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

INTRO: [G#] [C#] [G#] [Fm] [G#] [D#] [G#]

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

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

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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

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

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

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

REPEAT CHORUS:

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