Fiddlers Green chords

by The Irish Rovers

Song Key: G Major

Time Signature: 3/4

Tempo: 64 bpm


Guitar Tuning: E A D G B e

Skill Level: Beginner

Guitar Chords: D, D7, G, C, Em

Easy guitar song with beginner chords

Chord Chart Legend
C Major G Major D Major D7 Em
Lefties Chord Chart Legend
C Major-LH G Major-LH D Major-LH D7-LH Em-LH

Fiddlers Green

Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key
               D               D7       G        
Intro: 3/4 ‖       |   𝄎   |        |       |   𝄎   ‖
           
        G             C             G           Em 
1. As I walked by the dock-side one eve-ning so rare
      G              C           G             D7 
   To view the still wat-ers and take the salt air
     C                       G             D
   I spied an old fisher-man sing-ing this song
      G         C           G           D7 
   Oh take me a-way boys me time is not long
    
                G        D            G 
Chorus: Wrap me up in me oil-skin and blank-ets
           C           G             D7 
        No more at the docks I'll be seen
             C                          G                       
        Just tell me old ship-mates I'm tak-in’ a trip mates
        D                        D7         G 
        I'll see you some-day in Fidd-ler's Green

       G          C          G                Em 
2. Now Fidd-ler's Green is a place I've heard tell
         G           C          G           D7 
   Where fish-er-men go if they don't go to hell
   C                        G            D
   Weath-er is fair and the dol-phins do play
           G             C           G         D7 
   And the cold coast of Fin-land is far far a-way

Chorus:  

3. Instrumental  for  1  Verse

Chorus: 

       G              C            G            Em 
4. And when you’re in dock and the long trip is through
           G                C                 G              D7 
   There's pubs and there's clubs and there's las-sies there too
       C                             G           D
   The girls are all pret-ty and the beer is all free
               G           C            G         D7 
   And there's bot-tles of rum grow-in’ on ev-'ry tree


Chorus:  

         G            C          G         Em 
5. Now I don't want a harp nor a ha-lo not me
        G         C            G             D7 
   Just give me a breeze and a good rol-lin’ sea
        C                          G          D
   I'll play me old squeeze-box as we sail  a-long
            G         C          G             D7 
   With the wind in a rig-gin’ a sing-‘in this song

Chorus:  
    

Song Details:

  • Songwriter: John Connolly
  • Date: 1966
  • Source: Palmer-Oxford Book Of Sea Songs
  • Lyrics Begin: As I walked by the dockside one evening so rare
  • Performing Artists: The Irish Rovers
  • Genre: Irish Folk Song
  • Album: Upon A Shamrock Shore ☘ Songs Of Ireland And The Irish
    Released: February 1, 2000
    Country: US
    Format: CD
    Label: MCA Records
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