Brian’s Medley

Liana’s Birthday

Molly Malone

Verse 1:

In Dublin’s fair city

	B
Where the	girls are so pretty

E	F#m	B
I first set my eyes on sweet	Molly	Malone

As she wheeled her wheelbarrow

Through streets broad and narrow

Chorus

	E	A	E	E	B	E
Crying, "	Cockles	and	mussels,	alive,	alive,	oh!"

E		B
Alive, alive, oh		Alive, alive, oh

	E	A	E	E	B	E
Crying, "	Cockles	and	mussels,	alive,	alive,	oh!"

Verser 2:

She was a fishmonger

And sure ’twas no wonder

For so were her father and mother before

And they both wheeled their barrows

Through streets broad and narrow

Chorus

	E	A	E	E	B	E
Crying, "	Cockles	and	mussels,	alive,	alive,	oh!"

...

It’s a long way to Tipperary

[David plays 3-note intro]

Verse 1

It’s a long way to Tipperary

D	A	E
It’s a long way to	go

A	F#m
It’s a long way to	Tipperary

	B	E
To the	sweetest girl I	know

Goodbye, Piccadilly

D	A	E
Farewell, Leicester	Square

A	D	A
It’s a long, long way to	Tippera -	-ry

A	E	A
But my heart’s	right	there

Mursheen Durkin

Explain meaning of "praties"

Verse 1:

D	A	D
In the days I went	a-courtin’, I was never tired	resorting

	A	D
To an alehouse or a	playhouse and many’s the house	besides

	A	D
But I told me brother	Séamus, I’d go off and become	famous

	D
And I never would return again till I saw the whole wide	world

Chorus

D	A	D
Goodbye Muirsheen Durkin, sure I’m	sick and tired of	workin’

	A	D
No more, I’ll dig the praties and no	longer I’ll be	fooled

	A	D
As sure as me name is	Carney, I’ll be off to	Californy

	A	D
Where instead of diggin’	praties, I’ll be diggin’ lumps of	gold

Verse 2:

D	A	D
I’ve courted girls in	Blarney, in Kanturk, and in	Killarney

	A	D
In Passage and in	Queenstown; that is the Cobh of	Cork

	A	D
Goodbye to all this	pleasure, I’ll be off to take me	leisure

	A	D
And the next time you will hear	from me is a letter from New	York

Chorus

D	A	D
Goodbye Muirsheen Durkin, sure I’m	sick and tired of	workin’

...

Verse 3:

D	A	D
Goodbye to the	girls at home, I’m going far	across the foam

	A	D
To try and make me	fortune in far	Americay

	A	D
There’s gold, jewels and	plenty for the poor and for the	gentry

	A	D
And when I return again I	never more will	say

Chorus

D	A	D
Goodbye Muirsheen Durkin, sure I’m	sick and tired of	workin’

	A	D
No more, I’ll dig the praties and no	longer I’ll be	fooled

	A	D
As sure as me name is	Carney, I’ll be off to	Californy

	A	D
Where instead of diggin’	praties, I’ll be diggin’ lumps of	gold

I’ll Tell Me Ma

Verse 1:

G	D	G
I’ll tell me ma, when I go home……The	boys won’t leave the	girls alone

G	D	G
Pulled me hair, stolen me comb…. But	that’s alright, till	I go home

G	C	G	D
She is handsome,	she is pretty ……	She is the belle of	Dublin city

G	C	G	D
She is a-courting	one, two, three…	Pray, won’t you tell me	who is she?

Verse 2:

Albert Mooney says he loves her….. All the boys are fightin’ for her

Knock at the door, they’re ringin’ the bell ….Say, "Hello, my true love are you well?"

Out she comes white as snow……Rings on her fingers, bells on her toes

Ol’ Jenny Murray says she’ll die…If she doesn’t get the fellow with the roving eye

Verse 3:

repeat 1st verse

The Wild Rover

Verse 1:

G	C
I’ve been a wild rover for many’s the	year

	G	D	G
And I’ve	spent all me	money on whiskey and	beer

	C
But now I’m returning with gold in great	store

	G	D
And I	never will	play the wild rover no more

Chorus

	D
And it’s	no, nay, never

G	C
No, nay never no	more

	G	C
Will I	play the wild	rover

G	D	G
No never	no	more

Verse 2:

I went to an alehouse I used to frequent

I told the landlady my money was spent

I ask her for credit, she answered me nay

Such a custom as yours I can have any day

Chorus

	D
And it’s	no, nay, never

G	C
No, nay never no	more

	G	C
Will I	play the wild	rover

G	D	G
No never	no	more

Black Velvet Band

Verse 1:

In a neat little town they called Belfast

	D
Apprentice to trade I was	bound

G	Em
And the many an hour’s sweet	happiness

Am	D	G
Have I spent in	that little	town

Verse 2:

A sad misfortune did strike me

	D
Which caused me to stray from the	land

G	Em
Far away from me friends and	relations

Am	D	G
Betrayed by the	black velvet	band

Verse 3:

Her eyes they shown like diamonds

	D
I thought her the queen of the	land

G	Em
And her hair, it hung over her	shoulder

Am	D	G
Tied up with a	black velvet	band

Dirty Old Town

Verse 1:

I met my love by the gas works wall

	C	G
Dreamed a	dream by the old	canal

I kissed my girl by the factory wall

	D	Em
Dirty old	town Dirty old	town

Verse 2:

