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: -------- C G In the days I went a courtin', F C I was never tired resortin'. C G To an ale house or a playhouse, F C And many's the house besides C G But I told me brother Seamus, F C I'd go off and be right famous, C G And I never would return again, F C Until I roamed the worldwide. CHORUS: ------- C G Goodbye, Muirsheen Durkin, F C Sure I'm sick and tired of workin' C G No more I'll dig for praties, F C And no longer I'll be fooled C G As sure as me name is Carney, F C I'll be off to Californy C G Where instead of digging praties, F C I'll be digging lumps of gold. Inst. (flutes): C G F C x1 VERSE II: --------- C G I've courted girls in Blarney, F C in Kanturk and in Killarney G In passage and in Queenstown, F C that is the Cobh of Cork. C G Goodbye to all this pleasure, F C I'll be off to take me leisure C G And the next time that you'll hear from me, F C will be a letter from New York. CHORUS: ------- C G Goodbye, Muirsheen Durkin, F C I'm sick and tired of workin' G No more I'll dig for praties, F C And no longer I'll be fooled G As sure as me name is Carney, F C I'll be off to Californy G Where instead of digging praties, F C I'll be digging lumps of gold. VERSE III: ---------- C G Goodbye to the girls at home, F C I'm going far across the foam. C G To try and make me fortune, F C in far Amerikay. C G There's gold and jewels and plenty, F G For the poor and for the gentry C G And when I return again, F C I never more will say: CHORUS: ------- C G Goodbye, Muirsheen Durkin, F C Sure I'm sick and tired of workin' C G No more I'll dig for praties, F C And no longer I'll be fooled C G As sure as me name is Carney, F C I'll be off to Californy C G Where instead of digging praties, F C I'll be digging lumps of gold. Inst.: C G F C to fadeout.