The Irish Rover - The Pogues with the Dubliners Intro + Kazoo: Do do [G] do do do do do do do do [C] do do do [G] do do do do do do [D] do do do [G] do do do do do do do do do [C] do do [G] do do do [D] do do do do [G] do do do [G] do do do do do do [D] do do do [G] do do do do do do [D] do do do [G] do do do do do [Em] do do do do do [C] do do do [G] do do do do [D] do do [G]do Verse 1: On the [G] Fourth of July, eighteen hundred and [C] six, We set [G] sail from the sweet cove of [D] Cork We were [G] sailing away with a cargo of [C] bricks For the [G] grand City [D] Hall in New [G] York She was a [G] wonderful craft, she was [D] rigged 'fore and aft And how [G] the wild winds [D] drove her She 'stood [G] several blasts, she had [Em] twenty-seven [C] masts And they [G] called her the [D] Irish [G] Rover Verse 2: We had [G] one million bags of the best Sligo [C] rags We had [G] two million barrels of [D] stones We had [G] three million sides of old blind horses' [C] hides We had [G] four million [D] barrels of [G] bones We had [G] five million hogs and [D] six million dogs [G] And seven million barrels of [D] porter We had [G] eight million bales of old [Em] nanny goats' [C] tails In the [G] hold of the [D] Irish [G] Rover Verse 3: There was [G] Barney McGee from the banks of the [C] Lee There was [G] Hogan from County Ty-[D]rone There was [G] Johnny McGurk who was scared stiff of [C] work And a [G] man from [D] Westmeath called [G] Malone There was [G] Slugger O'Toole who was [D] drunk as a rule [G] And fighting Bill Tracy from [D] Dover And your [G] man Mick McCann, from the [Em] banks of the [C] Bann Was the [G] skipper of the [D] Irish [G] Rover Verse 4: We had [G] sailed seven years when the measles broke [C] out And our [G] ship lost her way in the [D] fog And the [G] whole of the crew was reduced down to [C] two 'Twas [G] meself and [D] the captain's old [G] dog Then the [G] ship struck a rock [STOP] oh Lord [D] what a shock [STOP] [G] The bulkhead was turned right [D] over We turned [G] nine times around - then [Em] the poor old dog was [C] drowned [SHOUT 1,2,3,4] Now I'm [G] the last of the [D] Irish Ro-[G]ver Outro + Kazoo: Do do [G] do do do do do do do do [C] do do do [G] do do do do do do [D] do do do [G] do do do do do do do do do [C] do do [G] do do do [D] do do do do [G] do do do [G] do do do do [STOP] do do [D] do do do [STOP] [G] do do do do do do [D] do (slowing down) do do [G] do do do do do [Em] do do do do do [C] do Now I'm [G] the last of the [D] Irish Ro-[G]ver