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Danny Boy

(aka Londonderry Air)

Music from an old Irish Air

Chorus:
G	-	C	-
G	-	D7	-
G	-	C	-
G	Am            D7	G	D7
Em	C               D7	G	-
Em	C               Bm	A7	D7
G	C	G	Em
G	C               D7	G	-     (D7 repeat)

8-beat intro. Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Oh, Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling,

From glen to glen, and down the mountain side,

The summer's gone, and all the roses falling,

It's you it's you must go and I must bide.

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow,

Or when the valley's hush and white with snow,

And I'll be there in sunshine or in shadow,

Oh, Danny Boy, oh, Danny Boy, I love you so!

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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Listen to Bob Johnson on 5-string banjo perform "Danny Boy" with Bill McElhiney's Orchestra (mp3)

 

Listen to Eddie Peabody perform "Danny Boy" on the Banjoline (mp3)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

This Chord Chart may not appear correctly with some browsers.  It should be viewed with a full size window.

The chord names should appear in single rows.   Let me know of any problems.

 

email: jbott@ix.netcom.com