Fiddler Of Dooney Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays445

Fiddler Of Dooney by Gordon Bok is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, A, C, Am, Em and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro 
G   A   G 
G   A   G   A 
C   Am   C   Am 
C  G  C  Em  Am  E  A 

Verse 
       G                    A 
When I play on my fiddle in Dooney 
     G 
Folk dance like a wave on the sea 
                          A 
My cousin is priest in Kilvarnet 
   G                   A 
My brother in Moharabuiee 

Verse 
                G           Am 
Oh, I passed my brother and cousin 
                   G        Am 
They read in their books of prayer 
        C    G          C       Em 
Ah, but I, I read in my book of songs 
        Am            E     Am     A 
Which I bought at the Sligo fair 

Verse 
        G                      A 
When we come to the end of our time 
         G 
To Saint Peter, all sitting in state 
                               A 
He will smile on the three old spirits 
    G                         A 
But pass me first through the gate 

Verse 
                 G          Am 
For the good are always the merry 
           G    Am 
Save by an evil chance 
        C     G        C       Em 
And the merry love the fiddle, aye 
        Am    E       Am      A 
And the merry love to dance 

Verse 
    G                          A 
Oh, when all the folk up there spy me 
          G 
They will all come and gather round me 
                                A 
Saying, "Here is the fiddler of Dooney!" 
        G                        A 
They'll dance like a wave on the sea 

Instrumental 
C   Am   C   Am 
C  G  C  Em  Am  E  A 
C   Am   C   Am 
C  G  C  Em  Am  E  A 

Verse 
                 G          Am 
For the good are always the merry 
           G    Am 
Save by an evil chance 
        C     G        C       Em 
And the merry love the fiddle, aye 
        Am    E       Am      A 
And the merry love to dance 

Verse 
    G                          A 
Oh, when all the folk up there spy me 
          G 
They will all come and gather round me 
                                A 
Saying, "Here is the fiddler of Dooney!" 
        G                        A 
They'll dance like a wave on the sea 
        G                        A 
They'll dance like a wave on the sea 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante