Mccormack's Wall

	  		

           C                F 
Well, I’ve not been honest, darlin', 
         G                    Am 
No, I’ve not been straight at all. 
        C        F 
Well, I beg your pardon; 
             G                  F 
The night we jumped McCormack’s Wall 
         C             F 
I was so happy just to be with you 
                  G           Am 
I would have said anything at all. 
            C                 
Now I could scream your name 
         F 
Till you do the same, 
      G              F 
But I know you won’t respond 


     G 
Well, here we are. 
       F 
What’s there to do? 
       C   F   G   Am 
La din da... 
       C   F  
La din da... 
          G               F 
I’m gonna ride black river 


         C           F 
With the lark in the morning 
        G            Am 
And the dew upon the dawn, 
        C              F 
Well, a-home we came a-crawling 
         G            F 
With our sickness and our song 
    C          F 
For all guitar makers; 
        G                 Am 
for the prisoners and the law; 
           C         F 
And to the fine wine drinkers 
    G                   F 
Who drank their bellies raw; 
       C              F 
And to all the good samaritans, 
        G               Am 
Whoever found us in the dark; 
       C                
And to all who’ve been 
   F 
Or come between 
    G             F 
The lovers in the park; 
       C                    F 
And to all the x Díomasaigh singers 
           G             Am 
With their roots in holy ground. 
       C              F 
And forgiveness still lingers 
       G               F 
In the bells above the town. 


      G 
Well, here we are. 
       F 
What’s there to do? 
       C   F   G   Am 
La din da... 
       C   F  
La din da... 
          G               F 
I’m gonna ride black river 
       C   F   G   Am 
La din da... 
       C   F  
La din da... 
          G               F 
I’m gonna ride black river 

           C            F 
Well, this is a song of drinking, 
          G                Am 
And for a drink it will be sung, 
         C                       F 
And I’ll sing it right, and I’ll say goodnight ’ 
               G               F 
Unless they're serving another one 

Instrumental Outro: 
C F G Am 
C F G F 
(repeat, also throughout the violin solo)