Thin Lizzy, Whiskey In The Jar (1972)
Key: :[F#] (w: Traditional)
INTRO 1:
[G#m] // ^
[F#] ^
[E] [D#m]
INTRO 2:
^
[F#]^
[E] [D#m] [D#m] [F#] [F#] ::
[x2]
VERSE 1:
As
[F#] I was going over, the
[D#m] Cork and Kerry mountains
I
[B] saw Captain Farrell, and his
[F#] money he was counting
I
[F#] first produced my pistol, and I
[D#m] then produced my rapier
I said
[B] stand or deliver, or the
[F#] devil he may take ya
CHORUS:
Musha-
[C#]-ring dum-a-do, dum-a-da.
[B] Wack for my daddy-o
[B] Wack for my daddy-o, there's
[F#] whiskey in the jar ooh ^
[F#] ^
[E] [D#m]
REPEAT INTRO 2:
VERSE 2:
I
[F#] took all of his money, and it
[D#m] was a pretty penny
I
[B] took all of his money, and I
[F#] brought it home to Molly
She
[F#] swore that she loved me,
[D#m] never would she leave me
But the
[B] devil take that woman, for you
[F#] know she tricked me easy
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: ^
[F#]^
[E] [D#m] [D#m] //
[over VERSE + CHORUS]
REPEAT INTRO 2:
VERSE 3:
[F#] Being drunk and weary, I
[D#m] went to Molly's chamber
[B] Takin' my Molly with me, and I
[F#] never knew the danger
for
[F#] about six or maybe seven,
[D#m] in walked Captain Farrell
I jumped
[B] up, fired off my pistols, and I
[F#] shot him with both barrels
REPEAT CHORUS & INTRO 2:
VERSE 4:
Now
[F#] some men like the fishin', and
[D#m] some men like the fowlin'
and
[B] some men like to hear, the
[F#] cannon ball a roarin'
Me? I
[F#] like sleepin',
[D#m] especially in my Molly's chamber
But
[B] here I am in prison, here I
[F#] am with ball and chain, yeah
REPEAT CHORUS & INTRO 2: