Odonoghues - Andy Irvine Chords
Chords: Bm, A, D, G, D/C#, D/B, Ciaran, Drew, Agus
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Genre: folk, traditional, irish
[Verse 1]
Bm A Bm
It was August nineteen-sixty-two
D G Bm A
When I first set foot in O’Donoghue’s
G Bm A
A world of music, friends and booze
G A
Opened up before me
D D/C# D/B A
I never could’ve guessed as I walked through the door
G A Bm A
Just what the future had in store
G Bm A
A crossroads for my life I saw
D D/C# D/B D
Lying there to taunt me.
[Verse 2]
Bm A Bm
Well, I was an actor, I played straight
D G Bm A
I played at the Gaiety, played at the Gate
G Bm A
My mother in nineteen-twenty-eight
G A
Had trod those boards before me
D D/C# D/B A
I was getting tired of the company
G D Bm A
An actor’s life did not suit me
G Bm A
I said “Goodbye; you’ll never see
D D/C# G D
Me back here at Neary’s.”
D/C# G A
D G D
[Verse 3]
Bm A Bm
Johnny Moynihan in his fusty coat
D G Bm A
Was the first to play there in Meirion Row
G Bm A
And he brought the bouzouki to Ireland, you know
G A
“Way storm along, John!”
D D/C# D/B A
Paddy and Maureen O’Donoghue
G D Bm A
Ciaran Bourke, Luke Kelly, Ronnie Drew
G A
Barney McKenna and me and you
D D/C# D/B D
In the early 1960’s.
D G D
[Verse 4]
Bm A Bm
Well, Paddy and Maureen very very sound
D G Bm A
Though she liked to camp on the moral high ground
G Bm A
If you had long hair you were outward bound
G A
Go down blood red roses
D D/C# D/B A
Ronnie Drew in his fine suit of blue
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