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Donegal Danny by The Dubliners - Guitar Chords

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Version 1
            Capo on 2nd fret.
(This song sounds best played with a capo on the 2nd fret (as I believe the Dubliners played it),
but the chords can be all played in first position as follows)

C=D
F=G
Am=Bm
G= A

[Intro]
C G Am C G C

[Verse 1
    C                     F       C               F             C
I remember the night that he came in from the wintery cold and damp.
                       Am                    F                         G
A giant of a man in an oilskin coat and the bundle that told he was a tramp.
     C                       F       C         F                       C
He stood at the bar and he called a pint then turned and gazed at the fire.
                            Am                 F               G
On a night like this to be safe and dry is my one and only desire.


[Chorus]
    C                       F        C
So here's to those who are dead and gone.
                         G
The friends that I loved dear.
    C                       F        C
And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu.
               G            C       Am   C       G            C
Sayin' Donegal Danny's been here me boys Donegal Danny's been here.


[Verse 2]
 C                         F         C        F                      C
Then in a voice that was hushed and low said listen I'll tell you a tale.
                              Am                   F                    G
How a man of the sea became a man of the road and never more will set sail.
   C                       F    C        F             C
I fished out at Howth and Killybegs Ardglass and Baltimore.
                        Am                 F                  G
But the cruel sea has beaten me and I'll end my days on the shore.


[Chorus]
    C                       F        C
So here's to those who are dead and gone.
                         G
The friends that I loved dear.
    C                       F        C
And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu.
               G            C       Am   C       G            C
Sayin' Donegal Danny's been here me boys Donegal Danny's been here.


[Verse 3]
     C                    F            C           F                  C
One fateful night in the wind and the rain we set sail from Killybegs town.
                                Am           F              G
There was five of us from sweet Donegal and one from County Down.
         C              F        C        F                 C
We were fishermen who worked the sea and never counted the cost 
                              Am                  F                            G
But I never thought ere' that night was done that my fine friends would all be lost.


[Chorus]
    C                       F        C
So here's to those who are dead and gone.
                         G
The friends that I loved dear.
    C                       F        C
And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu.
               G            C       Am   C       G            C
Sayin' Donegal Danny's been here me boys Donegal Danny's been here.


[Verse 4]
        C                    F        C            F                         C
Then the storm it broke and drove the boat on the rocks about ten miles from shore.
                         Am              F                   G
As we fought the tide we hoped inside to see our homes once more.
     C                     F         C       F                       C
Then we struck a rock and holed the bow and all of us knew she'd go down.
                             Am            F                         G
So we jumped right in to the icy sea and prayed to god we wouldn't drown.


         C             F       C       F                      C
But the raging sea was rising still as we struck out for the land
                             Am           F                 G
and she fought with all her cruelty to claim that gallant band
   C                         F   C       F                     C
By St. Johns point in the early dawn I dragged myself on the shore.
                          Am              F                       G
And I cursed the sea for what she'd done vowed to sail her never more.


[Chorus]
    C                       F        C
So here's to those who are dead and gone.
                         G
The friends that I loved dear.
    C                       F        C
And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu.
               G            C       Am   C       G            C
Sayin' Donegal Danny's been here me boys Donegal Danny's been here.


[Verse 5]
C                               F        C   F                           C
Ever since that night I've been on the road travelling and trying to forget.
                        Am               F                G
That awful night I lost all me friends I see their faces yet.
     C                       F     C             F                     C
And often at night when the sea is high and the rain is tearing at my skin.
                         Am           F                    G
I can hear the cries of drowning men floating over on the wind.


[Chorus] x2
    C                       F        C
So here's to those who are dead and gone.
                         G
The friends that I loved dear.
    C                       F        C
And here's to you and I'll bid you adieu.
               G            C       Am   C       G            C
Sayin' Donegal Danny's been here me boys Donegal Danny's been here.
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