Biography:
Damien Dempsey (born 1975 in Donaghmede, Dublin) is an Irish singer and songwriter who mixes traditional Irish folk with contemporary lyrics to deliver social commentary on the positive and negative aspects arising from Ireland's Celtic Tiger society. He sings in English, and to a lesser extent in Irish.
Dempsey's earliest musical influences were the post-pub singsongs that his parents used to have at their home when he was a toddler. Good, bad or indifferent, everyone had to sing.
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Other songs:
- Your Pretty Smile
- Sing All Our Cares Away
- Apple Of My Eye
- Bad Time Garda
- Bottle Talk
- Bustin Outta Here
- Canadian Geese Live
- Cardboard City
- Chase The Light
- Colony
- Factories
- Ghosts Of Overdoses
- Go To Sea No More
- Hold Me
- Industrial School
- Its All Good
- Jar Song
- Kelly From Killane
- Negative Vibes
- Not On Your Own Tonight
- Party On
- Patience
- Sam Jenkins
- Schooldays Over
- Seize The Day
- Sing All Your Cares Away
- Spraypaint Backalley
- St Patricks Day
- We Need Community
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Chords for Go to Sea No More, traditional sea shanty, as performed by
Damien Dempsey, Alan Burke, Niamh Parsons, et al. at Irish Sea Sessions 2011
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQAq7Hyi_ZU)
Em Em Em Em
e|------0-0--0-0----------0-0--0-0--|
B|------0-0--0-0----------0-0--0-0--|
G|------0-0--0-0----------0-0--0-0--|
D|------2-2--2-2----------2-2--2-2--|
A|-----(2-2)(2-2)---*0h2-(2-2)(2-2)-|
E|----0-----------------------------|**
*second bit of intro
** technically he's playing this pattern every time there is an Em, but its nice to
use it to emphasize the end of the verses.
[Verse 1]
Em D C D Em*
When first I landed in Liverpool, I went upon a spree
Em Em G D Em*
Me money alas I spent it fast, I got drunk as drunk could be
Em Em G D Em B7
And when that me money was all gone, it was then that I wanted more
Em Em D Em C D Em*
But a man must be blind for to make up his mind to go to sea once more
[Chorus]
G D Em D
Once more, boys, once more, go to sea once more
Em Em D Em C D Em*
But a man must be blind for to make up his mind to go to sea once more
[Verse 2]
Em D C D Em*
I spent the night with Angeline, too drunk to roll in bed
Em Em G D Em*
Me watch was new and me money too, in the morning with them she had fled
Em Em G D Em B7
And as I walked the streets about, the whores they all did call
Em Em D Em C D Em*
Ah there goes Jack Spratt, the poor sailorlad, he must go to sea once more
[Chorus]
G D Em D
Once more, boys, once more, go to sea once more
Em Em D Em C D Em*
Ah there goes Jack Spratt, the poor sailorlad, he must go to sea once more
[Verse 3]
Em D C D Em*
And as I walked the streets about, I met with the Rapper Brown
Em Em G D Em*
I asked him for to take me on and he looked at me with a frown
Em Em G D Em B7
He says last time you was paid off and with me you could not score
Em Em D Em C D Em*
But I'll give you a chance and I'll take your advance and I'll send you to sea once more
[Chorus]
G D Em D
Once more, boys, once more, send you to sea once more
Em Em D Em C D Em*
But I'll give you a chance and I'll take your advance and send you to sea once more
[Verse 4]
Em D C D Em*
He shipped me on board of a whaling ship bound for the arctic seas
Em Em G D Em*
Where the cold winds blow through the frost and the snow and Jamaica rum it would freeze
Em Em G D Em B7
But the worse to bear, I'd no weather gear for I'd spent all me money on shore
Em Em D Em C D Em*
'twas then that I wished that I was dead and could go to sea no more
[Chorus]
G D Em D
No more, boys, no more, go to sea no more
