Artist: | Traditional (English) |
User: | dmitri1972 |
Duration: | 130 seconds |
Delay: | 12 seconds |
Chord names: | Not defined |
Abusive: | |
Comment: | - |
Em
I'll tell ye a story
that happened to me
D
One day as I went out
to Youghal by the Sea
Em
The sun it was bright
G D
and the day it was warm
Em D
Says I, A quiet pint
Em D Em
wouldn't do me no harm
Em
I went to the barman,
I says give me a stout
D
Says the barman, I'm sorry
all the beer is sold out
Em
Try whiskey or vodka,
G D
ten years in the wood
Em D
Says I, I'll try cider,
Em D Em
I heard that it's good
[Chorus]
Em
Oh never, oh never,
oh never again
D
If I live to a hundred
or a hundred and ten
Em
I fell to the ground
G D
and I couldn't get up
Em D
After drinking a pint
Em D Em
of the Johnny Jump Up
[Verse 2]
Em
After lowering the third
I headed straight for the yard
D
Where I bumped into Brophy
the big civic guard
Em
He says come here to me boy,
G D
don't you know I'm the law
Em D
Well I upped with my fist
Em D Em
and I shattered his jaw
Em
He fell to the ground
with his knees crumpled up
D
But it wasn't I hit him,
t'was the Johnny Jump Up
Em
And the next thing I met
G D
down in Youghal by the Sea
Em D
Was a cripple on crutches,
Em D Em
and says he to me
Em
I'm afraid o' me life
I'll be hit by a car
D
Would you help me across
to the Railwayman's Bar
Em
And after three pints
G D
of the cider so sweet
Em D
He threw down his crutches
Em D Em
and he danced on his feet
[Chorus]
Em
Oh never, oh never,
oh never again
D
If I live to a hundred
or a hundred and ten
Em
I fell to the ground
G D
and I couldn't get up
Em D
After drinking a pint
Em D Em
of the Johnny Jump Up
[Verse 3]
Em
Now I went up the Lee road
a friend for to see
D
They call it the Madhouse
in Cork by the Lee
Em
But when I got up there,
G D
the truth I do tell
Em D
They had the poor bugger
Em D Em
locked up in his cell
Em
Says the guard testing him,
say these words if you can
D
'Around the rugged rocks
the ragged rascal ran'
Em
Tell them I'm not crazy,
G D
tell them I'm not mad
Em D
T'was only a sip
Em D Em
of that cider I had
Em
Now a man died in the Union
by the name of Mcnabb
D
They washed him and laid him
outside on a slab
Em
And after the coroner
G D
all measurements did take
Em D
His wife took him home
Em D Em
to a bloody fine wake
Em
'Twas about twelve o'clock
and the beer it was high
D
When the corpse sat up
and says with a sigh
Em
I can't get to heaven,
G D
they won't let me up
Em D
Till I bring them a pint
Em D Em
of the Johnny Jump Up
[Chorus]
Em
Oh never, oh never,
oh never again
D
If I live to a hundred
or a hundred and ten
Em
I fell to the ground
G D
and I couldn't get up
Em D
After drinking a pint
Em D Em
of the Johnny Jump Up
Em
Oh never, oh never,
oh never again
D
If I live to a hundred
or a hundred and ten
Em
I fell to the ground
G D
and I couldn't get up
Em D
After drinking a pint
Em D Em
of the Johnny Jump Up