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Seven Drunken Nights The Dubliners lyrics chords and sheet music notes.
I think Jim Mc Lean wrote this one,The last couple of verses were a bit 'bawdy for the time It was banned by the B.B.C. so The Dubliners could only sing the first five nights, The sheet music notes are below in the key of A Major.
 
 
 

As[G] I went home on Monday night as drunk as drunk could be,
I[C] saw a horse outside the door where my old horse should be,
Well I[G] called me wife and said to her,will you[C] kindly tell to me,
Who[G] owns that horse outside the door where[D] my old horse should[G] be,
Ha[G] your drunk,your drunk you silly old fool,still you cannot see,
That's a lovey sow that me[D] mother sent to[G] me,
Well[G] its many a day I travelled,a hundred miles or more,
But a saddle on a sow I[D] never saw before.
[2]
And as I went home on tuesday night as drunk as drunk could be,
I saw a coat behind the door where my old coat should be,
Well I called me wife and said to her will you kindly tell to me,
Who owns that coat behind the door where my old coat should be,
'Ha your drunk you silly old fool,and still you cannot see,
Thats the wollen blanket that me mother sent to me,
'Well its many a day I travelled,a hundred miles or more,
But buttons on a blanket sure I never saw before.
[3]
And as I came home on a Wednesday night as drunk as drunk could be,
I saw a pipe upon the chair,where my old pipe should be,
'Well I called me wife and said to her would you kindle tell to me,
Who owns that pipe upon the chair where my old pipe should be,
'Ha your drunk you silly old fool,and still you cannot see,
Thats a lovely tin whistle that me mother sent to me,
'Well its many a day I travelled,a hundred miles or more,
But tobacco in a tin whistle sure I never saw before.
[4]
And as I went home on a Thursday night as drunk as drunk could be,
I saw two boots beneath the bed where my old boots should be,
Well I called me wife and said to her will you kindly tell to me,
Who owns them boots beneath the bed where my old boots should be,
'Ha your drunk you sill old fool still you cannot see,
Thats two lovely geranium pots me mother gave to me,
'Well its many a day I travelled,a hundred miles or more,
But laces on a geranium pot sure I never saw before,
[5]
And as I went home on a Friday night as drunk as drunk could be,
I saw a head upon the bed where my old head should be,
Well I called me wife and said to her will you kindly tell to me,
Who owns that head upon the bed where my old head should be,
'Ha your drunk you silly old fool and still you cannot see,
Thats a baby boy that me mother sent to me,
Well its many a day I travelled,a hundred miles or more,
But a baby boy with whiskers sure I never saw before. 
[6]
As I went home on Saturday night as drunk as drunk could be,
I saw two hands upon her breasts where my old hands should be,
Well I called me wife and said to her will you kindly tell to me,
Who owns them hands upon you breasts where my old hands should be,
Ah your drunk you silly old fool and still you cannot see,
Thats a lovely night gown me mother sent to me,
Well its many a day I travelled,a hundred miles or more,
But fingers on a night gownh I never saw before.
[7]
As I went home on a Sunday night as drunk as drunk could be,
I saw a thing in her thing where ny old thing should be,
Well I called me wife and said to her will you kindly tell to me,
Who owns that thing in your thing where my old thing should be,
'Ah your drunk you silly old fool and still you cannot see,
Thats a lovely tin whistle me mother sent to me,
Well its many a day I travelled,a hundred miles or more,
But hair on a tin whistle sure I never saw before.

Seven Drunken Nights The Dubliners Sheet Music
Sheet Music-Seven Drunken Nights

The beginning point of any Dubliners biography is always Merrion Row (or Baggot Street, depending on who you ask. As you might expect, the Dubliners started out in the back room of a pub. A few years earlier, Ronnie Drew had emigrated to Spain travelling, teaching English and playing his guitar. Upon returning to Dublin, Ronnie made friends with John Molloy, a renowned local actor, and joined him in a number of stage ventures. One of these ideas for a stage show involved collecting traditional Irish ballads. Drew decided that recruiting some additional musicians to form a group would be a good idea and he knew just where to find them - in the pub!
Experienced folk singer Luke Kelly had just returned from travelling the folk clubs of Britain and regularly visited O'Donoghue's pub, as did tenor banjo wizard Barney McKenna and guitarist and whistle player Ciaran Bourke. Along with Ronnie's deep, gravelly tones, they formed the Ronnie Drew Ballad Group, playing a series of concerts at the Grafton Cinema, the Abbey Tavern and the Royal Hotel. As their fame spread around the area, Ronnie Drew voiced his dislike at being the only named 'frontman' of the band so, at Luke Kelly's suggestion, they named themselves after James Joyce's novel The Dubliners.
In 1963 the band invaded the United Kingdom, packing their beards and instruments and hitting the Edinburgh Folk Festival, getting themselves onto the Hootenanny compilation recorded at the festival in the process. On hearing them, the head of Transatlantic Records was impressed enough to sign them to his label, allowing them to record and release their eponymous first album and a single, The Rocky Road to Dublin.
Luke Kelly took a sabbatical from the band at around this point, continuing his previous solo career in England. Singer and guitarist Bob Lynch stepped in as replacement, and fiddler John Sheahan drifted in (and never drifted out), becoming an integral part of the Dubliners sound to this day. Luke Kelly soon returned to the fold as Bob Lynch moved on, leaving the Dubliners with their most famous lineup,
The Dubliners' big success came in 1967. Popular pirate radio station Radio Caroline put their recording of traditional comic drinking song Seven Drunken Nights on the playlists. Although, as Ronnie Drew is heard to remark on many recordings, 'There are seven verses, but we're only allowed to sing you five of them' (the last two having been banned for being a little bit too saucy for public broadcasting), the song was a big hit, selling 40,000 copies in the first two days of release and reaching number five in the charts. In an era divided between sharply-dressed crooners and psychedelic tie-dyed flower people, a rowdy bunch of scruffy Irishmen belting out a bawdy drinking song had caught the public's attention. This set the stage for the Dubliners' career. A skilled bunch of musicians and singers (all of whom contribute vocals at one time or another, justifying the renaming from The Ronnie Drew Group), the Dubliners are more than capable of tackling heartfelt ballads such as A Parcel of Rogues or The Leaving of Liverpool. However, the band are always at their best, even now as the old statesmen of folk, launching into their huge repertoire of comedic drinking songs such as Seven Drunken Nights, A Pub With No beer and All For Me grog, or their vignettes of Ireland in the early 20th Century such as Dr Johnson's Motor Car and The Black Velvet Band.
Between 1961 and today, the number of bands to have formed, made records and then split is almost countless, but although musicians have left, been replaced and returned several times, the Dubliners are still around .One testament to the love of the band for their music is their determinedness to battle on against adversity. After suffering a brain hemorrhage in 1974, Ciaran Bourke returned to the band and played on until his death (aged 53) in 1987. Similarly, Luke Kelly returned to tour with the band from 1982 until his death in 1984. Thankfully, there's always a pool of talented singers and instrumentalists willing to join such a renowned band. Today Sean Cannon, Eamonn Campbell  Patsy Watchorn and Barney McKenna complete the Dubliners line-up, still touring the world and drawing the crowds. As anyone who has heard the fantastic 1987 single The Irish Rover with The Pogues will testify, they can still cut it with the young upstarts..All the songs here have easy chords that can be played by a novice guitar player.

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