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after Christy Moore who does it in Bm (these chords capo 2)
Johnny Jump Up
by Tadhg Jordan
I'll [Am] tell ye a story that happened to me
One [G] day as I went down to Youghal by the Sea
The [Am] sun it was bright and the [C] day it was [G] warm
Says [Am] I, A quiet [G] pint wouldn't [Am] do me [G] no [Am] harm
I went to the barman, I says give me a stout
Says the barman, I'm sorry all the beer is sold out
Try whiskey or paddy ten years in the wood
Says I, I'll try cider, I heard that it's good
(Chorus
Oh [Am] never, oh never, oh never again
If I [G] live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
For I [Am] fell to the ground and I [C] couldn't get [G] up
After [Am] drinking a [G] quart of the [Am] Johnny [G] Jump [Am] Up )
After lowering the third I made straight for the yard
Where I bumped into Brophy the big civic guard
come here to me boy, don't you know I'm the law
I upped with my fist and I shattered his jaw
Well he fell to the ground with his knees doubled up
But it wasn't I hit him, t'was johnny jump up
And the next thing I met down in Youghal by the Sea
I met a cripple on crutches, and says he to me
I'm afraid o' me life I'll be hit by a car
Would you help me across to the Railwayman's Bar
After drinkin a quart of that cider so sweet
He threw down his crutches and he danced on his feet
Now I went up the Lee road a friend for to see
They call it the Madhouse in Cork by the Lee
But when I got up there, the truth I do tell
They had the poor bugger locked up in his cell
Says the guard testing him, say these words if you can
'Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran'
Tell them I'm not crazy, tell them I'm not mad
It was only a sup of the bottle I had
A man died in the Union by the name of McNabb
They washed him and laid him outside on a slab
And after O'Conner his measurements did take
His wife took him home to a bloody fine wake
About twelve o'clock and the beer it was high
The corpse he sat up and says he with a sigh
I can't get to heaven, they won't let me up
Till I bring them a quart of the Johnny Jump Up
(Chorus
Oh [Am] never, oh never, oh never again
If I [G] live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
For I [Am] fell to the ground and I [C] couldn't get [G] up
After [Am] drinking a [G] quart of the [Am] Johnny [G] Jump [Am] Up )
One [G] day as I went down to Youghal by the Sea
The [Am] sun it was bright and the [C] day it was [G] warm
Says [Am] I, A quiet [G] pint wouldn't [Am] do me [G] no [Am] harm
I went to the barman, I says give me a stout
Says the barman, I'm sorry all the beer is sold out
Try whiskey or paddy ten years in the wood
Says I, I'll try cider, I heard that it's good
(Chorus
Oh [Am] never, oh never, oh never again
If I [G] live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
For I [Am] fell to the ground and I [C] couldn't get [G] up
After [Am] drinking a [G] quart of the [Am] Johnny [G] Jump [Am] Up )
After lowering the third I made straight for the yard
Where I bumped into Brophy the big civic guard
come here to me boy, don't you know I'm the law
I upped with my fist and I shattered his jaw
Well he fell to the ground with his knees doubled up
But it wasn't I hit him, t'was johnny jump up
And the next thing I met down in Youghal by the Sea
I met a cripple on crutches, and says he to me
I'm afraid o' me life I'll be hit by a car
Would you help me across to the Railwayman's Bar
After drinkin a quart of that cider so sweet
He threw down his crutches and he danced on his feet
Now I went up the Lee road a friend for to see
They call it the Madhouse in Cork by the Lee
But when I got up there, the truth I do tell
They had the poor bugger locked up in his cell
Says the guard testing him, say these words if you can
'Around the rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran'
Tell them I'm not crazy, tell them I'm not mad
It was only a sup of the bottle I had
A man died in the Union by the name of McNabb
They washed him and laid him outside on a slab
And after O'Conner his measurements did take
His wife took him home to a bloody fine wake
About twelve o'clock and the beer it was high
The corpse he sat up and says he with a sigh
I can't get to heaven, they won't let me up
Till I bring them a quart of the Johnny Jump Up
(Chorus
Oh [Am] never, oh never, oh never again
If I [G] live to a hundred or a hundred and ten
For I [Am] fell to the ground and I [C] couldn't get [G] up
After [Am] drinking a [G] quart of the [Am] Johnny [G] Jump [Am] Up )