Em Em D Em C D Em*
'twas then that I wished that I was dead and could go to sea no more
[Verse 5]
Em D C D Em*
So come all you bold seafaring men, who listen to me song
Em Em G D Em*
When you come off them long lonely trips, I'll bid you to do no wrong
Em Em G D Em B7
Take my advice, drink no strong drink, don't be sleeping with those whores
Em Em D Em C D Em*
Get married instead and spend all night in bed and go to sea no more
[Chorus]
G D Em D
No more, boys, no more, go to sea no more
Em Em D Em C D Em*
Get married instead and spend all night in bed and go to sea no more
Damien Dempsey, Alan Burke, Niamh Parsons, et al. at Irish Sea Sessions 2011
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQAq7Hyi_ZU)
Em Em Em Em
e|------0-0--0-0----------0-0--0-0--|
B|------0-0--0-0----------0-0--0-0--|
G|------0-0--0-0----------0-0--0-0--|
D|------2-2--2-2----------2-2--2-2--|
A|-----(2-2)(2-2)---*0h2-(2-2)(2-2)-|
E|----0-----------------------------|**
*second bit of intro
** technically he's playing this pattern every time there is an Em, but its nice to
use it to emphasize the end of the verses.
[Verse 1]
Em D C D Em*
When first I landed in Liverpool, I went upon a spree
Em Em G D Em*
Me money alas I spent it fast, I got drunk as drunk could be
Em Em G D Em B7
And when that me money was all gone, it was then that I wanted more
Em Em D Em C D Em*
But a man must be blind for to make up his mind to go to sea once more
[Chorus]
G D Em D
Once more, boys, once more, go to sea once more
Em Em D Em C D Em*
But a man must be blind for to make up his mind to go to sea once more
[Verse 2]
Em D C D Em*
I spent the night with Angeline, too drunk to roll in bed
Em Em G D Em*
Me watch was new and me money too, in the morning with them she had fled
Em Em G D Em B7
And as I walked the streets about, the whores they all did call
Em Em D Em C D Em*
Ah there goes Jack Spratt, the poor sailorlad, he must go to sea once more
[Chorus]
G D Em D
Once more, boys, once more, go to sea once more
Em Em D Em C D Em*
Ah there goes Jack Spratt, the poor sailorlad, he must go to sea once more
[Verse 3]
Em D C D Em*
And as I walked the streets about, I met with the Rapper Brown
Em Em G D Em*
I asked him for to take me on and he looked at me with a frown
Em Em G D Em B7
He says last time you was paid off and with me you could not score
Em Em D Em C D Em*
But I'll give you a chance and I'll take your advance and I'll send you to sea once more
[Chorus]
G D Em D
Once more, boys, once more, send you to sea once more
Em Em D Em C D Em*
But I'll give you a chance and I'll take your advance and send you to sea once more
[Verse 4]
Em D C D Em*
He shipped me on board of a whaling ship bound for the arctic seas
Em Em G D Em*
Where the cold winds blow through the frost and the snow and Jamaica rum it would freeze
Em Em G D Em B7
But the worse to bear, I'd no weather gear for I'd spent all me money on shore
Em Em D Em C D Em*
'twas then that I wished that I was dead and could go to sea no more
[Chorus]
G D Em D
No more, boys, no more, go to sea no more
Em Em D Em C D Em*
'twas then that I wished that I was dead and could go to sea no more
[Verse 5]
Em D C D Em*
So come all you bold seafaring men, who listen to me song
Em Em G D Em*
When you come off them long lonely trips, I'll bid you to do no wrong
Em Em G D Em B7
Take my advice, drink no strong drink, don't be sleeping with those whores
Em Em D Em C D Em*
Get married instead and spend all night in bed and go to sea no more
[Chorus]
G D Em D
No more, boys, no more, go to sea no more
Em Em D Em C D Em*
Get married instead and spend all night in bed and go to sea no more
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