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			     John O'Reilly - Charlie Robison
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Tabbed by: DrHess84
Tuning: Standard

Capo II (Relative to capo)

D (xx0232@1)                                                GMy (320003@1)name is John O'Reilly and my father worked the fields
                     D (xx0232@1)                                 AIn (x02220@1)the hills of old Kilarny where I helped him turn the wheels
D (xx0232@1)                                    GMy (320003@1)arms grew hard as iron for a boy of 17
                        D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)         DAnd (xx0232@1)I used my fists for gambling on those wet Kilarny streets

D (xx0232@1)                                                GWell (320003@1)the ship left for America and I took my pack aboard
                        D (xx0232@1)                              A (x02220@1)          
Said goodbye to my dear Ireland said a prayer to my dear lord
D (xx0232@1)                                                         GBut (320003@1)I fought those sorry guineas in the kitchen they called hell
                             D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)             DWell (xx0232@1)I fought them for their dollar and those guineas paid me well

Chorus:
DFair (xx0232@1)the well fair Dover
                           GFair (320003@1)the well your seasons turn
                       D (xx0232@1)                       Bm (x24432@1)       A (x02220@1)       DFor (xx0232@1)my pockets will be jingling on the day of my return the day of my return

D (xx0232@1)                                                    GWell (320003@1)I fought in New York City and I fought the Jersey shore
                      D (xx0232@1)                               AMy (x02220@1)gut stayed full of whiskey and my bed stayed full of whores
D (xx0232@1)                                                                GWell (320003@1)they called my right a cannonball and my left they called the same
                    D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)               DAnd (xx0232@1)I left them all lyin' half in blood and half in shame

D (xx0232@1)                                         GWell (320003@1)I met a man on 32 and he stuck out his hand
                    D (xx0232@1)                             AAnd (x02220@1)he offered me a thousand if I'd fall before his man
D (xx0232@1)                                               GWell (320003@1)I said it could be done but only for another two
                        D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)            DAnd (xx0232@1)he smiled at me and nodded as I stuck it in my shoe

Chorus:
DFair (xx0232@1)the well fair dover
                           GFair (320003@1)the well your seasons turn
                       D (xx0232@1)                       Bm (x24432@1)       A (x02220@1)       DFor (xx0232@1)my pockets will be jingling on the day of my return the day of my return

D (xx0232@1)                                                        GWell (320003@1)they rang the bell two times before I let him have my nose
                      D (xx0232@1)                           AAnd (x02220@1)I let him work my left until my eye was swollen closed
D (xx0232@1)                                                 GThen (320003@1)I let loose a right that they still talk about today
                       D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)           DFor (xx0232@1)that guinea didn't know that I had bet the other way

D (xx0232@1)                                                 GThey (320003@1)covered every dock and every port there on the coast
                       D (xx0232@1)                           ALooking (x02220@1)for the double crosser who had turned into a ghost
D (xx0232@1)                                                GBut (320003@1)I was on a train my friend that rode the other way
                   D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)             DAnd (xx0232@1)I'll sail from California back to Dublin one fine day

Chorus: x2
DFair (xx0232@1)the well fair Dover
                           GFair (320003@1)the well your seasons turn
                       D (xx0232@1)                       Bm (x24432@1)       A (x02220@1)       DFor (xx0232@1)my pockets will be jingling on the day of my return the day of my return