The Mero

The Dubliners

key:

Em=Am
G=C
D=G

Capo I

[Verse 1]
Em
Somebody under the bed
 G       D       Em
Whoever can it be?
Em
I feel so very nervous
G       D       Em
I call for Joanee
 Em
Joanee lights the candle
 G         D           Em
But there's nobody there
 Em      D
Hey! Hi! Diddeleedai
 Em      D     Em
And out goes she
Em
Skipping rope still turning
 G       D        Em
Children at their play
Em
In and out of Clarendon Street
 G       D      Em
In and out to pray
Em
I haven't prayed for twenty years
 G       D       Em
Or sung a happy song
 Em            D
Since praying went with innocence
 Em      D          Em
And the devil played along


[Chorus]
Em                    G
And we all went up to the Mero
 D                   Em
Hey there! Who's your man?
 Em
It's only Johnny 'Forty Coats'
 G         D            Em
Sure he's a desperate man
 Em
'Bang, bang' shoots the buses
 G       D       Em
With his golden key
 Em      D
Hey! Hi! Diddeleedai
Em      D    Em
And out goes she


[Verse 2]
Em
Me father was a stater
 G        D         Em
And me mother loved a tan
Em
She loved her Hafner's sausages
 G       D       Em
And her soldier fancy man
Em
Noel's up in Jacob's
 G       D       Em
And Mary's on the town
Em                 D
And I joined the transport union
  Em      D          Em
When they said my nose was brown


[Chorus]
   Em                    G
And we all went up to the Mero
 D                   Em
Hey there! Who's your man?
 Em
It's only Johnny 'Forty Coats'
 G         D            Em
Sure he's a desperate man
 Em
'Bang, bang' shoots the buses
 G       D       Em
With his golden key
 Em      D
Hey! Hi! Diddeleedai
Em      D    Em
And out goes she



[Verse 3]
Em
I've a tanner for the Mero
 G       D       Em
And me confo money's hid
Em
If Mary's in the family way
 G       D       Em
She can blame the Cisco kid
Em
I'll be langers in the morning
 G       D       Em
Me longers need a patch
 Em            D
Ah, Jesus! There's Con Martin
  Em      D          Em
I hope he's won the match
Em
Me uncle had a wolfhound
 G       D       Em
That never had to pee
Em
But Hairy Lemon snatched it
 G       D       Em
Down on Eden quay
Em
Now I have me primo
 G       D       Em
And me scapulars are blue
 Em            D
For helping the black babies
 Em      D        Em
And Dolly Fossett too


[Chorus]
Em                    G
And we all went up to the Mero
 D                   Em
Hey there! Who's your man?
 Em
It's only Johnny 'Forty Coats'
 G         D            Em
Sure he's a desperate man
 Em
'Bang, bang' shoots the buses
 G       D       Em
With his golden key
 Em      D
Hey! Hi! Diddeleedai
Em      D    Em
And out goes she



[Verse 4]
Em
It's true that Dublin's changing
 G        D       Em
Since the pillar was blown down
Em
By the winds of violence
 G        D       Em
That are buggering up the town
Em
We used to solve a difference
 G        D       Em
With a digging match and a jar
 Em            D
But now they're all playing bang-bang
 Em      D          Em
That's going too bleeding far


[Chorus]
Em                    G
And we all went up to the Mero
 D                   Em
Hey there! Who's your man?
 Em
It's only Johnny 'Forty Coats'
 G         D            Em
Sure he's a desperate man
Em
There's no use bleedin' rushing
G        D        Em
For now is the holy hour
 Em       D
A plenary indulgence
Em       D      Em
And another baby Power