Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
G+G D MajorD
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
A augmentedA
Verse:
D MajorD
We were sitting on the wall upon a Sunday
G+G D MajorD
To watch the girls go by
D MajorD
And a'thinkin' we'd be marrit to one one day
E minorEm G+G
When a colleen caught our eye
D MajorD
Oh man, she was the makin's of a fairy
G+G D MajorD
She made each boy'o swear
G+G D MajorD
There's not one girl in this wide wide world
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
Like the darling girl from Clare
Chorus:
A augmentedA D MajorD
Now every man has got the finest plan
E minorEm
You'd ever see now, barrin' me now
D MajorD
Every day there's one of them will say
E minorEm A augmentedA
That she'll agree now, Oh you'll see now
G+G D MajorD
Each night they would fight as to which of them was right
E minorEm A augmentedA
'Bout the colour of her eyes or hair
G+G D MajorD
But not one word from me was ever heard
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
About the darling girl from Clare
Interlude:
G+G D MajorD
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
Verse:
D MajorD
Sez Sharkey she'll be coming to the shop now
G+G D MajorD
To buy some sort of thing
D MajorD
And I'll ask her if she has a mind to stop now
E minorEm G+G
And should I buy her the ring
D MajorD
And when she sees the curtains on the window
G+G D MajorD
And the tall clock on the stair
G+G D MajorD
Keeping time to the minute no-one else will be in it
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
For the darling girl from Clare
Chorus:
A augmentedA D MajorD
Now every man has got the finest plan
E minorEm
You'd ever see now, barrin' me now
D MajorD
Every day there's one of them will say
E minorEm A augmentedA
That she'll agree now, Oh you'll see now
G+G D MajorD
Thinks I ye may stop till you rot in your shop
E minorEm A augmentedA
And ne'er a hair she'll care
G+G D MajorD
With all yer gold you'll never hold a hold
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
Upon the darling girl from Clare
Interlude:
G+G D MajorD
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
Verse:
D MajorD
Sez Fagan 'tis the father I'll be plaising
G+G D MajorD
I'll tell him of the land I've tilled
D MajorD
I'll tell him of the cattle that I'm grazing
E minorEm G+G
And the house I mean for to build
D MajorD
And when he sees the arable and pasture
G+G D MajorD
And the fat stock grazing there
G+G D MajorD
And the hens and the chickens you may go to the dickens
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
For the darling girl from Clare
Chorus:
A augmentedA D MajorD
Now every man has got the finest plan
E minorEm
You'd ever see now, barrin' me now
D MajorD
Every day there's one of them will say
E minorEm A augmentedA
That she'll agree now, Oh you'll see now
G+G D MajorD
Thinks I whither now though I haven't ere a cow
E minorEm A augmentedA
Of brass I've got my share
G+G D MajorD
And so I know the way I ought to go
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
About the darling girl from Clare
Interlude:
G+G D MajorD
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
Verse:
D MajorD
No, I never said a single word about her
G+G D MajorD
But I met that girl that day
D MajorD
And I told her that I couldn't live without her
E minorEm G+G
And what had she for to say
D MajorD
She told me to go and ask her father
G+G D MajorD
Which I did right then and there
G+G D MajorD
And in less than an hour we were fighting for the dower
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
Of the darling girl from Clare
Chorus:
A augmentedA D MajorD
Now every man has got the finest plan
E minorEm
You'd ever see now, barrin' me now
D MajorD
Every day there's one of them will say
E minorEm A augmentedA
That she'll agree now, Oh you'll see now
G+G D MajorD
But late last night when the moon was bright
E minorEm A augmentedA
I axed her if she would share
G+G D MajorD
All me joy and me sorra, and begorrah on tomorra
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
I'll be married to the girl from Clare
G+G D MajorD
All me joy and me sorra, and begorrah on tomorra
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD
I'll be married to the girl from Clare
Outro:
G+G D MajorD
E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD