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Muirshin Durkin

The Pogues
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 In the days  when I was courtin',
 I was seldom done resortin'
 In the ale house and the playhouse,
 And many's the house between
 I told me brother Seamus,
 I'll go off and get right famous,
 And when I come back  home again,
 I'll have seen the whole wide  world
 (choruse chords same as verse)
 And it's goodbye, Muirshin Durkin,
 I'm sick and tired of workin'
 I'll no more dig the praties,
 I'll no longer be a fool
 As sure as me name is Carney,
 I'll go off to California
 And instead of digging praties,
 I'll be digging lumps of gold
 Farewell to all the girls at home,
 I'm bound away across the foam
 Off to seek me fortune
 In far Amerikay
 There's silver there a-plenty,
 For the poor and for the gentry
 And when I come back home again,
 I never more will say,
 Goodbye, Muirshin Durkin,
 I'm sick and tired of workin'
 I'll no more dig the praties,
 I'll no longer be a fool
 As sure as me name is Carney,
 I'll go off to California
 Where instead of diggin' praties,
 I'll be digging lumps of gold
 And goodbye, Muirshin Durkin,
 I'm sick and tired of workin'
 I'll no more dig the praties,
 I'll no longer be a fool
 As sure as me name is Carney,
 I'll go off to California
 Where instead of diggin' praties,
 I'll be digging lumps of gold
 Goodbye, Muirshin Durkin,
 I'm sick and tired of workin'
 I'll no more dig the praties,
 No more be a fool
 As sure as me name is Carney,
 I'll go off to California
 Where instead of diggin' praties,
 I'll be diggin' lumps of gold

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Readable chord sheet for Muirshin Durkin by The Pogues

In the [C]days when I was [G]courtin',
I was seldom done re[C]sortin'
In the ale house and the [G]playhouse,
And many's the house bet[C]ween
I told me brother [G]Seamus,
I'll go off and get right [C]famous,
And when I come back[G] home again,
I'll have seen the whole wide[C] world

(choruse chords same as verse)
And it's goodbye, Muirshin Durkin,
I'm sick and tired of workin'
I'll no more dig the praties,
I'll no longer be a fool
As sure as me name is Carney,
I'll go off to California
And instead of digging praties,
I'll be digging lumps of gold

Farewell to all the girls at home,
I'm bound away across the foam
Off to seek me fortune
In far Amerikay
There's silver there a-plenty,
For the poor and for the gentry
And when I come back home again,
I never more will say,

Goodbye, Muirshin Durkin,
I'm sick and tired of workin'
I'll no more dig the praties,
I'll no longer be a fool
As sure as me name is Carney,
I'll go off to California
Where instead of diggin' praties,
I'll be digging lumps of gold

And goodbye, Muirshin Durkin,
I'm sick and tired of workin'
I'll no more dig the praties,
I'll no longer be a fool
As sure as me name is Carney,
I'll go off to California
Where instead of diggin' praties,
I'll be digging lumps of gold

Goodbye, Muirshin Durkin,
I'm sick and tired of workin'
I'll no more dig the praties,
No more be a fool
As sure as me name is Carney,
I'll go off to California
Where instead of diggin' praties,
I'll be diggin' lumps of gold

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