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Band: Dropkick Murphys
Song: Finnegan's Wake
Album: Do or Die
Tabber: clark@theoddmenout.com
Intro Verse: (clean)
B Ab
Tim Finnegan lived in Watling Street, a gentle Irishman - Mighty odd
E
He'd a beautiful brogue so rich and sweet,
B F#
To rise in the world, he carried a hod,
B
You see he'd sort of a Trippling way:
Ab
With love for a liquor poor Tim was born,
E
To help him on with his work each day,
B F# B
He'd a drop of the Craythor every morn'...
Intro Riff:
e--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------9--9-9-------11--11-11--| x4
D--9--9-9-9-9--6--6-6-6-6--9--9-9--9-9--11--11-11--|
A--9--9-9-9-9--6--6-6-6-6--7--7-7--9-9---9---9--9--|
E--7--7-7-7-7--4--4-4-4-4----------7-7-------------|
(the first two times, guitar 2 justs hits chords)
Verse 1: (ring out chords)
B Ab
One morning Tim was rather full, his head felt heavy, which made him shake,
E
Fell from the ladder and broke his skull,
B F#
So they carried Him home, his corpse to wake
B Ab
Rolled him up in a nice clean sheet, and laid him out upon the bed,
E B F#
A bottle of whiskey at his feet, and a gallon of Porter at his head
Chorus:
B Ab
And whack Fol-De-Dah now dance to your partner,
E B F#
Welt the floor, your trotters shake
B Ab
Wasn't it the truth I told
E B F#
Ye lots of fun at Finnegan's Wake
Verse 2: (ring out)
B Ab
His friends assembled at his wake, and Missus Finnegan called for lunch
E B F#
First they brought in tea and cake, then pipes, tobacco and whiskey punch
B Ab
Biddy O'Brien begged to cry, such a nice clean corpse that you ever did see
E B F#
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:
B Ab
Then Peggy O'Connor took up the job, Biddy she says ye're wrong I'm sure
E B F#
Biddy then gave her a belt on the gob and left her sprawling on the floor
B Ab
Then the war did soon engage, Woman to Woman and Man to Man
E B E
Shillelah-law was all the rage, an' a row and a ruction soon began
B Ab
Mickey Maloney raised his head, when a bottle Of whiskey flew at him,
E F#
It missed him falling on the bed, the liquor scattered over Tim,
B Ab
Tim revives, see how he rises, Timothy rising from the bed
E F#
Whirl your whisky around like blazes, "Tonamondeal, do ye think I'm dead?"
Chorus x2
That's it! For suggestions, corrections, and requests, email me:
oddmenout4@theoddmenmout.com
