Mccormacks Wall

Glen Hansard

tom:

          C                 F                G                    Am
Well I’ve not been honest darling, no I’ve not been straight at all
         C          F                  G                  F
Well, I beg your pardon; the night we jumped McCormack’s Wall
          C            F               G                           Am
I was so happy just to be with you, I would have said anything at all
              C                F
Now I could scream your name, till you do the same,
      G               F 
But I know you won’t respond

(slow)
        G                   F
Well, here we are. What’s there to do?
          C           F        G               Am
Dai dal dai, dai dal dai, del dai del dai del do
          C           F              G           F
Dai dal dai, dai dal dai, I’m gonna ride black river

          C           F              G             Am
With the lark in the morning and the dew upon the dawn
         C              F                  G               F
Well, a-home we came a-crawling with our sickness and our song
C                 F                G              Am
For all guitar makers; for the prisoners and the law
           C          F            G                  F
And to the fine wine drinkers who drank their bellies raw
        C              F          G                      Am
And to all the good samaritans, whoever found us in the dark
         C                 F                  G           F
And to all who’ve been or come between the lovers in the park
        C                   F                   G               Am
And to all the Ó Díomasaigh singers with their roots in holy ground
         C              F              G              F
And forgiveness still lingers in the bells above the town

(slow)
        G                   F
Well, here we are. What’s there to do?
          C           F        G               Am
Dai dal dai, dai dal dai, del dai del dai del do
          C           F        G               Am 
Dai dal dai, dai dal dai, I’m gonna ride black river
          C           F        G               Am
Dai dal dai, dai dal dai, del dai del dai del do
          C           F              G           F
Dai dal dai, dai dal dai, I’m gonna ride black river

(pause)
            C             F
Well, this is a song of drinking,
            G               Am
And for a drink it will be sung,
          C                       F
And I’ll sing it right, and I’ll say goodnight 
                G               F
Unless they're serving another one

(pause) this next part is played on piano and fiddle

C  F  G  Am
C  F  G  F
C  F  G  Am
C  F  G  F

Pause and then fiddle tune starts 3:26
C C F F C C G G
C C F F C C G C    X8

If playing the ending on guitar count 1-2-3-4 and strum the two chords on the 1-2 with a mute on the 3-4
or play the melody
3:26
    C C       F F    C C     G G           C C       F F        C C  G   C    
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------0-2-5-2-0------------------------------0-2-5-2-0-----------------|
D|-------0-2-----------2-2-2-0-2-0---------------0-2----------2-2-0-0-2-------|
A|-/3-3-3---------------------3---3-0-3---/3-3-3-------------------3---3-3-3--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

3:45
    C C        F F      C C      G G        C C       F F       C C   G    C  
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
B|--------------3-5-3---------------------------------3-5-3-------------------|
G|----0-0-0-0-5------5-----------------------0-0-0-0-5------5-----------------|
D|-2-3-----2-----------2-2-2-0-2-0--------2-3-----2-----------2-2-0-0-2-------|
A|----------------------------3---3-0-3----------------------------3---3-3-3--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

4:02
    C C       F F    C C     G G           C C       F F        C C  G   C
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------0-2-5-2-0------------------------------0-2-5-2-0-----------------|
D|-------0-2-----------2-2-2-0-2-0---------------0-2----------2-2-0-0-2-------|
A|-/3-3-3---------------------3---3-0-3---/3-3-3-------------------3---3-3-3--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

4:19
    C C        F F      C C      G G        C C       F F       C C   G    C  
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
B|--------------3-5-3---------------------------------3-5-3-------------------|
G|----0-0-0-0-5------5-----------------------0-0-0-0-5------5-----------------|
D|-2-3-----2-----------2-2-2-0-2-0--------2-3-----2-----------2-2-0-0-2-------|
A|----------------------------3---3-0-3----------------------------3---3-3-3--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

If playing the ending on mandolin
3:26
    C C       F F    C C     G G       C C       F F    C C  G   C     
E|-/5-5-5--------------------5---5-2-5---/5-5-5-----------------5---5-5-5---|
B|-------0-2-5------5-2-2-2-0-2-0--------------0-2-5-----5-2-2-0-0-2--------|
G|-------------0-3-0--------------------------------0-3-0-------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2

3:45
    C C        F F    C C     G G       C C       F F     C C  G   C   
E|----------------------------5---5-2-5-----------------------------5---5-5-5-|
B|-2-3-5-5-5-2-5-------2-2-2-0-2-0---------2-3-5-5-5-2-5-------2-2-0-0-2------|
G|--------------3-5-5-3---------------------------------3-5-5-3---------------|
D|-----------------0---------------------------------------0------------------| x2

4:02
    C C       F F    C C     G G       C C       F F    C C  G   C     
E|-/5-5-5--------------------5---5-2-5---/5-5-5-----------------5---5-5-5---|
B|-------0-2-5------5-2-2-2-0-2-0--------------0-2-5-----5-2-2-0-0-2--------|
G|-------------0-3-0--------------------------------0-3-0-------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2

4:19
    C C        F F    C C     G G       C C       F F     C C  G   C   
E|----------------------------5---5-2-5-----------------------------5---5-5-5-|
B|-2-3-5-5-5-2-5-------2-2-2-0-2-0---------2-3-5-5-5-2-5-------2-2-0-0-2------|
G|--------------3-5-5-3---------------------------------3-5-5-3---------------|
D|-----------------0---------------------------------------0------------------| x2