Rocks Of Bawn chords by Traditional

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Novice

Rocks of Bawn

Verse 1:

C majorC         FF     C majorC   FF   C majorC
Come all ye loyal heroes and listen onto me.
   FF       C majorC        FF            A minorAm
Don't hire with any farmer till you know what your work will be
     FF       C majorC         FF            G+G
You will rise up in the morning from the clear day light of the dawn
    C majorC       FF      C majorC     FF     C majorC
and you never will be able for to plough the Rocks of Bawn.

Verse 2:

  C majorC       FF      C majorC       FF  C majorC
My shoes they are worn and my stockings they are thin
  FF        C majorC        FF          A minorAm
My heart is always trembling now for fear they might give in
  FF        C majorC          FF           G+G
My heart is always trembling now from clear daylight of the dawn
   C majorC       FF       C majorC     FF    C majorC
And I never will be able for to plough the Rocks of Bawn.

Verse 3:

   C majorC      FF      C majorC    FF    C majorC
Rise up, gallant Sweeney, and get your horses hay
   FF        C majorC       FF        A minorAm
And give them a good feed of oats before they start away
   FF         C majorC         FF          G+G
Don't feed them on soft turnip sprigs that grow on your green lawn
    C majorC       FF      C majorC     FF    C majorC
Or they never will be able for to plough the Rocks of Bawn.

Verse 4:

  C majorC        FF        C majorC    FF    C majorC
My curse upon you, Sweeney boy, you have me nearly robbed
    FF       C majorC         FF       A minorAm
You're sitting by the fireside now, your feet upon the hob
    FF        C majorC         FF          G+G
You're sitting by the fireside now, from clear daylight of dawn
    C majorC       FF      C majorC     FF    C majorC
And you never will be able for to plough the Rocks of Bawn

Verse 5:

 C majorC         FF      C majorC    FF   C majorC
I wish the Sergeant-Major would send for me in time
  FF        C majorC      FF        A minorAm
And place me in some regiment all in my youth and prime
  FF          C majorC          FF          G+G
I'd fight for Ireland's glory now, from the clear daylight of dawn
  C majorC      FF       C majorC      FF    C majorC
Before I would return again to plough the Rocks of Bawn.