Key: C
Introduction:
C F C F C
Come all ye loyal heroes and listen onto me.
F C F Am
Don't hire with any farmer till you know what your work will be
F C F G
You will rise up in the morning from the clear day light of the dawn
C F C F C
and you never will be able for to plough the Rocks of Bawn.
verse 2
C F C F C
My shoes they are worn and my stockings they are thin
F C F Am
My heart is always trembling now for fear they might give in
F C F G
My heart is always trembling now from clear daylight of the dawn
C F C F C
And I never will be able for to plough the Rocks of Bawn.
verse 3
C F C F C
Rise up, gallant Sweeney, and get your horses hay
F C F Am
And give them a good feed of oats before they start away
F C F G
Don't feed them on soft turnip sprigs that grow on your green lawn
C F C F C
Or they never will be able for to plough the Rocks of Bawn.
verse 4
C F C F C
My curse upon you, Sweeney boy, you have me nearly robbed
F C F Am
You're sitting by the fireside now, your feet upon the hob
F C F G
You're sitting by the fireside now, from clear daylight of dawn
C F C F C
And you never will be able for to plough the Rocks of Bawn
Verse 5
C F C F C
I wish the Sergeant-Major would send for me in time
F C F Am
And place me in some regiment all in my youth and prime
F C F G
I'd fight for Ireland's glory now, from the clear daylight of dawn
C F C F C
Before I would return again to plough the Rocks of Bawn.