Temple Bar Chords

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Temple Bar by Nathan Carter is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Bm, A, D/F# and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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D 
There’s a busker playing on the street, watching all the people meet 
                                      G 
The boys and girls are back in Dublin town 


          D                         
All those young ones they’re from everywhere 
                Bm 
From America to God-knows-where 
     D            A               D 
It’s just another night at Temple Bar 


           G 
So Come on down 
           D   
Out on the town 
      Bm                               A 
Cause this is where a good time can be found 


   D               D/F#                 G           D         
So bring along the old squeeze box, the fiddle and guitar 
 G    D                A              D 
Let’s have a good old night at Temple Bar 


D              
There’s a stag to here from Liverpool, chasing hens and on the  
                                   G 
Barney is lashing out the Rare Old Times 


    D 
The Glasgow girls are on the floor 
                          Bm 
And a round of shots have just been poured 
     D             A               D 
It’s another crazy night at Temple Bar 


           G 
So Come on down 
           D   
Out on the town 
      Bm                               A 
Cause this is where a good time can be found 


   D               D/F#                 G           D         
So bring along the old squeeze box, the fiddle and guitar 
 G    D                A              D 
Let’s have a good old night at Temple Bar 


Instrumental 
G D Bm A - D D/F# G D (G) - D A D - Bm 

            G               D 
There is no better place to be 
              A             Bm 
Than this old town tonight  
          G         
Nobody is going home 
   E             A  
To litter at the light 


           G 
So Come on down 
           D   
Out on the town 
      Bm                               A 
Cause this is where a good time can be found 


   D               D/F#                 G           D         
So bring along the old squeeze box, the fiddle and guitar 
 G    D                A              D 
Let’s have a good old night at Temple Bar 

           G 
So Come on down 
           D   
Out on the town 
      Bm                               A 
Cause this is where a good time can be found 

   D               D/F#                 G           D            
So bring along the old squeeze box, the fiddle and guitar 
 G    D                A              Bm - A - G 
Let’s have a good old night at Temple Bar 
      D                A              D 
Let’s have a good old night at Temple Bar 

D 
There’s a busker playing on the street, watching all the people meet 
                                      G 
The boys and girls are back in Dublin town... 
    	

Chord diagrams

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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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante