The Auld Triangle chords by Alan Burke

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

VERSE 1:
 G  G/C  G            C       G
A hungry feeling Came o'er me stealing
        C               G                       D  D7
And the mice, they were squealing in my prison cell
        G     G/C  G       C      G
And the Auld Triangle went jingle-jangle
    C         G            D     G    G/C   G   G/C
All along the banks of the Royal Canal


VERSE 2:
   G     G/C  G          C         G
To begin the morning the screw was bawling
     C               G                D         D7
"Get up, get up, get bowzy! And clean out your cell!"
        G     G/C  G       C      G
And the Auld Triangle went jingle-jangle
    C         G            D     G    G/C   G   G/C
All along the banks of the Royal Canal

VERSE 3:
          G    G/C  G               C          G
Well, the boys are sleeping - Humpy Gussy he's creeping
      C           G             D       D7
While I lay there weeping - for my girl Sal
        G     G/C  G       C      G
And the Auld Triangle went jingle-jangle
    C         G            D     G    G/C   G   G/C
All along the banks of the Royal Canal


VERSE 4:
   G      G/C   G         C         G
My mother hates me, Oh my father he baits me
    C          G               D          D7
Oft times he berates me for my chosen life
        G     G/C  G       C      G
And the Auld Triangle went jingle-jangle
    C         G            D     G    G/C   G   G/C
All along the banks of the Royal Canal


VERSE 5:
          G  G/C  G                C           G
Up in the female prison There are seventy-five women
         C             G                D             D7
And it's there amongst them all, that I wish I could dwell
        G     G/C  G       C      G
Then the Auld Triangle could go jingle-jangle
    C         G            D     G    G/C   G   G/C
All along the banks of the Royal Canal

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