Guitar chords Danny Boy

Oh Danny Boy is a ballad written by the English composer Frederick Weatherly in 1910. Initially it was set to a different tune, but Weatherly modified the song to fit the Londonderry Air melody in 1913, after his sister-in-law in America, Jessica Walton, sent him the music. The lyrics speak of a father addressing his son, Danny, predicting that he will not be there when his son returns to his homeland. The song gained widespread popularity and wa ... See more [+]

Key:  C 
         
C
 
C7M
       
C7
                   
F
        
Fm
 
Oh Danny boy,    the pipes, the pipes are calling
             
C
         
Am
               
D7
   
G
 
From glen to glen and down the mountain side
             
C
 
C7M
    
C7
            
F
     
Fm
 
The summer's gone and all the roses falling
               
C
   
Am
      
Dm
     
G
      
C
 
'Tis you, 'tis you    must go and I must bide

G
   
Am
   
G/B
  
C
         
F
               
C
 
But come ye   back when summer's in the meadow
G
  
Am
   
G/B
  
Am
      
F
          
C
          
D7
   
G
 
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
            
C
 
C/E
   
F
        
D/F#
   
C
  
Em/B
 
Am
 
Am7/G
 
Fm
 
And I'll be here in sunshine or in sha-     dow
         
C
       
Am
    
Dm
    
G
        
C
      
G7/B
 
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy I love you so

          
C
 
C7M
    
C7
            
F
     
Fm
 
But if he come and all the roses dying
         
C
 
G/B
    
Am
     
Am/G
     
D/F#
    
G
 
And I am dead, as dead I well may be
                
C
 
C7M
    
C7
               
F
     
Fm
 
You'll come and find the place where I am lying
              
C
  
Am
    
F
   
G
         
C
 
And kneel and say   an Ave there for me

G
  
Am
 
G/B
   
C
            
F
               
C
 
And I shall feel, though soft you tread above me
G
   
Am
   
G/B
 
Am
 
Am/G
   
F
       
C/E
       
D/F#
   
G
 
And then my grave will richer, sweeter be
G
   
Am7
 
G/B
  
C
    
C/E
 
F
       
D/F#
     
C
   
Em/B
  
Am
  
Am7/G
  
Ab7
 
For you will bend and tell me that you lo- ve    me
            
C
       
Am
      
Dm
      
G
       
C
   
G7
 
And I shall rest in peace until you come to me
            
C
       
Am7
     
Dm7
     
G11
     
C/G
 
And I shall rest in peace until you come to me