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The Ballad Of Ronnie Drew Chords by U2

The Ballad Of Ronnie Drew chords by U2

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D D G A


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

Verse:
 D            G     A
Raise up our voices like dogs in a pack
 D           G     A
Grateful for honest men we never lack
  D            G     A
We got 'em by twenties, we got 'em by ones
 D              G       D
Them and their daughters and all of their sons


D D G A  D D G A

Chorus:
      G      D
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
      G      D
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
     G    F#m       G
Ronnie Drew, we love you, yes we do
      D      A       D
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you


Verse:
   D          G     A
And what's it to any man whether or no'
 D          G      A
Whether I'm easy or whether I'm true
   D          G     A
As I lifted her petticoat easy and slow
    D            G      D
And I tied up me sleeve for to buckle her shoe


D G A  D G A

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


D D G A  D D G A

Chorus:
      G      D
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
      G      D
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
     G    F#m       G
Ronnie Drew, we love you, yes we do
      D      A       D
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you


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


Verse:
  D          G     A
A eye for a eye or a hand for a hand
 D            G      A
Trust in the music and strike up the band
   D           G      A
The more that we sing the less that we fight
 D            G      D D G A
Time and again this is proved to be right

D G A  D G A

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

D D G A  D D G A

Chorus:
      G      D
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
      G      D
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew
     G    F#m       G
Ronnie Drew, we love you, yes we do
      D      A       D
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you

Outro:
      D      A       D
Here's to you, Ronnie Drew, here's to you,
      D      A       D
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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