Gartloney Rats Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

 intro C G C G C G F C

CThe boys from the village were Gmfestering sore

 For a day on the rant with some Fmusic and more

CThey'd drink porter in Maura's way Gmover in Fore

 And Fnever get drunk but stay Csober

(every verse uses this sequence)

There was Harry the banjo and Dunne of the swan

With whose bone from the wing he'd beat the bodhran

And the song that he'd sing was of ganders and all

He'd never get drunk but stay sober

There was Woods on the Guitar and auld squeeze box too

Who came from a time before aeroplanes flew

He'd sit in a corner and mule quite a few

And he'd never get drunk but stay sober

Intro

C F D G C F C G C 2x

There was Mahon the singer who knew all the songs

And never was known to put a foot wrong

He'd sing through the night till the break o' the morn

And he'd never get drunk but stay sober

Then Harry the banjo now there was a man

A bottomless pit if ever there was one

More porter he'd lower that there was in the land

And he'd Never get drunk but stay sober

Well the Gartloney Rats would play away

They'd play for the pints and not for the pay

And the pints they'd go down in the usual way

And they'd never get drunk but stay sober

 End instramental 1 - C F C G C 2x

 End instramental 2 - G D G C G C 2x

repeat both parts once