Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Key: D MajorD
♫ Intro:
(Mumbled with chords)
D MajorD
Well I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggarman,
D MajorD
I'm a little beggar-beggarman, I am a beggar man
D MajorD
Well I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggarman,
D MajorD
I'm a little beggar-beggarman, I am a beggar man
D MajorD
Well I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggarman,
D MajorD
I'm a little beggar-beggarman, I am a beggar man
D MajorD
Well I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggarman,
D MajorD
I'm a little beggar-beggarman, I am a beggar man
♫ Verse:
D MajorD
Well I'm a little beggarman and begging I have been
D MajorD
for three score or more on this little isle of green.
D MajorD
And I'm known from the Liffey from the basement to the zoo,
D MajorD 
C7C7
And I'm known by the name of old Johnny Dhu.
C7C7 D MajorD
Of all the trades that's goin' the beggin' is the best,
D MajorD
For when a man is tired he can sit down and rest
D MajorD
He can beg for his dinner, he's nothing else to do
D MajorD
When he comes around the corner with his old rig-a-doo.
♫ Instrumental:
D MajorD
♫ Verse:
D MajorD
And I met a little flaxy-haired girl one day
D MajorD
'Well good morning' little flaxy-haired girl, ' did I say,
D MajorD
'Well good mornin' little beggarman, how do you do,
D MajorD C7C7
with your rags and your bags and your old rig-a-doo.'
C7C7 D MajorD
I'll buy a pair of leggings and a collar and a tie,
D MajorD
And a nice young lady I will fetch by and by.
D MajorD
I'll buy a pair of goggles and I'll color them blue
D MajorD
And an old fashioned lady I will make of her too.
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C majorC G+G D MajorD
I've got the s k y,
D MajorD 
Cmaj7Cmaj7 D MajorD
I've got the ro ad.
C majorC G+G D MajorD C majorC
I've got the s k y,
D7D7 D MajorD
The world is my home.
Refrain:
D MajorD
I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggar man,
D MajorD
I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggar man,
D MajorD
I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggar man,
D MajorD
I'm a little beggarman, I am a beggar man,
♫ Verse:
D MajorD
And I slept way down, in a barn at Caurabawn
D MajorD
A augmentedA wet night came on and I slept 'till the dawn
D MajorD
With holes in the roof and the rain coming through
D MajorD C7C7
And the rats and the cats, they were playing peek-a-boo
C7C7 D MajorD
When who should awaken but the woman of the house
D MajorD
With her white spotty apron and her calico blouse
D MajorD
She began to frighten and I said "Boo!
D MajorD 
DmDm
Ah, don't be afraid ma'am it's only Johnny Dhu."
Refrain:
DmDm D7D7
Die di die di diddle diddle dum
D7D7
Di die di die di diddle diddle dum.
DmDm D7D7
Diddle dum di diddle diddle dum.
D7D7
Di die di die di diddle diddle dum.
DmDm D7D7
Diddle dum di diddle diddle dum.
D7D7
Di die di die di diddle diddle dum.
DmDm D7D7
Diddle dum di diddle diddle dum.
Refrain:
C majorC G+G D MajorD
I've got the s k y,
D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD
I've got the ro ad.
C majorC G+G D MajorD D7D7
I've got the s k y,
D7D7 DmDm
The world is my home.
♫ Instrumental:
C7C7 DmDm C majorC DmDm C majorC D MajorD C majorC 
Fmaj7Fmaj7
DmDm 
A minorAm D MajorD 
G minorGm DmDm C majorC DmDm
Dm C majorC DmDm C majorC D MajorD C majorC Fmaj7Fmaj7
DmDm A minorAm D MajorD A minorAm DmDm C majorC DmDm
♫ Verse:
D MajorD
And it's over the fields with my pack on my back
D MajorD 
CaugCaug
And over the fields with my great heavy sack
D MajorD
With the holes in my shoes and my toes peeping through
D MajorD C7C7
Singing skinny-me-rink a doodle o for old Johnny Dhu
C7C7 D MajorD
I must be going to bed for it's getting late at night
D MajorD C7C7 DmDm
When the fire's all raked and out goes the light
DmDm G minorGm
Now you've heard the story of me old rig-a-doo
N.C.
It's goodnight and God be with you from old Johnny Dhu.
♫ Outro:
(Repeat and fade out.)
C majorC G+G D MajorD
I've got the s k y,
D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD
I've got the ro ad.
C majorC G+G D MajorD D7D7
I've got the s k y,
D MajorD D7D7
The world is my home.
