The Auld Triangle chords by Alan Burke

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

VERSE 1:
 G+G G/C G+G      C majorC    G+G
A augmentedA hungry feeling Came o'er me stealing
    C majorC        G+G            D MajorD D7D7
And the mice, they were squealing in my prison cell
    G+G   G/C G+G    C majorC   G+G
And the Auld Triangle went jingle-jangle
  C majorC     G+G      D MajorD   G+G  G/C  G+G  G/C
All along the banks of the Royal Canal


VERSE 2:
  G+G   G/C G+G     C majorC     G+G
To begin the morning the screw was bawling
   C majorC        G+G        D MajorD     D7D7
"Get up, get up, get bowzy! And clean out your cell!"
    G+G   G/C G+G    C majorC   G+G
And the Auld Triangle went jingle-jangle
  C majorC     G+G      D MajorD   G+G  G/C  G+G  G/C
All along the banks of the Royal Canal

VERSE 3:
     G+G  G/C G+G        C majorC     G+G
Well, the boys are sleeping - Humpy Gussy he's creeping
   C majorC      G+G       D MajorD    D7D7
While I lay there weeping - for my girl Sal
    G+G   G/C G+G    C majorC   G+G
And the Auld Triangle went jingle-jangle
  C majorC     G+G      D MajorD   G+G  G/C  G+G  G/C
All along the banks of the Royal Canal


VERSE 4:
  G+G   G/C  G+G     C majorC     G+G
My mother hates me, Oh my father he baits me
  C majorC     G+G        D MajorD     D7D7
Oft times he berates me for my chosen life
    G+G   G/C G+G    C majorC   G+G
And the Auld Triangle went jingle-jangle
  C majorC     G+G      D MajorD   G+G  G/C  G+G  G/C
All along the banks of the Royal Canal


VERSE 5:
     G+G G/C G+G        C majorC      G+G
Up in the female prison There are seventy-five women
     C majorC       G+G        D MajorD       D7D7
And it's there amongst them all, that I wish I could dwell
    G+G   G/C G+G    C majorC   G+G
Then the Auld Triangle could go jingle-jangle
  C majorC     G+G      D MajorD   G+G  G/C  G+G  G/C
All along the banks of the Royal Canal

OUTRO:
     G+G  G/C G+G      C majorC   G+G
Then the Auld Triangle could go jingle-jangle
  C majorC     G+G      D MajorD   G+G  G/C  G+G
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
  C majorC     G+G      D MajorD   G+G  G/C  G+G
All along the banks of the Royal Canal
  C majorC     G+G      D MajorD   G+G  G/C  G+G
All along the banks of the Royal Canal