Clouds are drif---ting across the moon

	C	G
Cats are	prowling on their	beat

Spring’s a girl from the streets at night

	D	Em
Dirty old	town Dirty old	town

Verse 3:

repeat verse 1

Outro:

	D	Em
Dirty old	town Dirty old	town (2X)

Whiskey In The Jar

Verse 1:

D	Bm
As I was a goin’ over the	far famed Kerry mountains

G	D
I met with Captain Farrell and his	money he was counting

	Bm
I first produced my pistol and I	then produced my rapier

	G	D
Saying	"stand and deliver" for	he were a bold deceiver

Chorus

Mush-a ring dum-a do dum-a da

Whack fol my daddy-o

D	A	D
There’s whiskey	in the	jar

Verse 2:

D	Bm
I counted out his money and	it made a pretty penny

G	D
I put it in me pocket and I	took it home to Jenny

	Bm
She sighed and she swore that she	never would deceive me

	G	D
But the	devil take the women for they	never can be easy

Chorus

Mush-a ring dum-a do dum-a da

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Brown Eyed Girl

Hey, where did we go?

Days when the rains came

Down in the hollow

Playin’ a new game

Laughin’ and a-runnin’, hey, hey

Skippin’ and a-jumpin’

In the misty morning fog with

Our, our hearts a-thumping and you

My brown-eyed girl

And you, my brown-eyed girl

And whatever happened

To Tuesday and so slow?

Going down the old mine with a

Transistor radio

Standing in the sunlight laughing

Hiding ’hind a rainbow’s wall

Slipping and sliding

All along the waterfall with you

My brown-eyed girl

You, my brown-eyed girl

Do you remember when we used to sing?

Sha-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la tee-da

Just like that

Sha-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la tee-da, la-tee-da

So hard to find my way

Now that I’m all on my own

I saw you just the other day

My, how you have grown

Cast my memory back there, Lord

Sometimes I’m overcome thinking ’bout it

Making love in the green grass

Behind the stadium with you

My brown-eyed girl

You, my brown-eyed girl

Do you remember when we used to sing?

Sha-la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la tee-da

Ferry Cross the Mersey

Brian: capo 2 frets, play in D Zé and David: no capo, play in E

Verse 1:

E	D	E	E	D	E
Life goes on	day after	day…	Hearts torn in	every	way

	E	G#m7	F#m	B
So	ferry ’cross the	Mersey… ’Cause this	land’s the place I	love…

	E		D		E		D
And here I’ll	stay

Verse 2:

E	D	E	D	E
People, they	rush every	where… Each with their	own secret	care

	E	G#m7	F#m	B
So	ferry ’cross the	Mersey… And	always take me	there

	E
The place I	love

Bridge

F#m	B	E	F#m	B	E
People a	round every	corner…	Seem to s	mile and	say

F#m	B	G#m	C#m
We don’t	care what your	name is,	boy…

F#7	B7
We’ll never turn you a	way

Verse 3:

E	D	D	E
So I’ll con	tinue to say…..Here I	always will	stay

	E	G#m7	F#m	B
So	ferry ’cross the	Mersey… ’Cause this	land’s the place I	love…

Outro:

	E
And here I’ll	stay

	D	E
And	here I’ll	stay

	D	E
And	here I’ll	stay

Waterloo Sunset

Brian: capo 2 frets, play in D Zé and David: no capo, play in E

Verse 1:

E	B	A
Dirty old river,	must you keep rolling….	Flowing into the night?

E	B	A
People so busy,	make me feel dizzy…..	Taxi light shines so bright

Bridge

	F#m	F#m-maj7		F#m7	B	A	E	B	A
But I	don’	t	need no	friends	…	As long as I	gaze on Waterloo	sunset… I am in	paradise

F#m	B
Every day, I look at the world from my	window…

	F#m	B
But	chilly, chilly is the evening time…	Waterloo sunset’s fine

Verse 2:

E	B	A
Terry meets Julie….	Waterloo station…	Every Friday night

	E	B	A
But	I am so lazy,	don’t want to wander…	I stay at home at night

Bridge

	F#m	F#m-maj7		F#m7	B	E	B	A
But I	don’	t	feel a	fraid	… As long as I	gaze on Waterloo	sunset… I am in	paradise

F#m	B
Every day, I look at the world from my	window

	F#m	B
But	chilly, chilly is the evening time…	Waterloo sunset’s fine

Verse 3:

E	B	A
Millions of people	swarming like flies ’round…	Waterloo underground

	E	B	A
But	Terry and Julie cross	over the river…	Where they feel safe and sound

Bridge

	F#m	F#m-maj7		F#m7	B	A	E	B
And they	don’	t	need no	friends	…	As long as they	gaze on Waterloo	sunset… They are in paradise

Heart of Gold

Em	C	D	G
I want to	live,	I want to	give

Em	C	D	G
I’ve been a	miner for a	heart of	gold

Em	C	D	G
It’s these	expressions	I never	give

Em	G
That keeps me searchin’ for a	heart of gold

C	G
And I’m getting old	x 2

Bridge

repeat the bridge

I’ve been to Hollywood, I’ve been to Redwood

I crossed the ocean for a heart of gold

I’ve been in my mind, it’s such a fine line

That keeps me searchin’ for a heart of gold…..And I’m getting old x 2

Keep me searchin’ for a heart of gold

You keep me searchin’ and I’m growing old

Keep me searchin’ for a heart of gold

I’ve been a miner for a heart of gold