The Foggy Dew chords
by The Wolfe TonesSong Key: D Minor (Relative to F Major)
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 112 bpm
Guitar Tuning: E A D G B e
Skill Level: Beginner
Guitar Chords: Dm, C, Gm, F
Beginners: Very Easy Gm... see charts below
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The Foggy Dew
The Relative Major Key of Dm is highlighted (F) - Transpose to any other key.Dm C Dm Gm Dm Intro: 4/4 | 𝄽 𝄽 𝄽 ♪♪| | | - | | Dm C Dm Gm Dm 1. As down the glen one East-er morn To a ci-ty fair rode I Dm C Dm Gm Dm Their armed lines of march-ing men In squad-rons passed me by F Gm F Dm C Dm No pipes did hum no bat-tle drum Did sound it's loud ta-too Dm C But the An-gel-us bell o'er the Lif-fey’s swell Dm Gm Dm Rang out in the Fog-gy Dew Dm C Dm Gm Dm 2. Right proud-ly high o-ver Dub-lin Town They flung out the flag of war Dm C Dm Gm Dm 'Twas bet-ter to die 'neath an I-rish sky _ Than at Suv-la or Sud-El-Bar F Gm F Dm C Dm And from the plains of Ro-yal Meath Strong men came hur-ry-ing through Dm C While Bri-tan-nia's Huns with their long range guns Dm Gm Dm Sailed in through the Fog-gy Dew Dm C Dm Gm Dm | | | - | | Dm C Dm Gm Dm 3.'Twas Eng-land bade our Wild Geese go That small nat-ions might be free Dm C But their lone-ly graves are by Suv-la's waves Dm Gm Dm On the fringe of the Great North Sea F Gm F Dm C Dm Oh had they died by Pear-se's side Or fought with Cathal Brugha Dm C Their names we’ll keep where the Fen-ians sleep Dm Gm Dm 'Neath the shroud of the Fog-gy Dew Dm C Dm Gm Dm 4. Oh the bra-vest fell and the req-ui-em bell Rang mourn-ful-ly and clear Dm C Dm Gm Dm For those who died that Eas-ter tide In the spring time of the year F Gm F Dm C Dm While the world did gaze with deep a-maze At those fear-less men but few Dm C Who bore the fight that the free-dom's light Dm Gm Dm Might shine through the Fog-gy Dew Dm C Dm Gm Dm | | | - | | Dm C Dm Gm Dm 5. Back through the glen I rode a-gain My heart with grief was sore Dm C Dm Gm Dm For I part-ed with those val-i-ant men That I'll ne-ver see no more F Gm F Dm C Dm But to and fro in my dreams I go And I'd kneel and pray for you Dm C Dm Gm Dm For slav-er-y fled O glor-ious dead When you fell in the Fog-gy Dew
Guitar Tutorial - Timing:
- Level Of Ease: Easy
- Song Key: Dm (1 flat - B♭) - the relative minor of F Major. This means Dm and F Major share the same key signature.
- Tips for Timing - If you have trouble with timing, this may help, especially if you're playing melody lines or off-beat chord changes.
Take the smallest note in the bar, e.g., an eighth-note.
Split the bar into eight sections which can be counted as | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 | or | 1& 2& 3& 4& |. The second is preferred as it keeps into account the timing of 4 beats per bar.
If the smallest note is a sixteenth-note, you split the bar into 16 sections.
This includes dotted eighth notes, which equates to 1 eighth-note + 1 sixteenth-note (1 quaver + 1 semi-quaver), which equals 3 sixteenth-notes (3 semi-quavers).
It also includes any rests which may occur within each bar. Rather than count the bar as 1 - 16 as we did above with 1 - 8, a better way to count each bar and keep the timing to lots of 4 as follows:| 1 2 3 4 - 2 2 3 4 - 3 2 3 4 - 4 2 3 4 |
OR
| 1 & & & - 2 & & & - 3 & & & - 4 & & & |Remember, the count includes everything, i.e., notes, dotted notes, rests, dotted rests, etc.
If it helps, write each note or rest into the bar count, so you can physically see how the bar pans out in terms of timing. Simply replace each number in the bar with a note or rest.Another suggestion, especially with 16 count bars, is to SLOW the tempo right down and count the beats while you play till it feels comfortable, then speed up slowly until you achieve the desired tempo.
Song Details:
- Composer Traditional
- Lyricist: Canon Charles O'Neill (parish priest of Kilcoo and later of Newcastle)
- Date: 1919
- Lyrics Begin: As down the glen one Easter morn to a city fair rode I,
- Performing Artists: The Wolfe Tones
- Genre: Irish Rebel Song
- Album: 25th Anniversary
Released: 1989
Country: Ireland
Formt: 2xCD
Label: Harmac Records
The Wolfe Tones

- Band Origin: Inchicore, County Dublin, Ireland
- Members: Brian Warfield, Noel Nagle, and Tommy Byrne
- Music Styles: Irish Folk Music, Irish Rebel Music, Pan Celticism (a variety of political and cultural movements and organisations that promote greater contact between Celtic Nations which include Ireland, Isle of Man, Brittany, Cornwall, Scotland and Wales.)
- Active Years: 1963 - present
- Noel Nagle: tin whistle, uillean pipes, vocals
- Brian Warfield: vocalist, banjo, harp and bodhran
- Tommy Byrne: guitarist, vocalist
Songs by The Wolfe Tones on this site:
- A Nation Once Again
- The Foggy Dew
- The Patriot Game