Traditional Irish Folk Song chords by The Zach And The Jess

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: D

Verse 1:

          D               D
When the mists are from Celarny
          G              D
And the duke's from Dinkleway
          G               D
All the cows are in the meadows
          D               A
And the sheep are in the hay

            D                 D
Then I'll reach you by the glendier
          G            D
With potatoes by the score
          D        G
And we'll eat potatoes
       A       D
And potatoes more

Verse 2:
           D              D
When the fiddles are a whistling
           G             D
And the wistles fiddle too
           G           D
I'll pour a pint of guinnes
            D            A
And I'll raise my glass to you

           D               D
And we'll never fear for safety
            G               D
For we know we're safe from harm
          D         G
Meet the red red blinking
         A      D
Of the smoke alarm


Pre-Chorus:

  D    A
Ohhh the

Chorus:

    D              G
smoke alarm the smoke alarm
      D            A
my darling smoke alarm
      D               G
the smoke alarm the smoke alarm
       D     A      D
my darling smoke alarm

            Bm
The smoke alarm
      Bm            D        A
the pride of all cimharny
            Bm
the smoke alarm
        D             A       A
with batteries double A

          D     G
You can live a luck and wit
      A      Bm
and irish charm
            Bm        D
but you'll die in a fire
            G      D
without a smoke alarm