Dubliners, Donegal Danny (1967)
Key: :[E] (w: Phil Coulter)
INTRO: [E] [A] [E] [C#m] [E] [B] [E]
VERSE 1:
[E] I remember the night that
[A] he came
[E] in
From the
[A] wintery cold and
[E] damp
A giant of a man in an
[C#m] oilskin coat
And the
[A] bundle that told he was a
[B] tramp
VERSE 2:
He
[E] stood at the bar and he
[A] called a
[E] pint
Then
[A] turned and gazed at the
[E] fire
On a night like this to be
[C#m] safe and dry
Is my
[A] one and only
[B] desire
CHORUS:
So
[E] here's to those who are
[A] dead and
[E] gone
The friends that I loved
[B] dear
And
[E] here's to you and I'll
[A] bid you
[E] adieu
Sayin' Donegal
[B] Danny's been
[E] here me
[C#m] boys
[E] Donegal
[B] Danny's been
[E] here
VERSE 3:
[E] Then in a voice that was
[A] hushed and
[E] low
Said
[A] listen I'll tell you a
[E] tale
How a man of the sea became a
[C#m] man of the road
And
[A] never more will set
[B] sail
VERSE 4:
I
[E] fished out of Howth and
[A] Killy-
[E]-begs
Ard-
[A]-glass and Balti-
[E]-more
But the cruel sea has
[C#m] beaten me
And I'll
[A] end my days on the
[B] shore
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 5:
[E] One fateful night in the
[A] wind and the
[E] rain
We set
[A] sail from Killybegs
[E] town
There were five of us from sweet
[C#m] Donegal
And
[A] one from County
[B] Down
VERSE 6:
We were
[E] fishermen who
[A] worked the
[E] sea
And
[A] never counted the
[E] cost
But I never thought when that
[C#m] night was done
That
[A] my fine friends would all be
[B] lost
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 7:
[E] Then a storm it broke and
[A] rolled the
[E] boat
On the
[A] rocks about ten miles from
[E] shore
As we fought the tide we
[C#m] hoped inside
To
[A] see our homes once
[B] more
VERSE 8:
Then
[E] we struck a rock and
[A] holed the
[E] bow
And
[A] all of us knew she'd go
[E] down
So we jumped right into the
[C#m] icy sea
And
[A] prayed to God we wouldn't
[B] drown
VERSE 9:
But the
[E] raging sea was
[A] rising
[E] fast
As
[A] we set out for the
[E] land
And she fought with all her
[C#m] cruelty
To
[A] claim that gallant
[B] band
VERSE 10:
By
[E] St Johns Point in the
[A] early
[E] dawn
I
[A] dragged myself on the
[E] shore
And I cursed the sea for
[C#m] what she'd done
And
[A] vowed to sail her never
[B] more
REPEAT CHORUS:
VERSE 11:
[E] Ever since that night I've been
[A] on the
[E] road
[A] Travelling and trying to
[E] forget
That awful night I lost
[C#m] all my friends
I
[A] see their faces
[B] yet
VERSE 12:
And
[E] often at night when the
[A] sea is
[E] high
And the
[A] rain is tearing at my
[E] skin
I can hear the cries of those
[C#m] dying men
[A] floating over on the
[B] wind
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2] 