The Dubliners – Thirty Foot Trailer (Guitar)

C                             F
The old ways are changing you cannot deny

   C                         F G
The day of the traveler is over

        Am                        C           F
There's nowhere to go and there's nowhere to bide

  C                            F    C
So farewell to the life of the rover

C                             F
Goodbye to the tent and the old caravan

       C                      F         G
To the tinker, the gypsy, the traveling man

   C                            F    C
And goodbye to the thirty foot trailer

C                             F
Farewell to the cant and the Romany tongue

   C                   F  G
Farewell to the Romany talking

        Am                        C           F
The buying and the selling, the old fortune telling

  C                            F    C
The knock on the door and the hawking

C                             F
Goodbye to the tent and the old caravan

       C                      F         G
To the tinker, the gypsy, the traveling man

   C                            F    C
And goodbye to the thirty foot trailer

C                             F
Farewell to the besoms of heather and bloom

   C                           F G
Farewell to the creels and the basket

        Am                    C           F
The folks of today they would far sooner pay

  C                            F    C
For a thing that's been made out of plastic

C                             F
Goodbye to the tent and the old caravan

       C                      F         G
To the tinker, the gypsy, the traveling man

   C                            F    C
And goodbye to the thirty foot trailer

C                             F
The old ways are passing and soon will be gone

   C                      F G
For progress is aye a big factor

        Am                  C           F
It's sent to afflict us and when they evict us

  C                            F    C
They'll tow us away with a tractor

C                             F
Goodbye to the tent and the old caravan

       C                      F         G
To the tinker, the gypsy, the traveling man

   C                            F    C
And goodbye to the thirty foot trailer

C                         F
Farewell to the pony, the cob and the mare

   C                          F G
The reins and the harness are idle

          Am                        C           F
You don't need a strap when you're breaking up scrap

  C                            F    C
So farewell to the bit and the bridle

C                             F
Goodbye to the tent and the old caravan

       C                      F         G
To the tinker, the gypsy, the traveling man

   C                            F    C
And goodbye to the thirty foot trailer

C                                  F
Farewell to the fields where we've sweated and toiled

   C                         F G
At pullin' and crownin' and liftin'

          Am                        C           F
They'll soon have machines and the traveling queens

  C                            F    C
And their menfolk had better be shiftin'

C                             F
Goodbye to the tent and the old caravan

       C                      F         G
To the tinker, the gypsy, the traveling man

   C                            F    C
And goodbye to the thirty foot trailer

C                               F
You've got to move fast to keep up with the times

   C                         F G
For these days a man cannot dander

        Am                        C           F
There's a bylaw to say you must be on your way

  C                          F    C
And another to say you can't wander

C                             F
Goodbye to the tent and the old caravan

       C                      F         G
To the tinker, the gypsy, the traveling man

   C                            F    C
And goodbye to the thirty foot trailer