Sweet Portadown chords by Daoiri Farrell

Chords with lyrics

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

[Intro}
DmDm  C majorC  Bb majorBb  A minorAm  (2x)

Verse 1:
  DmDm     C majorC      Bb majorBb     A minorAm
As I went out walking one morning in June
 Bb majorBb      Am7Am7      Bb majorBb      C majorC
I spied a fair damsel in the sweet summer bloom
  DmDm        A minorAm      Bb majorBb      A minorAm
Her cheeks they were rosy and her hair it fell down
    G minorGm      A minorAm       Bb majorBb    DmDm
And she came from the Blackwater near sweet Portadown

Verse 2:
 DmDm     C majorC       Bb majorBb     A minorAm
I stood in amazement as the breezes did blow
    G+G      A minorAm      Bb majorBb      C majorC
And the blood like a river through my veins did flow
    DmDm       A minorAm       Bb majorBb    A minorAm
Well I thought her the fairest in all Ireland around
   G minorGm    A minorAm      Bb majorBb     DmDm
That morning I met her near sweet Portadown

Verse 3:
 DmDm      C majorC     Bb majorBb       A minorAm
I says, "my wee lassie, I don’t know your name?"
  DmDm     C majorC       Bb majorBb      C majorC
And quickly she answered, "I’m afflicted the same"
    G+G        A minorAm     Bb majorBb      A minorAm
Well I said, "mine's O’Connor, but first Pat putdown (??)"
    G+G       A minorAm       Bb majorBb     DmDm
And she says, "mine's O’Driscoll from beside Portadown"

Verse 4:
 DmDm       A minorAm    Bb majorBb      A minorAm
I excused myself kindly, I said "if you please
    DmDm     A minorAm      Bb majorBb     C majorC
We will both take a ramble by the Blackwater breeze"
     DmDm       C majorC        Bb majorBb    A minorAm
Well she said, "you are kind sir, but I can’t go today
      G minorGm       A minorAm       Bb majorBb    DmDm
For I’m in search of young lambs that have strayed away"

Verse 5:
 DmDm         A minorAm   Bb majorBb       A minorAm
I said, "I'll go with you, in search of your flock"
    DmDm     A minorAm      Bb majorBb     C majorC
As the sun it did dazzle on her sweet amber locks
    G minorGm         A minorAm     Bb majorBb      A minorAm
Well we searched the whole day as the sun was going down
    G+G     A minorAm        Bb majorBb     DmDm
And at length we located them near sweet Portadown

Verse 6:
   DmDm      A minorAm        Bb majorBb     A minorAm
As we journeyed on homewards, we sat down for to rest
   G minorGm        A minorAm       Bb majorBb     C majorC
As we watched the rock thrushes on the Blackwaters crest
    G minorGm     A minorAm          Bb majorBb    A minorAm
Well I told her I loved her, and would she be my bride?
    G+G        A minorAm      Bb majorBb     DmDm
And we both would live happy by the Black-waterside

Verse 7:
  DmDm       A minorAm        Bb majorBb    A minorAm
She says, "you are kind sir, but you must me excuse
   DmDm    A minorAm      G+G     C majorC
For I am a poor girl and you must be refused
    DmDm     A minorAm     Bb majorBb     A minorAm
I work hard for my living, the whole year around
  G minorGm       A minorAm     Bb majorBb     DmDm
And besides I would never leave sweet Portadown"

Verse 8:
    DmDm  A minorAm          Bb majorBb      A minorAm
I would never expect you leave the land of your birth
   G minorGm      A minorAm      G+G      C majorC
For I think it the grandest and fairest on earth
  DmDm    A minorAm       Bb majorBb     A minorAm
But if you’ll consent for to be my fond bride
  G minorGm       A minorAm      Bb majorBb     DmDm
We both would live happy by the Black-waterside

Verse 9:
 DmDm      A minorAm      Bb majorBb     A minorAm
We went to her parents, they considered awhile
  G minorGm      A minorAm    Bb majorBb       C majorC
Her mother looked on me and said she with a smile
  G+G    A minorAm     Bb majorBb      A minorAm
"If Flora consents, sure we’ll consent too"
  G minorGm     A minorAm     Bb majorBb   DmDm
And married we were on the 18th of June

Verse 10:
    DmDm      A minorAm    Bb majorBb    A minorAm
So come all ye young maidens, assemble tonight
  G minorGm     A minorAm        Bb majorBb       C majorC
And marry your first love, even though at first sight
   G minorGm    A minorAm    Bb majorBb    A minorAm
Don’t marry for riches or fame or renown
  G minorGm      A minorAm    Bb majorBb     DmDm
For we're living happy in sweet Portadown