Whiskey In The Jar chords by The Drunken Poachers

Chords with lyrics

Misc Traditional Australian Folk Ballad version of Whiskey in the jar
from the 1860's. Featured in the Movie "The Lengend of Ben Hall"

Intro:
G+G

Verse 1:
G+G              E minorEm
As I was a-crossin' over the Abercrombie Mountain,
 C majorC                  G+G
I met Sir Frederick Pottinger, and his money he was countin'.
G+G               E minorEm
I then produced my pistole to acquaint him of his danger,
     C majorC              G+G
Sayin', "Stand and deliver-oh! for I am a bold bushranger."

Chorus:
D MajorD
 With a ma shar-ring-ah-da
G+G          C majorC
 Ri too ra laddy oh,  Ri too ra laddy oh,
    G+G    D MajorD   G+G
There's whiskey in the jar

Verse 2:
G+G                   E minorEm
Now it's early the next morning about six o'clock or seven,
      C majorC             G+G
there where troopers all around me in numbers of odd and even,
G+G                   E minorEm
Y'see Jenny had got me charges and she dampened them with water
    C majorC             G+G
Oh the devil take her mother, for rearing such a daughter!

Chorus:
D MajorD
 With a ma shar-ring-ah-da
G+G          C majorC
 Ri too ra laddy oh,  Ri too ra laddy oh,
    G+G    D MajorD   G+G
There's whiskey in the jar

Verse 3:
G+G                      E minorEm
So they sent me off to Bathurst Gaol Without, no judge or writin',
    C majorC             G+G
For the robbin' of Sir Fred on the Abercrombie Mountain,
G+G                     E minorEm
But they didn't take my fist from me and I knocked out all the sentries!
   C majorC            G+G
So I bid fond farewell to Sir Fred and all his Gentry!

Chorus:
D MajorD
 With a ma shar-ring-ah-da
G+G          C majorC
 Ri too ra laddy oh,  Ri too ra laddy oh,
    G+G    D MajorD   G+G
There's whiskey in the jar...hey!