Dubliners, Donegal Danny (1967)
^{Key: :[C#] (w: Phil Coulter)}

INTRO: [C#] [F#] [C#] [A#m] [C#] [G#] [C#]

VERSE 1:
[C#] I remember the night that [F#] he came [C#] in
From the [F#] wintery cold and [C#] damp
A giant of a man in an [A#m] oilskin coat
And the [F#] bundle that told he was a [G#] tramp

VERSE 2:
He [C#] stood at the bar and he [F#] called a [C#] pint
Then [F#] turned and gazed at the [C#] fire
On a night like this to be [A#m] safe and dry
Is my [F#] one and only [G#] desire

CHORUS:
So [C#] here's to those who are [F#] dead and [C#] gone
The friends that I loved [G#] dear
And [C#] here's to you and I'll [F#] bid you [C#] adieu
Sayin' Donegal [G#] Danny's been [C#] here me [A#m] boys
[C#] Donegal [G#] Danny's been [C#] here

VERSE 3:
[C#] Then in a voice that was [F#] hushed and [C#] low
Said [F#] listen I'll tell you a [C#] tale
How a man of the sea became a [A#m] man of the road
And [F#] never more will set [G#] sail

VERSE 4:
I [C#] fished out of Howth and [F#] Killy-[C#]-begs
Ard-[F#]-glass and Balti-[C#]-more
But the cruel sea has [A#m] beaten me
And I'll [F#] end my days on the [G#] shore

REPEAT CHORUS:

VERSE 5:
[C#] One fateful night in the [F#] wind and the [C#] rain
We set [F#] sail from Killybegs [C#] town
There were five of us from sweet [A#m] Donegal
And [F#] one from County [G#] Down

VERSE 6:
We were [C#] fishermen who [F#] worked the [C#] sea
And [F#] never counted the [C#] cost
But I never thought when that [A#m] night was done
That [F#] my fine friends would all be [G#] lost

REPEAT CHORUS:

VERSE 7:
[C#] Then a storm it broke and [F#] rolled the [C#] boat
On the [F#] rocks about ten miles from [C#] shore
As we fought the tide we [A#m] hoped inside
To [F#] see our homes once [G#] more

VERSE 8:
Then [C#] we struck a rock and [F#] holed the [C#] bow
And [F#] all of us knew she'd go [C#] down
So we jumped right into the [A#m] icy sea
And [F#] prayed to God we wouldn't [G#] drown

VERSE 9:
But the [C#] raging sea was [F#] rising [C#] fast
As [F#] we set out for the [C#] land
And she fought with all her [A#m] cruelty
To [F#] claim that gallant [G#] band

VERSE 10:
By [C#] St Johns Point in the [F#] early [C#] dawn
I [F#] dragged myself on the [C#] shore
And I cursed the sea for [A#m] what she'd done
And [F#] vowed to sail her never [G#] more

REPEAT CHORUS:

VERSE 11:
[C#] Ever since that night I've been [F#] on the [C#] road
[F#] Travelling and trying to [C#] forget
That awful night I lost [A#m] all my friends
I [F#] see their faces [G#] yet

VERSE 12:
And [C#] often at night when the [F#] sea is [C#] high
And the [F#] rain is tearing at my [C#] skin
I can hear the cries of those [A#m] dying men
[F#] floating over on the [G#] wind

REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]