Slim Dusty – If We Only Had Old Ireland Over Here (Guitar)

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[Intro] G [Verse]
      G               C           G
I was dreaming of old Ireland and Killarney's lakes and fells,

      C               G                A7               D
I was dreaming of the shamrock and the dear old Shannon Bells,

        G         C           G
When my memory suggested in a vision bright and clear,

        C                         G            D               G
All the strange things that would happen if we had old Ireland here.
[Chorus]
       G                    C             G
If the Blarney stones stood out on Sydney Harbour,

    C                                G
And Dublin Town to Melbourne came to stay,

                     C                   G
If the Shannon River joined the Brisbane Waters,

          A                              D
And Killarney's lakes flowed into Botany Bay,

       G                  C          G
If the Shannon Bells rang out in old Fremantle,

    C                           G
And County Cork in Adelaide did appear,

       Em                             G                  D
Erin's sons would never roam, all the boys would stay at home,

      G            D            G      D
If we only had old Ireland over here.
[Interlude] G D G D [Verse]
          G              C               G
There are lots of lovely Faeries dancin' on the village green,

          C              G            A7          D
There are lots of lovely Cailíns, the finest ever seen,

          G                   C              G
Where the boys are all called Paddy, and the girls called Molly dear,

          C                   G                 D               G      D
Sure we'd wrap the green flag round them, if we had old Ireland here.
[Chorus]
       G                  C          G
If the Shannon Bells rang out in old Fremantle,

    C                           G
And County Cork in Adelaide did appear,

       Em                             G                  D
Erin's sons would never roam, all the boys would stay at home,

      G            D            G      D
If we only had old Ireland over here.
[Tag]
      G            D            G
If we only had old Ireland over here.