Black Irish Chords
Black Irish by The Devil Makes Three is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, G, F and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Am
I'll be goin' out tonight
C
I don't care what I do
Am
I'll wake up in the mornin'
G Am
And I'm beaten black and blue
Am C
I'ma feel tomorrow like a worn down pair of shoes
Am G Am
The only point of this body here tonight is to be used
F E Am G Am G
Cuz oh, I wanna feel that blood rushin' in my veins
F E Am G Am G
I don't want this night to ever turn into day
F E
If I could only do all them things I wanted to
Am G Am G
While that spirits rushin' now in my veins
F E
Yes if I could only do all them things I wanted to
E|--3/5-5-5p3p0-----------3/5-5-5p3p0--5/7-7-7p5p0--|
B|---------------3-1-0------------------------------|
G|---------------------2----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--3/5-5-5p3p0-------------------------------------|
B|---------------3-1-0------------------------------|
G|---------------------2--2-4-5-4-2-2---------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
Am C
Tonight I'm gonna go on down now to that rivers edge
Am G Am
I'ma pull all them dead ideas out my head
Am C
I'm gonna open up the gate, let the coliseum scream
Am G Am
Tonight the whole damn worlds gonna know just what I mean
F E Am G Am G
Cuz oh, I wanna feel that blood rushin' in my veins
F E Am G Am G
I don't want this night to ever turn into day
F E
If I could only do all them things I wanted to
Am G Am G
While that spirits rushin' now in my veins
F E
Yes if I could only do all them things I wanted to
Am G F E Am
While that spirits rushin in my veins
E|---5-5-5h8-5-5-5---5-5-5h8-5-5-5---5-5-5h8-5-5-5----|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
E|---7-8-8-8---5-5-5h8-5-5-5---5-5-5h8-5-5-5----------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
E|---5-5-----5---8-5-5--------------------------------|
B|-------8-8---8--------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------| (2x)
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
E|--x-x-12-x-x-10-x-x-8-5-5-5-x-x-12-x-x-10-x-x-15----|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
E|--15-15-15--x-x-12-x-x-10-x-x-8-5-5-5-----5---8-5-5-|
B|--------------------------------------8-8---8-------|
G|----------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------| (2x)
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Am C
Tonight I'll put that match down to that gasoline
Am G Am
Spin that rusty wheel and be burned by the steam
Am C
Tonight I'll take that main line direct in to the drain
Am G Am
If you don't see me tomorrow know I died as I pleased
F E Am G Am G
Cuz oh, I wanna feel that blood rushin' in my veins
F E Am G Am G
I don't want this night to ever turn into day
F E
If I could only do all them things I wanted to
Am G Am G
While that spirits rushin' now in my veins
F E
Yes if I could only do all them things I wanted to
Am G F E Am
While that spirits rushin in my veins