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] 