The Jarvey Was A Leprechaun chords by Val Doonican

Chords with lyrics

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

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A augmentedA half a dozen tourists stood outside the
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Lim'rick bar,
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And thought they'd like to take a trip by
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Irish jaunting car,
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They jumped up on the side seats and it
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started down the street,
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But they never saw the character upon the
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driver's seat.

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The Jarvey was a leprechaun and had some
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magic power,
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He toured them thro' the Em'rald Isle at a
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thousand miles an hour,
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A augmentedA phantom horse was in the shafts and no one
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was surprised,
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For the Jarvey was a leprechaun and he had
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them hypnotised.

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He showed them Connemara on the way to
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Ireland's eye,
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They heard him say that Galway Bay was
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frozen in July,
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He had them kiss the Blarney Stone on
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Ballybunion Strand,
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And a football team from Donegal was
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Macnamara's band.

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Now The Jarvey was a leprechaun and really
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took them round,
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They went thro'' Tipperary town at twice the
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speed of sound,
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He told them it was Mullingar when passing
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by Clonmel,
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For the Jarvey was a leprechaun and the
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truth he couldn't tell!

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He told them it was Cromwell lost the battle
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of Clontarf
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He said the famous Finn Mac'coul was nothing
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but a dwarf,
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He swore the Giant's Causeway had been built
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in the Phoenix Park,
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And it was in Killarney's lakes that Noah
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built the ark!

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The Jarvey was a leprechaun and did the trip
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so fast,
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Although the horse had spouted wings the
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pace just couldn't last,
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He drove them up the airy mountain, down the
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rushy glen,
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And the Jarvey and the passengers were never
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seen again.