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While onEm the road to sweet Athy, Ha-roo Har-oo D While on Emthe road to sweet Athy, Har-oo Harr-oo G B7 When on tEmhe road to sweet AthyD A sCtick in the hand, A drop in thB7e eye A dEmoleful daDmsel I heaCrd cry B7 EmJohnny I haDrdly knewEm ya
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chorus Em  D With your drums and guns and guns and drums, ha-roo, ha-roo Em  G B7 With your drums and guns and guns and drums, ha-roo, ha-roo Em  D C B7 With your drums and guns and guns and drums, the enemy nearly slew ya; Em  D C B7 Me Darling dear, you look so queer.  
EmJohnny I haDrdly knewEm ya ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Em  D Where are the eyes that looked so mild ha-roo, ha-roo Em  G B7 Where are the eyes that looked so mild ha-roo, ha-roo Em  D C B7 Where are the eyes that looked so mild, When my poor heart you first beguiled Em  D C B7 Why did you run from me and the child,
EmJohnny I haDrdly knewEm ya. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Em  D Where are the legs with which you ran, ha-roo, ha-roo, Em  G B7 Where are the legs with which you ran, ha-roo, ha-roo, Em  D C B7 Where are the legs with which you ran, When first you went to carry a gun? Em  D C B7 Indeed your dancing days are done.
EmJohnny, I haDrdly knewEm ya. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Em  D It grieved my heart to see you sail ha-roo, ha-roo Em  G B7 It grieved my heart to see you sail ha-roo, ha-roo Em  D C B7 It grieved my heart to see you sail, Though from my heart you took leg-bail Em  D C B7 Like a cod you’re doubled up head and tail,
EmJohnny I haDrdly knewEm ya ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Em  D You haven’t an arm, you haven’t a leg, ha-roo, ha-roo, Em  G B7 You haven’t an arm, you haven’t a leg, ha-roo, ha-roo, Em  D C B7 You haven’t an arm, you haven’t a leg, You’re an eyeless, noseless, chickenless egg, Em  D C B7 You’ll have to be put with a bowl to beg.
EmJohnny, I haDrdly knewEm ya. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chorus Em  D I’m happy for to see you home ha-roo, ha-roo Em  G B7 I’m happy for to see you home ha-roo, ha-roo Em  D C B7 I’m happy for to see you home From the island of Ceylon Em  D C B7 So low in the flesh so high in the bone,
EmJonny I hDardly kneEmw ya. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Em  D How sad it is to see you so, ha-roo, ha-roo, Em  G B7 How sad it is to see you so, ha-roo, ha-roo, Em  D C B7 How sad it is to see you so, And I think of you now as an object of woe, Em  D C B7 But your Peggy’ll still keep you on as her beau.
EmJohnny, I haDrdly knewEm ya. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Chorus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Em  D They’re rolling out the guns again, ha-roo, ha-roo, Em  G B7 They’re rolling out the guns again, ha-roo, ha-roo, Em  D C B7 They’re rolling out the guns again, But they never will take our sons again Em  D C B7 No they never will take our sons again
EmJohnny I’m swDearing to ya.Em ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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