Johnny Jump Up Chords
by Gaelic Storm22,990 views, added to favorites 1,527 times
Full song with no capo and simple chords - in the original I believe that it is played with capo at 2 and transposed down a 2 semi tones starting with a Dm.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: | beginner |
---|---|
Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Capo: | no capo |
Author cracklinrosiek [a] 76. 2 contributors total, last edit on Apr 8, 2023
Chords
Strumming
There is no strumming pattern for this song yet. Create and get +5 IQ
[Intro]
| Em | % | % | Em D |
| Em | % | % | Em D |
[Verse 1]
Em
I'll tell you a story that happened to me
D
One day as I went down to Youghal by the Sea
Em G D
The sun it was bright and the day it was warm
Em D Em D Em
Says I, A quiet pint wouldn't do me no harm
Em
I went in to the barman, I said give me a stout
D
Says the barman, I'm sorry all the beer 'twas sold out
Em G D
Try whiskey or vodka, ten years in the wood
Em D Em D Em
Says I, I'll try cider, I've heard that it's good
[Chorus]
Em
Oh never, oh never, oh never again
D
If I live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
Em G D
I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up
Em D Em D Em
After drinkin' a pint of the Johnny Jump Up
[Turnaround]
| Em D | Em D Em |
[Verse 2]
Em
After lowering the third I headed straight for the yard
D
Where I bumped into Brophy the big civic guard
Em G D
Come here to me boy, don't you know I'm the law
Em D Em D Em
Well I upped with my fist and I shattered his jaw
Em
He fell to the ground with his knees doubled up
D
Wish it wasn't I hit him, for the Johnny Jump Up
Em G D
And the next thing I met down in Youghal by the Sea
Em D Em D Em
Was a cripple on crutches, and says he to me
Em
I'm afraid of me life I'll be hit by a car
D
Would you help me across to the Railwayman's Bar
Em G D
And after three pints of the cider so sweet
Em D Em D Em
He threw down his crutches and he danced at his feet
[Chorus]
Em
Oh never, oh never, oh never again
D
If I live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
Em G D
Cuz I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up
Em D Em D Em
After drinkin' a pint of the Johnny Jump Up
[Instrumental]
| Em | % | % | Em |
| D | % | % | % |
| Em | % | % | D |
| Em | D | Em D Em |
| Em | % | % | Em |
| D | % | % | % |
| Em | % | % | D |
| Em | D | Em D Em |
[Verse 3]
Em
Now I went up the Lee road a friend for to see
D
They call it the Madhouse in Cork by the Lee
Em G D
But when I got up there, the truth I do tell
Em D Em D Em
They had the poor bugger locked up in his cell
Em
Says the guard testing him, say these words if you can
D
'Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran'
Em G D
Tell them I'm not crazy, tell them I'm not mad
Em D Em D Em
'Twas only six pints of that cider I had
[Turnaround]
| Em D | Em D Em |
[Verse 4]
Em
Now a man died in the Union by the name of McNabb
D
They washed him and placed him outside on a slab
Em G D
And after the coroner his measurements did take
Em D Em D Em
His wife took him home to a bloody fine wake
Em
'Twas about twelve o'clock and the beer it was high
D
The corpse he sat up and he says with a sigh
Em G D
I can't get to heaven, they won't let me up
Em D Em D Em
Till I bring them a pint of the Johnny Jump Up
[Chorus]
Em
Oh never, oh never, oh never again
D
If I live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
Em G D
Cuz I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up
Em D Em D Em
After drinkin' a pint of the Johnny Jump Up
Em
Oh never, oh never, oh never again
D
If I live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
Em G D
Cuz I fell to the ground and I couldn't get up
Em D Em D Em
After drinkin' a pint of the Johnny Jump Up
(Morrison's Jig)
[Outro]
| Em D | Em | G D | Em D | G D |
| Em D | Em | G D | Em D | G D |
| Em | % | % | C D |
| Em | % | % | G D |
| Em | % | % | C D |
| G | D | Am Bm | C D |
| Em D | Em | G D | Em D | G D |
| Em D | Em | G D | Em D | G D |
| Em | % | % | C D |
| Em | % | % | G D |
| Em | % | % | C D |
| G | D | Am Bm | C D |
| Em D | Em | G D | Em D | G D |
| Em D | Em | G D | Em D | G D |
| Em | % | % | C D |
| Em | % | % | G D |
| Em | % | % | C D |
| G | D | Am Bm | C D | Em |
X
×
Johnny Jump Up – Gaelic Storm
How to play
"Johnny Jump Up"
Font
Transpose
2 comments

do you happen to know the strum pattern for this? I keep trying but I can't get it right it seems :/
great job by the way!
+4
Related tabs