D   A   D


D         A            D
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum.
D                      D
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum.


[Verse 1]
       D                 G
Hey! A turbaned Turk who scorns the world,
A                        D
may strut about with his whiskers curled,
       D                   G
keep a hundred wives under lock and key,
       A               D
for nobody else but himself to see. Yet…

[Chorus]

Em
Long may he pray with his Al Koran,
  A                        D
before he can love like an Irishman.
Em
Long may he pray with his Al Koran,
  A                        D
before he can love like an Irishman


D         A      D
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum


[Verse 2]

    D               G
The gay monsieur, a slave no more,
    A                  D
the solemn Don and the shocked Senor,
    D                 G
the Dutch Mynheer, so full of pride,
    A                  D
the Russian, Prussian, Swede beside.


[Chorus]

     Em
They all may do whatever they can,
         A                         D
but they never, never love like an Irishman.
     Em
They all may do whatever they can,
         A                         D
but they never, never love like an Irishman.


D         A            D
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum


[Verse 3]

         D                G
Now, the London folks themselves beguile,
    A                      D
and think they please in a capital style.
    D                    G
But let them ask as they cross the street
   A                        D
of any young girl that they happen to meet. And …


[Chorus]

  Em
I know she'll say from behind her fan,
 A                    D
“Nobody loves like an Irishman.”
  Em
I know she'll say from behind her fan,
 A                    D
“Nobody loves like an Irishman.”


D         A            D
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum.


[Break]

 D   G   A   D

 E   A   D   Em   A   D


D         A            D
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum


[Verse 4]

     D                         Em
So I want you to know just how much I care,
        A                    D
and the rest of my life with you I'd share.
  D                    Em
I love your face, your hair, your smile,
     A                               D
it's just as sure as I come from the Emerald Isle


[Chorus]

   Em
It must be clear to your lovely eye,
   A                 D
no boy will love you better than I.
   Em
It must be clear to your lovely eye,
   A                 D
no boy will love you better than I.


[Outro]

D         A            D
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum
D         A            D
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum
D         A            D
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum
D         A            D   A   D
Dum-dum-a-dimmy, dum-a-dum