This is exactly how the Dubliners play it, without a capo. Basically the whole song just goes D A. Intro (flutes): D A A D x4 VERSE I: -------- D (xx0232@1) AIn (x02220@1)the days I went a courtin', A (x02220@1) DI (xx0232@1)was never tired resortin'. D (xx0232@1) ATo (x02220@1)an ale house or a playhouse, A (x02220@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)many's the house besides D (xx0232@1) ABut (x02220@1)I told me brother Seamus, A (x02220@1) DI'd (xx0232@1)go off and be right famous, D (xx0232@1) AAnd (x02220@1)I never would return again, A (x02220@1) DUntil (xx0232@1)I roamed the worldwide. CHORUS: ------- D (xx0232@1) AGoodbye, (x02220@1)Muirsheen Durkin, A (x02220@1) DSure (xx0232@1)I'm sick and tired of workin' D (xx0232@1) ANo (x02220@1)more I'll dig for praties, A (x02220@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)no longer I'll be fooled D (xx0232@1) AAs (x02220@1)sure as me name is Carney, A (x02220@1) DI'll (xx0232@1)be off to Californy D (xx0232@1) AWhere (x02220@1)instead of digging praties, A (x02220@1) DI'll (xx0232@1)be digging lumps of gold. Inst. (flutes): D A A D x1 VERSE II: --------- D (xx0232@1) AI've (x02220@1)courted girls in Blarney, A (x02220@1) Din (xx0232@1)Kanturk and in Killarney A (x02220@1) In passage and in Queenstown, A (x02220@1) Dthat (xx0232@1)is the Cobh of Cork. D (xx0232@1) AGoodbye (x02220@1)to all this pleasure, A (x02220@1) DI'll (xx0232@1)be off to take me leisure D (xx0232@1) AAnd (x02220@1)the next time that you'll hear from me, A (x02220@1) Dwill (xx0232@1)be a letter from New York. CHORUS: ------- D (xx0232@1) AGoodbye, (x02220@1)Muirsheen Durkin, A (x02220@1) DI'm (xx0232@1)sick and tired of workin' ANo (x02220@1)more I'll dig for praties, A (x02220@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)no longer I'll be fooled AAs (x02220@1)sure as me name is Carney, A (x02220@1) DI'll (xx0232@1)be off to Californy AWhere (x02220@1)instead of digging praties, A (x02220@1) DI'll (xx0232@1)be digging lumps of gold. VERSE III: ---------- D (xx0232@1) AGoodbye (x02220@1)to the girls at home, A (x02220@1) DI'm (xx0232@1)going far across the foam. D (xx0232@1) ATo (x02220@1)try and make me fortune, A (x02220@1) Din (xx0232@1)far Amerikay. D (xx0232@1) AThere's (x02220@1)gold and jewels and plenty, A (x02220@1) AFor (x02220@1)the poor and for the gentry D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) And when I return again, A (x02220@1) DI (xx0232@1)never more will say: CHORUS: ------- D (xx0232@1) AGoodbye, (x02220@1)Muirsheen Durkin, A (x02220@1) DSure (xx0232@1)I'm sick and tired of workin' D (xx0232@1) ANo (x02220@1)more I'll dig for praties, A (x02220@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)no longer I'll be fooled D (xx0232@1) AAs (x02220@1)sure as me name is Carney, A (x02220@1) DI'll (xx0232@1)be off to Californy D (xx0232@1) AWhere (x02220@1)instead of digging praties, A (x02220@1) DI'll (xx0232@1)be digging lumps of gold. Inst.: D A A D to fadeout.