Whiskey Fire The Great Fire Of Dublin chords by Enda Reilly
Guitar chords with lyrics
- Capo on 2nd
Key: D Intro: G C D G Em C G Em C D G Chorus: G C D G Fire, Dublin’s Whiskey Fire Em C G That blessed stinkin’ fire Em C D G Dublin’s Whis-key Fi-i-ire!
Verse 1:
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Oh friends of Dublin young and old
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Come round and hear me well
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Of Chamber Street’s great Whiskey Fire
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A soberin’ tale I’ll tell
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When deep within the Liberties
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A fire spread Quickly on the breeze
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It brought the people to their knees
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But not the way That you Would think
Chorus:
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Fire, Dublin’s Whiskey Fire
Em C G
That blessed stinkin’ fire
Em C D G
Dublin’s Whis-key Fi-i-ire!
Verse 2:
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A ragin’ fire lit the Liffey sky
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Making day of night
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Flames reached to the streets below
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Trailing left and right
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A warehouse called Malones it found
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Soon barrels blew high off the ground
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And flaming craters ran around
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The cobblestones and kissed the
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whiskey fire
Chorus:
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Fire, Dublin’s Whiskey Fire
Em C G
That blessed stinkin’ fire
Em C D G
Dublin’s Whis-key Fi-i-ire!
Verse 3:
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For hours the fiery chaos reigned
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Like lava whiskey ran
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The flaming river burned the streets
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Like hell revealed to man
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But folk who like their whiskey hot
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Filled hands and hats and boots and pots
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Imbibed their smoking Balls of Malt
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Shoutin’ Sláinte to the fire!
Chorus:
(big and loud!)
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Fire, Dublin’s Whiskey Fire
Em C G
That blessed stinkin’ fire
Em C D G
Dublin’s Whis-key Fi-i-ire!
Verse 4:
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Then Captain Ingram soon was hailed
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To tame the whiskey fire
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As water on its own had failed
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The blaze now burning higher
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To halt the flaming flow for sure
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He ordered sand and horse manure
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Made the call to build the walls
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And ten Hail Marys to restrain the fire
Chorus:
(quieter, almost spoken the first two lines, then explode)
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Fire, Dublin’s Whiskey Fire
Em C G
That blessed stinkin’ fire
Em C D G
Dublin’s Whis-key Fi-i-ire!
Verse 5:
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Brave men of Dublin Fire Brigade
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To their orders went
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Used shovel, bucket, rake and spade
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’Till every man was spent
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From horseshit, sand and gravel made
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Their stinking fireproof barricades
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Quenched the flames, the day was saved
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Heroes one and all who built the walls
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That tamed the fire
Chorus:
G C D G
Fire, Dublin’s Whiskey Fire
Em C G
That blessed stinkin’ fire
Em C D G
Dublin’s Whis-key Fi-i-ire!
Verse 6 – half-time feel, slower and darker:
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For poor oul’ Dublin’s Liberties
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The end is bitter-sweet
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For thirteen of our people died
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From drinking off the street
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And though we mourn the loss of lives
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From the whiskey fire of 1875
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Thank God some whiskey stock survived
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A comfort to us all
Finale – back to full speed:
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So here’s to all who rang the bell
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Survived the flames this tale to tell
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5000 barrels blown to hell
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Like burning rain it fell
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Like burning rain it fell… as
Big final chorus x2 – everyone!:
Chorus:
G C D G
Fire, Dublin’s Whiskey Fire
Em C G
That blessed stinkin’ fire
Em C D G
Dublin’s Whis-key Fi-i-ire!
D G
Whiskey fire
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Dublin's whiskey fire
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Whiskey fire
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Dublin's whiskey fire
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Whiskey fire
Ending:
G Em C D G
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