome give me a bottle and others sweetcakes,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo treat me unknown to their parents,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThere's one from Askeaton and one from the Pyke,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd another from Ardour, my heart was beguiled,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd being from the mountains, her stockings were white,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAgus fagaimid siud mar ata se.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nJohn Damer of Shronel had plenty of gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd Devonshire's treasure was twenty times more,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nBut he's laid on his back among nettles and stones,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAgus fagaimid siud mar ata se.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd when I'm on my back and I'm laid to rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe women will crowd for to cry at my wake,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd their sons and their daughters will utter their prayers[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTo the Lord for the sake of their father.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n(Note-- the Gaelic is pronouced \"ah-gus fy-a-mid shoe-ed morr a-taw shay\"\r\n        and means \"and we'll say no more about it.\"","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Note-- the Gaelic is pronouced \"ah-gus fy-a-mid shoe-ed morr a-taw shay\"\n        and means \"and we'll say no more about it.\"","chords":["Dm","C","Am"],"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]}}}