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

INTRO: [F#] [B] [F#] [D#m] [F#] [C#] [F#]

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

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

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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