Limerick Rake chords by Traditional Irish

Chords with lyrics

Capo 3

A minorAm (G+G) (A minorAm)

 A minorAm             C majorC    A minorAm
I am a young fellow that's easy and bold,
   G+G     E minorEm    G+G     E minorEm
In Castletown Conner I'm very well known;
  A minorAm           C majorC   A minorAm
In Newcastle West I spent many a note
   G+G     E minorEm    A minorAm  (G+G) (A minorAm)
With Kitty and Judy and Mary.

   A minorAm          C majorC
My parents rebuked me for being such a rake
     E minorEm     G+G       E minorEm     G+G
And for spending my time in such frolicsome ways,
    A minorAm              C majorC    A minorAm
But I ne're could forget the good nature of Jane,
    G+G   E minorEm    A minorAm  (G+G) (A minorAm)
Agus fagaimid siud mar ata se.

     A minorAm              C majorC      A minorAm
There's some say I'm foolish, there's some say I'm wise,
      G+G          E minorEm     G+G       E minorEm
And I will find that there are women that think it's no crime;
   A minorAm          C majorC      A minorAm
The son of King David had ten hundred wives
     G+G     E minorEm    A minorAm  (G+G) (A minorAm)
And his wisdom was highly regarded.

   A minorAm           C majorC
In Euclid and grammar they taught me to write
    E minorEm       G+G     E minorEm       G+G
But my heart, it was stolen by a pair of brown thighs
   A minorAm               C majorC      A minorAm
That came from the mountains, her stockings of white,
   G+G     E minorEm     A minorAm   (G+G) (A minorAm)
I'd love to be tied to her garter.

   A minorAm             C majorC       A minorAm
And some yearn for silver, and some yearn for gold
      G+G      E minorEm       G+G      E minorEm
In there Devonshire's treasure's are twenty times more,
     A minorAm             C majorC      A minorAm
But he's lying on his back amongst nettles and stones,
    G+G   E minorEm  A minorAm   (G+G) (A minorAm)
Agus fagaimid mar a ata se.

A minorAm                  C majorC
Then when I'm on my back and they've laid to my rest
   E minorEm     G+G     E minorEm     G+G
the women will crowd for to cry at my wake,
     A minorAm            C majorC    A minorAm (hold)
They'll gather around and they'll offer a prayer

(no music)

To the Lord for the soul of their father.

A minorAm C majorC
E minorEm G+G E minorEm G+G
A minorAm  C majorC A minorAm
G+G E minorEm A minorAm (G+G) (A minorAm)

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Mandolin Tabs

tuned E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G

Okay so there are tabs here for the melody to be played
on mandolin along with the song, no capo on the mandolin,
it's already in the correct key.

/ = slide

h = hammer on

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