| Artist: | Dominic Behan (English) |
| User: | Fiach O'Connor |
| Duration: | 130 seconds |
| Delay: | 12 seconds |
| Chord names: | Not defined |
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| Comment: | - |
Em G D
come Irish men both young and stern with
Em D
adventure in your soul
Em G
there are better ways to spend your
D
days
Em D Em
than tiolen down a hole
(chorus)
G D
I was tall and true all of six foot
Em D
two till they broke me across the
Em
back
Em G D
By a name I'm known it's not my own
they
Em D Em
call me crooked jack
(second verse)
Em G D
the blue eyed gangers pet was I
Em D
Big Jack could do no wrong
Em G D
the reason simply was because I could
Em D Em
work hard hours and long
(chorus)
(third verse)
Em G D
I've seen men old before their time
Em D
their faces dark and gray
Em G D
I never thought that I myself
Em D Em
Would soon be the self same way
(Chorus)
(third verse)
Em G D
I cursed the day I went away
Em D
To work on those Hydro dams
Em G D
for sweat and tears or hopes and fears
Em D Em
bound up a shuddering jams
(chorus)
(final verse)
Em G D
they say that honest toil is good
Em D
for the body and the soul
Em G
but I tell you boys it's blood and
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sweat
Em D Em
that they want you down a hole.
(Chorus)