The Portlaoise Queen chords by Kean Kavanagh

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Intro:

D Dsus4 D Dsus4
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
D Dsus4 D Dsus4


Verse 1:
          D            Dsus4         D             Dsus4
T'was the year of the sunshine, the year of fifty four
    D              Dsus4          Em7
We said that we’d cross o’er the sea
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A bunch of the boys, all natives of the town
         Em7       Dsus4       D
We were going on a voyage, you see

Chorus:
       G                            Em7
We’d a lovely little boat and when ready to float
             G                   Em7
She was the nicest that e’r was seen
            D               Dsus4
Then Odlum Deegan waved his hand and
     D             Dsus4
The brass and reed band
          Em7     G          D
Played us to the Portlaoise Queen


Interlude:
Dsus4 D Dsus4
D Dsus4 D Dsus4


Verse 2:
           D         Dsus4     D             Dsus4
There was Big Jack Dunne who arose with the sun
      D              Dsus4     Em7
Jimmy Aird from the Central Hotel
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With lively Larry Ging, like a bird on the wing
         Em7             G         D
And Jack Grant, just as sound as a bell


Chorus:
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We had Lalor from the bridge
      Em7
Bob Delaney from the ridge
         G                        Em7
Charlie Porter, he came from the green,
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And for fearless Attie Hume
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We didn't make room
        Em7         G          D
On the crew of the Portlaoise Queen


Interlude:
G Em7 G Em7
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
D Dsus4 D Dsus4


Verse 3:
       D              Dsus4         D                Dsus4
Tommy Higgins he supplied all the clothing for the trip
      D               Dsus4          Em7
Bill Campion gave us ten barrels of stout
      D              Dsus4 D                 Dsus4
Mick Whelan, he threw in a few auld bullocks legs
          Em7            G       D
And some rabbits to the mix, no doubt


Chorus:
    G                            Em7
And as for Jimmy Brown, well, he didn’t let us down
     G                             Em7
With apples and oranges, nice and clean
       D             Dsus4
Billy Dunne was the man
         D                Dsus4
With his noble horse and cart
              Em7         G          D
That brought them to the Portlaoise Queen


Interlude:
Dsus4 D Dsus4
D Dsus4 D Dsus4


Verse 4:
         D            Dsus4      D            Dsus4
We were five days at sea and between you and me
     D            Dsus4      Em7
The boys weren’t pulling too well
   D          Dsus4              D            Dsus4
Delaney got drunk and said that Lalor was a skunk
          Em7          G    D
And sure that started holy hell


Chorus:
           G                            Em7
They were fighting for a week, till the boat took to leak.
     G                   Em7  Em7
But Ging was the man so keen
          D                Dsus4
Steering back through the tide
    D             Dsus4
He saved all the lives
        Em7         G          D
Of the crew of the Portlaoise Queen


Interlude:
G Em7 G Em7
G Em7 G Em7
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
D Dsus4 D Dsus4


Verse 5:
         D          Dsus4       D               Dsus4
Now I’m back home again, with those courageous men
     D                   Dsus4               Em7
Who braved the mountain tides with foaming cream
         D                    Dsus4
Just to keep your mind from troublin’
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Our little boat’s in Dublin
      Em7              G          D
In a place called the National Museum


Chorus:
   G                         Em7
So my advice to you is never venture on the blue
     G                   Em7  Em7
You might never more be seen
       D               Dsus4
As it wasn’t skill or care, but
D           Dsus4
Mrs Fawn's prayer,
           Em7        G          D
That saved us on the Portlaoise Queen


Outro:
       D               Dsus4
As it wasn’t skill or care, but
D           Dsus4
Mrs Fawn's prayer,
           Em7        G          D
That saved us on the Portlaoise Queen