Whiskey In the Jar - The Highwaymen 1962
Original track in D# = Capo III
Intro picking:
C Am
e|--------------0--0---|
B|--------------1--1---|
G|----—---------0--2---|
D|--2-22-00-00--2--2---|
A|--------------3--0---|
E|--------------3--0---|
Intro: C Am C Am
Verse 1 C Am
As I was going over, Kil-gary Mountain,
F C Am
I met with Captain Farrell and his money he was count'n.
F C Am
First I drew my pistol and I rattled forth me sabre,
F C Am
Stand and deliver for I am your bold deceiver.
Chorus: G7
Musha ringum durum da
C
What fol the daddy’o
F
What fol the daddy’o
C G7 C Am C Am
There's whiskey in the jar
Verse 2 C Am
He counted out his money and it made a pretty penny,
F C Am
I took the money home and I gave it to my Jenny.
F C Am
She sighed and she swore that she never would deceive me,
F C Am
But the devil’s in the women and they never will be easy.
Chorus: G7
Musha ringum durum da
C
What fol the daddy’o
F
What fol the daddy’o
C G7 C Am C Am
There's whiskey in the jar
Verse 3 C Am
Early in the morning ‘tween the hours of six and seven,
F C Am
The guards were standing ‘round me and numbers are uneven,
F C Am
I pulled to my pistols but alas I was mistaken,
F C Am
For Jenny wet the powder and a pris-on-er I was taken.
Chorus: G7
Musha ringum durum da
C
What fol the daddy’o
F
What fol the daddy’o
C G7 C Am C Am
There's whiskey in the jar
C Am
I think I’ll find me brother the one that’s in the army,
F C Am
I don’t know where he’s stationed is it Cork or in Killarney?
F C Am
Together we’ll go roaming in the mountains of Kilkenny,
F C Am
And I dare he’ll treat me fairer than my darling sportin’ Jenny.
G7
Musha ringum durum da
C
What fol the daddy’o
F
What fol the daddy’o
C G7 C Am C Am
There's whiskey in the jar
C Am
Some take delight in the fishin’ and a polein’,
F C Am
Others take delight in the carriage a rollin’,
F C Am
But I take delight in the juice of the barley,
F C Am
And courtin’ pretty girls in the mornin’ so early.
G7
Musha ringum durum da
C
What fol the daddy’o
F
What fol the daddy’o
C G7 C
There's whiskey in the jar.
Repeat chorus 3 times.
Last time, last line:
C G7 C C
There's whiskey in the jar.
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This TAB by Yarrowyck
