Tab by Scott Davis Update of Lyrics by Stephen Bell Start with a down strum Am then riff 1 E ------------------------------ B --0--1--0--------------------- G -----------2--0--------------- D -----------------2--0--------- A -----------------------0--2--0 E ------------------------------ Followed by a C strum then G strum picking the bass note of each chord Then riff 2 E ----------0--------------- B --0--1--3----3--0--------- G -------------------2--0--- D -------------------------3 A -------------------------- E -------------------------- Followed by an F strum then a D strum picking the bass note of each chord Then repeat above. A5 C5 G5 Well who could blame me I was just a lad of Eighteen years A5 F5 D5 Locking for adventure, I was heading for the sun A5 C5 G5 And I left the polytechnic, And left for the southern hemisphere A5 F5 Me Ma said not to drink to much. I knew that I'd drink far too much D5 G5 ?Cause Dezzy Rielly wrote me And he told me it was so much fun A5 F5 The day that I got off the plane he met me there with Frank McShane D5 G5 D5 They took me to the city and we stopped in for the one D5 And I saw a... Chorus G5 A5 Hurling stick from Derry And a door knocker from Cork C5 F5 C5 The cap upon the wall just like the one I saw me Granda wearing G5 A5 Up above the doorway De Valera smiling down C5 D5 G5 A5 At a posters in the hallway of the pubs of Dublin Town Riff 1 and Riff 2 A5 C5 G5 Well who could blame me I could hold a tune and play a bit A5 F5 D5 I'l only ever played in rock bands, but me accent it was right A5 C5 G5 And we played the tunes, we sang the songs, and for the first time in me life I fit A5 F5 And I liked the girl behind the bar, she was out six months from Mulengar D5 G5 We'd all stop and have a jar, after work on Friday night's A5 F5 She told me that she loved this place, I leat across I kissed her face D5 G5 D5 Me Irish heartbeat it did race, me Celtic head felt light D5 Beneath the... Chorus repeat Riff 1 and Riff 2 x 2 A5 C5 G5 So who could blame me I was now a man of nineteen years A5 F5 D5 And it was the first time I'd spent Christmas on me own A5 C5 G5 Me Visa had expired and I'd began to like Australian beer A5 F5 And the cap upon the wall just like the one I saw me Granda wearing D5 G5 Made me long for Ireland and I booked me ticket home A5 F5 I walked into the house in Dublin City asking about me family history D5 G5 The photos and the trinkets and the cap me Granda owned A5 F5 But then me ma looked at me in shock she said me boy we sold the lot D5 G5 D5 To a pleasant man from Melbourne who called us on the phone She'ld sold the?.. G5 A5 Hurling stick from Derry and a door knocker from Cork C5 F5 C5 The cap upon the wall just like the one I saw me Granda wearing G5 A5 Up above the doorway De Valera had come down C5 D5 G5 A5 And an ashtray that me Da? stole From a pub in Dublin Town An Accordeon from Italy That had never played a tune And a shamrock made of plastic And a world cup team from ninety A horseshoe and a briar pipe, An ancient brick of peat I looked down in surprise to see, The floor beneath my feet A recording by the Waterboys, A recipe for stew and a litre of the Liffey and picture of James Gatway The text books from the poly, Over which we used to toil And a paperback edition, Of the world of Roddy Doyle She?d sold the crystal vase from Waterford, The Cup from Donegal She?d gone and sold the toilet seat, I had to stand to do my business A blackthorn stick from Arklow, Some driftwood from the shore The fiddle in the attic, And the sash me father wore G5 A5 She sold the Hurling stick from Derry and a door knocker from Cork C5 F5 C5 The cap upon the wall just like the one I saw me Granda wearing Up above the doorway, De Valera had come down And an ashtray that me Da? stole, From a Pub in Dublin Town So I think perhaps I?ll get drunk, At the Pub in Dublin Town Steve Bell (stevedinga@yahoo.com )
