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Danny Boy

Johnny Cash

from the album The Man Comes Around released in 2002

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Lyrics

Intro

    A ... A7 ... D ... Dm ...
    A ... E7 ... A ... A  ...


Verse

             A        A7                   D       Dm   
    Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
                 A                          E      E7 
    From glen to glen, and down the mountainside
                 A         A7            D         Dm 
    The summer's gone, and all the roses falling
                   A        E7            A 
    It's you, it's you must go and I must bide


Refrain

                    A         D               A      F#m 
        But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
                    A        D                     E    E7 
        Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
                A       D              A      F#m  
        I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow
                 A             E7              A 
        Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so

    But if you come, and all the flowers are falling
    And I am dead, as dead I may well be
    You'll come and find the place where I am laying
    And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me

        And I will know, though soft you tread above me
        And then my grave, will richer sweeter be
        And you'll bend down and tell me that you love me
        And I will rest in peace until you come to me

Notes & Tabs

Guitar Chords Used

Here are the tabs for the guitar chords used to play this song.

e-|----0---0----2---1----0----0----2----
B-|----2---2----3---3----0----3----2----
G-|----2---0----2---2----1----1----2----
D-|----2---2----0---0----2----2----4----
A-|----0---0-------------2----2----4----
E-|----------------------0----0----2----
       A   A7   D   Dm   E    E7  F#m

Chord Progressions

Intro

| A . . . | A7 . . . | D . . . | Dm . . . |
| A . . . | E7 . . . | A . . . | A  . . . |

Verse

"Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling..."
| A . . . | A7 . . . | D . . . | Dm . . . |
| A . . . | A  . . . | E . . . | E7 . . . |
| A . . . | A7 . . . | D . . . | Dm . . . |
| A . . . | E7 . . . | A . . . | A  . . . |

Refrain

"But come ye back, when summer's in the meadow..."
| A . . . | D  . . . | A . . . | F#m . . . |
| A . . . | D  . . . | E . . . | E7  . . . |
| A . . . | D  . . . | A . . . | F#m . . . |
| A . . . | E7 . . . | A . . . | A   . . . |

Song Info

Song: Danny Boy
Artist: Johnny Cash
Album: The Man Comes Around
Year: 2002
Label: American Recordings

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My name is David Potsiadlo, and I created Songnotes to share my collection of guitar tabs, chords, and lyrics for my favorite songs.

Since I started playing guitar over 10 years ago, I've often been frustrated by the preponderance of mediocre and incomplete song tabs littered across the internet. To combat this, I started keeping my own collection of notes for each song I learn -- always taking the extra time to make sure accuracy and completeness are never compromised. Years later, my collection grew to the point where I knew I had to share it online with fellow aspiring musicians.

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