Basically the whole song just goes C G F C.
(You can omit the F if you like)


Intro (flutes): C G F C x4

VERSE I:
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       C (x32010@1)           GIn (320003@1)the days I went a courtin',
      F (133211@1)           CI (x32010@1)was never tired resortin'.
      C (x32010@1)            GTo (320003@1)an ale house or a playhouse,
    F (133211@1)                CAnd (x32010@1)many's the house besides
      C (x32010@1)             GBut (320003@1)I told me brother Seamus,
       F (133211@1)              CI'd (x32010@1)go off and be right famous,
      C (x32010@1)           GAnd (320003@1)I never would return again,
        F (133211@1)         CUntil (x32010@1)I roamed the worldwide.


CHORUS:
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C (x32010@1)                GGoodbye, (320003@1)Muirsheen Durkin,
         F (133211@1)               CSure (x32010@1)I'm sick and tired of workin'
   C (x32010@1)               GNo (320003@1)more I'll dig for praties,
       F (133211@1)            CAnd (x32010@1)no longer I'll be fooled
   C (x32010@1)                GAs (320003@1)sure as me name is Carney,
        F (133211@1)        CI'll (x32010@1)be off to Californy
         C (x32010@1)             GWhere (320003@1)instead of digging praties,
        F (133211@1)              CI'll (x32010@1)be digging lumps of gold.


Inst. (flutes): C G F C x1


VERSE II:
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     C (x32010@1)              GI've (320003@1)courted girls in Blarney,
      F (133211@1)         Cin (x32010@1)Kanturk and in Killarney
                  G (320003@1)         
In passage and in Queenstown, 
     F (133211@1)            Cthat (x32010@1)is the Cobh of Cork.
    C (x32010@1)             GGoodbye (320003@1)to all this pleasure,
        F (133211@1)            CI'll (x32010@1)be off to take me leisure
        C (x32010@1)                   GAnd (320003@1)the next time that you'll hear from me, 
          F (133211@1)             Cwill (x32010@1)be a letter from New York.


CHORUS:
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C (x32010@1)                GGoodbye, (320003@1)Muirsheen Durkin,
    F (133211@1)               CI'm (x32010@1)sick and tired of workin'
                     GNo (320003@1)more I'll dig for praties,
       F (133211@1)            CAnd (x32010@1)no longer I'll be fooled
                      GAs (320003@1)sure as me name is Carney,
        F (133211@1)        CI'll (x32010@1)be off to Californy
                         GWhere (320003@1)instead of digging praties,
        F (133211@1)              CI'll (x32010@1)be digging lumps of gold.


VERSE III:
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C (x32010@1)            GGoodbye (320003@1)to the girls at home,
    F (133211@1)                  CI'm (x32010@1)going far across the foam.
   C (x32010@1)             GTo (320003@1)try and make me fortune,
   F (133211@1)      Cin (x32010@1)far Amerikay.
        C (x32010@1)                 GThere's (320003@1)gold and jewels and plenty,
        F (133211@1)              GFor (320003@1)the poor and for the gentry
    C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)    
And when I return again, 
  F (133211@1)             CI (x32010@1)never more will say:


CHORUS:
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C (x32010@1)                GGoodbye, (320003@1)Muirsheen Durkin,
         F (133211@1)               CSure (x32010@1)I'm sick and tired of workin'
   C (x32010@1)               GNo (320003@1)more I'll dig for praties,
       F (133211@1)            CAnd (x32010@1)no longer I'll be fooled
   C (x32010@1)                GAs (320003@1)sure as me name is Carney,
        F (133211@1)        CI'll (x32010@1)be off to Californy
         C (x32010@1)             GWhere (320003@1)instead of digging praties,
        F (133211@1)              CI'll (x32010@1)be digging lumps of gold.


Inst.: C G F C to fadeout.