Glen Hansard – The Auld Triangle (Guitar)

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Auld Triangle - Hansard [Intro] G Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7 G Gmaj7 G6 Gmaj7 [Verse 1]
G       Gmaj7  G6      Gmaj7
A hungry  feeling

G       Gmaj7  G6      Gmaj7
Came o'er me stealing

        C         G        Am             D
And the mice were squealing in my prison cell
[Chorus 1]
        G  Gmaj7  G6 Gmaj7
And the auld  triangle

G       Gmaj7  G6      Gmaj7
Went   jingle    jangle

    C         G            Am   D  G
All along the banks of the Royal Canal.
[Verse 2]
G       Gmaj7  G6      Gmaj7
To begin the morning

G       Gmaj7  G6      Gmaj7
The screw was bawling

    C       G        Am             D
Get up ya bousey and clean out your cell
[Chorus 2]
        G  Gmaj7  G6 Gmaj7
And the auld triangle

G       Gmaj7  G6      Gmaj7
Went   jingle    jangle

     C         G           Am   D  G
All along the banks of the Royal Canal.
[Verse 3]
G       Gmaj7  G6      Gmaj7
The lag lay sleeping

G       Gmaj7  G6      Gmaj7
Oh the screw was creeping

      C         G              Am        D
As I lay there weeping for my good girl Sal
[Chorus 3]
        G  Gmaj7  G6 Gmaj7
And the auld triangle

G       Gmaj7  G6      Gmaj7
Went   jingle    jangle

     C         G           Am   D  G
All along the banks of the Royal Canal.
[Verse 4]
G       Gmaj7  G6      Gmaj7
I wish to Jesus

G       Gmaj7  G6      Gmaj7
They'd raise my wages

     C   G           Am       D
from 13 shillings to 2 pounds 10
[Chorus 4]
        G  Gmaj7  G6 Gmaj7
And the auld triangle

G       Gmaj7  G6      Gmaj7
Went   jingle    jangle

     C         G           Am   D  G
All along the banks of the Royal Canal.
[Verse 5]
G       Gmaj7  G6      Gmaj7
Up in the female prison

G       Gmaj7  G6      Gmaj7
There are seventy-five women

    C           G       Am         D
And among those women I wish I did dwell
[Chorus 5]
        G  Gmaj7  G6 Gmaj7
And the auld triangle

G       Gmaj7  G6      Gmaj7
Went   jingle    jangle

     C         G           Am   D  G
All along the banks of the Royal Canal.
[Outro]
     C         G           Am   D  G
All along the banks of the Royal Canal.
The verse below shows up in a few different versions in case you want to make it longer [Additional Verse 8]
G       Gmaj7  G6      Gmaj7
The wind was sighing

G       Gmaj7  G6      Gmaj7
And the day was dying

     C   G           Am      D
As I lay pining in my prison cell