Gartloney Rats chords by The Pogues

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C majorC

🎸 Intro:

C majorC G+G | C majorC C | C majorC G+G | FF C majorC (x2)

🎸 Verse 1:
C majorC               G minorGm
The boys from the village were festering sore
G minorGm               FF
For a day on the rant with some music and more
C majorC                 G minorGm
They'd drink porter in Maura's way over in fore
     FF            C majorC
And they never get drunk but stay sober

🎸 Verse 2:
C majorC               G minorGm
There was Harry the banjo and Dunne of the swan
G minorGm                 FF
With whose bone from the wing he'd beat the bodhran
    C majorC             G minorGm
And the song that he'd sing was of ganders and all
     FF            C majorC
And he'd never get drunk but stay sober

🎸 Verse 3:
C majorC                 G minorGm
There was woods on the guitar and auld squeeze box too
G minorGm             FF
Who came from a time before aeroplanes flew
   C majorC          G minorGm
He'd sit in a corner and mule quite a few
  FF            C majorC
And never get drunk but stay sober

🎸 Interlude:
C majorC G+G | C majorC C | C majorC G+G | FF C majorC (x2)
C majorC FF | D MajorD G+G | C majorC FF | C majorC G+G C majorC (x2)

🎸 Verse 4:
C majorC               G minorGm
There was Mahon the singer who knew all the songs
G minorGm             FF
And never was known for to put a foot wrong
   C majorC                G minorGm
He'd sing through the night till the break o' the morn
     FF            C majorC
And he'd never get drunk but stay sober

🎸 Verse 5:
C majorC          G minorGm
Harry the banjo now there was a man
G minorGm         FF
A augmentedA bottomless pit if ever there was one
C majorC                G minorGm
More porter he'd draw than there is in the land
     FF            C majorC
And he'd never get drunk but stay sober

🎸 Verse 6:
C majorC            G minorGm
The Gartloney Rats they play away
G minorGm              FF
They'd play for the pints and not for the pay
    C majorC              G minorGm
And the pints they'd go down in the usual way
      FF            C majorC
And they'd never get drunk but stay sober

🎸 Outro:
C majorC C | C majorC C | FF G+G
C majorC C | C majorC C | C majorC G+G | FF C majorC

G+G G MajorG | G+G G MajorG | FF F
G+G G MajorG | G+G G MajorG | FF G+G C majorC

C majorC C | C majorC C | FF G+G
C majorC C | C majorC C | C majorC G+G | FF C majorC

G+G G MajorG | G+G G MajorG | FF F
G+G G MajorG | G+G G MajorG | FF G+G C majorC