Whiskey In The Jar is a traditional Irish Folk Song.
This version by The Dubliners is featured on several of their albums. Other popular versions were recorded by Metallica and Thin Lizzy.
Music: Key of C Major in 4/4 time at 106 bpm (♩)
Chords: C, G, Am, F
Whiskey In The Jar
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F C G C CIntro: 4/4 | violin | 1& 2& 3&4& | banjo/guitar |
C Am
1. As I was goi-n’ o-ver The far famed Ker-ry Mount-ains
F C
I met with Cap-tain Fa-rrel And his mon-ey he was count-in'
C Am
I first pro-duced me pistol And I then pro-duced me rap-ier
F C
Say-in' stand and de-l-iver For you are a bold de-ceiv-er
G CChorus: Mu-sha ring duram doo duram da Whack fol da dad-dy O
F C G C
Whack fol da dad-dy O There's whisk-ey in the jar.
C Am
2. I count-ed out his mon-ey And it made a pret-ty pen-ny
F C
I put it in me pock-et And I took it home to Jen-ny
C Am
She sighed and she swore That she nev-er would de-ceive me
F C
But the de-vil take the wo-men For they nev-er can be eas-y
G CChorus: Mu-sha ring duram doo duram da Whack fol da dad-dy O
F C G C
Whack fol da dad-dy O There's whisk-ey in the jar.
C Am
3. I went in-to my cham-ber All for to take a slum-ber
F C
I dreamt of gold and jew-els And for sure it was no won-der
C Am
But Jen-ny drew me charges And she filled them up with wat-er
F C
Then sent for Cap-tain Far-rel To be read-y for the slaugh-ter
G CChorus: Mu-sha ring duram doo duram da Whack fol da dad-dy O
F C G C
Whack fol da dad-dy O There's whisk-ey in the jar.
C Am
4.'Twas ear-ly in the mor-nin’ Just be-fore I rose to trav-el
F C
Up comes a band of foot-men And like-wise Cap-tain Far-rel
C Am
I first pro-duced me pis-tol For she’d stol-en a-way me rap-ier
F C
But I could-n't shoot the wat-er So a pris-o-ner I was tak-en
G CChorus: Mu-sha ring duram doo duram da Whack fol da dad-dy O
F C G C
Whack fol da dad-dy O There's whisk-ey in the jar.
C Am
5. Now there's some take de-light In the car-ria-ges a rollin’
F C
And oth-ers take de-light In the hur-ley and the bow-lin'
C Am
But I take de-light In the juice of the bar-ley
F C
And court-ing pret-ty fair maids In the morn-ing bright and ear-ly
G CChorus: Mu-sha ring duram doo duram da Whack fol da dad-dy O
F C G C
Whack fol da dad-dy O There's whisk-ey in the jar.
C Am
6. If any-one can aid me 'Tis me broth-er in the ar-my
F C
If I can find his sta-tion In Cork or in Kil-lar-ney
C Am
And if he'll go with me We'll go rov-ing in Kil-ken-ny
F C
And I'm sure he'll treat me bet-ter Than me on-ly sport-ing Jen-ny
G CChorus: Mu-sha ring duram doo duram da Whack fol da dad-dy O
F C G C
Whack fol da dad-dy O There's whisk-ey in the jar.
G CChorus: Mu-sha ring duram doo duram da Whack fol da dad-dy O
F C G C
Whack fol da dad-dy O There's whisk-ey in the jar.
