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The Ballad Of Ronnie Drew chords by U2

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA


Verse:
 Chord diagramD MajorD                         Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramA augmentedA
Here's to the Ronnie, the voice we adore
      Chord diagramD MajorD                        Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramA augmentedA
Like coals from a coal bucket scraping the floor
 Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramA augmentedA
Sing out his praises in music and malt
    Chord diagramD MajorD                         Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD MajorD
And if you're not Irish, that isn't your fault
Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA

Verse:
 Chord diagramD MajorD                        Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramA augmentedA
Raise up our voices like dogs in a pack
 Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramA augmentedA
Grateful for honest men we never lack
    Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramA augmentedA
We got 'em by twenties, we got 'em by ones
 Chord diagramD MajorD                           Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramD MajorD
Them and their daughters and all of their sons


Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA

Chorus:
           Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
           Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
         Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramF# minorF#m              Chord diagramG+G
Ronnie Drew, we love you, yes we do
           Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramD MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you


Verse:
      Chord diagramD MajorD                    Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramA augmentedA
And what's it to any man whether or no'
  Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramA augmentedA
Whether I'm easy or whether I'm true
      Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramA augmentedA
As I lifted her petticoat easy and slow
       Chord diagramD MajorD                        Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD MajorD
And I tied up me sleeve for to buckle her shoe
Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA

Verse:
 Chord diagramD MajorD                    Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramA augmentedA
Get up and go at it, five until five
           Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramA augmentedA
When the whistle says budge it we come back alive
       Chord diagramD MajorD                          Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramA augmentedA
He'll sing to the heavens, he's stormy as hell
        Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD
And wherever he goes, we'll be wishing him well


Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA

Chorus:
           Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
           Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
         Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramF# minorF#m              Chord diagramG+G
Ronnie Drew, we love you, yes we do
           Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramD MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you


     Chord diagramA augmentedA
The dawn and the dust, the wise, the unjust
         Chord diagramE minorEm
Kids in gambling games
     Chord diagramA augmentedA
The unheard, the unseen, the unwashed and unclean
             Chord diagramE minorEm
Where the streets all have names
 Chord diagramA augmentedA
Baggot Street, Leeson Street, right on to Stephen's Green
      Chord diagramE minorEm
With lovers and loners who can hear all intoners
     Chord diagramA augmentedA
The goths and the ravers, immigrants and traders
 Chord diagramE minorEm
Sing out Ronnie Drew


Verse:
   Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramA augmentedA
Chord diagramA augmentedA eye for a eye or a hand for a hand
  Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramA augmentedA
Trust in the music and strike up the band
     Chord diagramD MajorD                     Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramA augmentedA
The more that we sing the less that we fight
 Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA
Time and again this is proved to be right

Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA

Verse:
 Chord diagramD MajorD                          Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramA augmentedA
Build you a statue on St. Stephen's Green
    Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramA augmentedA
No fairer monument ere to be seen
      Chord diagramD MajorD                    Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramA augmentedA
The statue of Ronnie Drew holding the hand
      Chord diagramD MajorD                        Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD
Of a girl with her hair in a black velvet band

Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA augmentedA

Chorus:
           Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
           Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramD MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
         Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramF# minorF#m              Chord diagramG+G
Ronnie Drew, we love you, yes we do
           Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramD MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you

Outro:
           Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramD MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you,
           Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramD MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you


N.C.
And what's it to any man whether or no'
N.C.
Whether I'm easy or whether I'm true
N.C.
As I lifted her petticoat easy and slow
N.C.
And I rolled up me sleeve for to buckle her shoe

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