Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
D MajorD D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Verse:
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Here's to the Ronnie, the voice we adore
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Like coals from a coal bucket scraping the floor
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Sing out his praises in music and malt
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
And if you're not Irish, that isn't your fault
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Verse:
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Raise up our voices like dogs in a pack
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Grateful for honest men we never lack
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
We got 'em by twenties, we got 'em by ones
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Them and their daughters and all of their sons
D MajorD D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
G+G D MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
G+G F# minorF#m G+G
Ronnie Drew, we love you, yes we do
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you
Verse:
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
And what's it to any man whether or no'
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Whether I'm easy or whether I'm true
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
As I lifted her petticoat easy and slow
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
And I tied up me sleeve for to buckle her shoe
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Verse:
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Get up and go at it, five until five
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
When the whistle says budge it we come back alive
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
He'll sing to the heavens, he's stormy as hell
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
And wherever he goes, we'll be wishing him well
D MajorD D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
G+G D MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
G+G F# minorF#m G+G
Ronnie Drew, we love you, yes we do
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you
A augmentedA
The dawn and the dust, the wise, the unjust
E minorEm
Kids in gambling games
A augmentedA
The unheard, the unseen, the unwashed and unclean
E minorEm
Where the streets all have names
A augmentedA
Baggot Street, Leeson Street, right on to Stephen's Green
E minorEm
With lovers and loners who can hear all intoners
A augmentedA
The goths and the ravers, immigrants and traders
E minorEm
Sing out Ronnie Drew
Verse:
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
A augmentedA eye for a eye or a hand for a hand
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Trust in the music and strike up the band
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
The more that we sing the less that we fight
D MajorD G+G D MajorD D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Time and again this is proved to be right
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Verse:
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Build you a statue on St. Stephen's Green
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
No fairer monument ere to be seen
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
The statue of Ronnie Drew holding the hand
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Of a girl with her hair in a black velvet band
D MajorD D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Chorus:
G+G D MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
G+G D MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
G+G F# minorF#m G+G
Ronnie Drew, we love you, yes we do
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you
Outro:
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you,
D MajorD A augmentedA D 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