Finnegan's Wake Dropkick Murphys
Band: Dropkick Murphys
Song: Finnegan's Wake
Album: Do or Die
Tabber: clark@theoddmenout.com
Intro Verse: (clean)
Tim [B]Finnegan lived in Watling Street, a [G#]gentle Irishman - Mighty odd
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He'd a beautiful brogue so rich and sweet,
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To rise in the world, he carried a hod,
You [B]see he'd sort of a Trippling way:
With [G#]love for a liquor poor Tim was born,
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To help him on with his work each day,
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He'd a drop of the Craythor every morn'...
Intro Riff:
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(the first two times, guitar 2 justs hits chords)
Verse 1: (ring out chords)
One [B]morning Tim was rather full, his [G#]head felt heavy, which made him shake,
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Fell from the ladder and broke his skull,
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So they carried Him home, his corpse to wake
[B]Rolled him up in a nice clean sheet, and [G#]laid him out upon the bed,
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A bottle of whiskey at his feet, and a gallon of Porter at his head
Chorus:
And [B]whack Fol-De-Dah now [G#]dance to your partner,
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Welt the floor, your trotters shake
[B]Wasn't it the [G#]truth I told
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Ye lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake
Verse 2: (ring out)
His [B]friends assembled at his wake, and [G#]Missus Finnegan called for lunch
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First they brought in tea and cake, then pipes, tobacco and whiskey punch
[B]Biddy O'Brien begged to cry, such a [G#]nice clean corpse that you ever did see
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Tim brother, hey why did you die? Arrah hold your gob see Patty Magee
Chorus x1
Break:
B e f# B
Whoah,oh,oooh x2
Verse 3:
Then [B]Peggy O'Connor took up the job, [G#]Biddy she says ye're wrong I'm sure
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Biddy then gave her a belt on the gob and left her sprawling on the floor
[B]Then the war did soon engage, [G#]Woman to Woman and Man to Man
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Shillelah-law was all the rage, an' a row and a ruction soon began
[B]Mickey Maloney raised his head, when a [G#]bottle Of whiskey flew at him,
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It missed him falling on the bed, the liquor scattered over Tim,
[B]Tim revives, see how he rises, [G#]Timothy rising from the bed
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Whirl your whisky around like blazes, "Tonamondeal, do ye think I'm dead?"
Chorus x2
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