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Darby Oleary Chords by The Dubliners

Darby Oleary chords by The Dubliners

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
Am            C      F
One evening of late as I happened to stray,
    C         G
to the county Tipperary I straight took my way,
  Am          C      F
to dig for potatoes and work by the day,
   C       G    Am
for a farmer called Darby O'Leary.

Verse 2:
Am             C
I asked him how far we were bound for to go,
  F           G
the night being dark and a cold wind did blow,
   Am           C      F
I was hungry and tired and me spirits were low,
   C      G      Am
for I got neither whiskey nor water.
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Verse 3:
Am           C      F
The dirty old miser he mounted his steed,
    C           G
to the Galbally Mountains he rode in great speed,
 Am           C       F
I followed behind 'til my poor feet did bleed,
    C        G       Am
when we stopped when his old horse was weary.

Verse 4:
Am              C
When we came to his cottage I entered it first,
  F            G
it seemed like a kennel or ruined old church,
   Am         C      F
says aye to myself I am left in the lurch,
    C      G    Am
in the house of old Darby O'Leary.

Verse 5:
Am           C     F
I well recollect it was Michalmass night,
   C           G
to a hearty good supper he did me invite,
 Am            C        F
a cup of sour milk that was more green than white,
    C      G    Am
and it gave me the trotting disorder.

Verse 6:
Am             C
The wet old potatoes would poison the cats,
    F             G
and the barn where me bed was, was swarming with rats,
  Am               C       F
the fleas would have frightened the fearless Saint Pat,
  C      G        Am
who banished the snakes o'er the border.

Verse 7:
Am             C      F
He worked me by day and he worked me by night,
     C           G
while he held an old candle to give me some light,
 Am            C     F
I wished his potatoes would die of the blight,
   C       G      Am
or himself would go off with the fairies.

Verse 8:
Am             C
't Was on this old miser I looked with a frown,
     F              G
when the straw was brought in for to make my shakedown,
   Am             C      F
and I wished that I'd never seen him nor his town,
    C    G    Am
nor the sky over Darby O'Leary.

Verse 9:
Am             C      F
I worked in Kilconnel, I've worked in Kilmore,
   C            G
I've worked in Knockranny and Shanballymore,
  Am       C    F
and Kalisanaker and Sollahed Moore,
   C     G     Am
with farmers so decent and cheery.

Verse 10:
Am              C
I've worked in Tipperary, the Rag in Ross Green,
    F            G
at the mount of Killfegal, the Bridge of Orleans,
   Am         C     F
such woeful starvation I never yet seen,
   C      G    Am
as I got from old Darby O'Leary.

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