The Dubliners – Weila Waila (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Verse]
G
There was an old woman and she lived in the woods

              C  G
Weile, weile, waile;

D
There was an old woman and she lived in the woods

                      G
Down by the river Saile
[Verse]
G
She had a baby three months old

               C  G
Weile, weile, waile

D
She had a baby three months old

                      G
Down by the river Saile;
[Verse]
G
She had a penknife long and sharp

              C  G
Weile, weile, waile

D
She had a penknife long and sharp

                      G
Down by the river Saile;
[Verse]
G
She stuck the penknife in the baby's heart

              C  G
Weile, weile, waile

D
She stuck the penknife in the baby's heart

                      G
Down by the river Saile;
[Verse]
G
Three loud knocks came knocking on the door

              C  G
Weile, weile, waile

D
Three loud knocks came knocking on the door

                      G
Down by the river Saile;
[Verse]
G
There was two policeman and a man

              C  G
Weile, weile, waile

D
There was two policeman and a man

                      G
Down by the river Saile;
[Verse]
G
They took her away and they put her into jail

              C  G
Weile, weile, waile

D
They took her away and they put her into jail

                      G
Down by the river Saile;
[Verse]
G
They pulled the rope and she was hung

              C  G
Weile, weile, waile

D
They pulled the rope and she was hung

                      G
Down by the river Saile;

G
And that was the end of the woman in the woods

              C  G
Weile, weile, waile

D
And that was the end of the baby too

                      G
Down by the river Saile