Verse
F F7
I'm a decent boy just landed
A# C7
From the town of Ballyfad
F A#
I want a situation,
F C
And I want it very bad
C7 F F7
I have seen employment advertised
A# C7
It's just the thing" says I
F A#
But the dirty spalpeen ended with
F C7 F
No Irish Need Apply' "
F F7
"Whoa," says I, "that is an insult
A# C7
But to get the job I'll try"
G7
So I went to see the blackguard
C G7 C
With his "No Irish Need Apply"
C7 F F7
Some do count it a misfortune
A# C7
To be christened Pat or Dan
F A#
But to me it is an honor
C C7 F
To be born an Irishman
[Verse 2]
F F7
I started out to find the place,
A# C7
I got it mighty soon
C7 F F7
There I found the old chap seated
A# C7
He was reading the Tribune
F F7
I told him what I came for
A# C7
When he in a rage did fly
C7 F F7
"No!" he says, "You are a Paddy
A# C7
And no Irish need apply"
F F7
Then I gets my dander rising
A# C7
And I'd like to black his eye,
G7
But I cooled it down and asked him why
C G7 C
No Irish Need Apply
C7 F F7
Some do count it a misfortune
A# C7
To be christened Pat or Dan
F A#
But to me it is an honor
C C7 F
To be born an Irishman
[Verse 3]
F F7
And says I to him your ancestors
A# C7
came over here like me,
F F7
To try and make a living
A# C7
in this land of liberty
F F7
They were greeted here with dignity
A# C7
And taught to reep and sow,
F F7
By the Indians who owned this land
A# C7
They didn't tell you no,
F F7
But I'll get a job in spite of you
A# C7
For I'm willing heart in hand,
G7
Thank God there's better men than you
C G7 C
All over this great land.
C7 F F7
Some do count it a misfortune
A# C7
To be christened Pat or Dan
F A#
But to me it is an honor
C C7 F
To be born an Irishman
[Verse 3]
F F7
And they say that in America
A# C7
It always is the plan
F F7
That an Irishman is just as good
A# C7
As any other man,
F F7
D home and hospitality
A# C7
They never will deny
F F7
To strangers here forever say
A# C7
No Irish need apply,
F F7
But there's some bad apples everywhere
A# C7
D dirty lot says I,
G7
And a decent man may never write
C G7 C
No Irish need apply.
C7 F F7
Some do count it a misfortune
A# C7
To be christened Pat or Dan
F A#
But to me it is an honor
C C7 F
To be born an Irishman
- 1. Chord Gitar Frank Harte - No Irish Need Apply Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G)
- 2. Ganti Chord Gitar Frank Harte - No Irish Need Apply Kunci Dasar - Chords.id (Nada Dasar G)
- 3. Author Lagu Andra Ramadhan