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Nobody Loves Like An Irishman chords by Lonnie Donegan

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Chord diagramD MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:


   Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramD MajorD


Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramD MajorD
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum.
Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramD MajorD
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum.
Verse 1:
       Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramG+G
Hey! Chord diagramA augmentedA turbaned Turk who scorns the world,
Chord diagramA augmentedA                        Chord diagramD MajorD
may strut about with his whiskers curled,
       Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramG+G
keep a hundred wives under lock and key,
       Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramD MajorD
for nobody else but himself to see. Yet…

Chorus:

Chord diagramE minorEm
Long may he pray with his Al Koran,
  Chord diagramA augmentedA                        Chord diagramD MajorD
before he can love like an Irishman.
Chord diagramE minorEm
Long may he pray with his Al Koran,
  Chord diagramA augmentedA                        Chord diagramD MajorD
before he can love like an Irishman


Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramA augmentedA      Chord diagramD MajorD
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum


Verse 2:

    Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramG+G
The gay monsieur, a slave no more,
    Chord diagramA augmentedA                  Chord diagramD MajorD
the solemn Don and the shocked Senor,
    Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramG+G
the Dutch Mynheer, so full of pride,
    Chord diagramA augmentedA                  Chord diagramD MajorD
the Russian, Prussian, Swede beside.
Chorus:

     Chord diagramE minorEm
They all may do whatever they can,
         Chord diagramA augmentedA                         Chord diagramD MajorD
but they never, never love like an Irishman.
     Chord diagramE minorEm
They all may do whatever they can,
         Chord diagramA augmentedA                         Chord diagramD MajorD
but they never, never love like an Irishman.


Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramD MajorD
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum


Verse 3:

         Chord diagramD MajorD                Chord diagramG+G
Now, the London folks themselves beguile,
    Chord diagramA augmentedA                      Chord diagramD MajorD
and think they please in a capital style.
    Chord diagramD MajorD                    Chord diagramG+G
But let them ask as they cross the street
   Chord diagramA augmentedA                        Chord diagramD MajorD
of any young girl that they happen to meet. And …


Chorus:

  Chord diagramE minorEm
I know she'll say from behind her fan,
 Chord diagramA augmentedA                    Chord diagramD MajorD
“Nobody loves like an Irishman.”
  Chord diagramE minorEm
I know she'll say from behind her fan,
 Chord diagramA augmentedA                    Chord diagramD MajorD
“Nobody loves like an Irishman.”


Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramD MajorD
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum.


Break:

 Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramD MajorD

 Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramD MajorD


Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramD MajorD
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum


Verse 4:

     Chord diagramD MajorD                         Chord diagramE minorEm
So I want you to know just how much I care,
        Chord diagramA augmentedA                    Chord diagramD MajorD
and the rest of my life with you I'd share.
  Chord diagramD MajorD                    Chord diagramE minorEm
I love your face, your hair, your smile,
     Chord diagramA augmentedA                               Chord diagramD MajorD
it's just as sure as I come from the Emerald Isle


Chorus:

   Chord diagramE minorEm
It must be clear to your lovely eye,
   Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramD MajorD
no boy will love you better than I.
   Chord diagramE minorEm
It must be clear to your lovely eye,
   Chord diagramA augmentedA                 Chord diagramD MajorD
no boy will love you better than I.


Outro:

Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramD MajorD
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum
Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramD MajorD
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum
Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramD MajorD
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum
Chord diagramD MajorD         Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramD MajorD
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum

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