Chords
The Donnybrook Affair

Key: D

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
      D                               G                     D
  A row, a ruction, a fracas, an affray
      G                             D
  A rough and tumble free-for-all
      A
  A broil, A brawl,A melee,
      D                                                         G                       D
  A ruckus to be reckoned with and now without delay
              G                                         D
  We're taking the road to the Dodder on down
        A                               D
  To march in the last parade
  A row, a ruction, a fracas, an affray
  G                 C                           G
  I will go, I will meet you there
  C                         G                             D
  I will spend a week or two with you at Donnybrook Fair
  G                 C                           G
  I will go, I will meet you there
                  C                           G
  But the council's up in arms,
                          D                           G
  They aim to take it away, I swear!
          C                           G
  The council's up in arms
                          D                           G
  They aim to take it away, I swear.
    (D)
         D
  D
  Play the harp and play the fiddle,
  G                             D
  Play the whistle too,
  G                               D
  Bang the drum and use the lungs
        A
  To get the message through
                  D
  But you fight, you might get tar-and-feathered,
          G                       D
  So, bow and say a prayer,
                G                                 D
  To the Commission for the Abolition
  A                               D
  Of the Donnybrook Fair.
  Chorus
    CFCFCGC  FCFCGC
    GCGCGDGCGCGDGCGDG
    D
  Chorus X2
  I will go, I will meet you there