O'Rafferty's Motor Car Lyrics And Guitar Chords
Written by Tommie and recorded by Val Doonican. The chords here are the one's that are used in the youtube video by Val Doonican. There's a key change half way through the song. If the chords that are used in the key change don't suit you then continue to play in the key of D.
Intro. chord A
Now [D]Dinny O'Rafferty's motor car Is the [E]greatest I de[A]clare It's [D]made up of bits and [A]pieces That he's [B]picked up here and [E]there The [D]engine must be ages old But it's [E]still got lots of power With a [A]gallon of stout in the petrol tank It does [E]ninety miles an hour [A]What a wonderful motor car It's the [E]greatest ever seen It [D]used to be black as me [B]father's hat Now it's forty shades of [E]green On [D]TV and the [E]radio And in every public [A]bar The burning question of the day Is O'[E]Rafferty's motor [A]car Music break chords Eb B A Now [D]two of the wheels are triangular And the [E]third one's off a [A]pram The [D]fourth is the last re[A]maining wheel From [B]off a Dublin [E]tram The [D]number plate's in Gaelic And the [E]plug's won't even [A]spark And the chassis came off a [D]tinker's cart That col[E]lapsed in Phoenix Park Now [D]go for a ride in that motor car And you'll [E]end up with the [A]shakes The [D]road from Cork to Dublin Is a [B]vale of pains and aches When [D]traffic lights turn red ahead Then you'd [E]best jump out the door For the [A]moment that Dinny treads [E]on the break Then his foot goes through the [A]floor [Key change here is optional] Now [Eb]if you could see the upholstery Then your [F]eyes would start to [Bb]pop It's nothing but empty beer crates With a [F]load of sacks on top The [Eb]windscreen's gone to [Gm]Lord knows where And there's [F]mothballs in the [Bb]horn And I reckon he'd only get [Eb]half a quid If he [F]took it to the [Eb]pawn Now[Eb] Dinny was driving a[Bb]round last week When the [F]engine did the [Bb]splits It [Eb]went up in smoke and [Bb]nearly blew O'[Cm]Connell Street to [F]bits They [Cm]searched around for [Gm]Dinny and found That he'd [F]landed up by [Bb]heck Away on top of the [F]GPO With his L-plates round his neck [Bb]What a wonderful motor car It's the [F]greatest ever [Bb]seen It [Eb]used to be black as me father's hat Now it's [Cm]forty shades of [F]green On [Cm]TV and the [Bb]radio And in [F]every public[Bb] bar The [E]burning question [Bb]of the day Is O'[F]Rafferty's motor[Bb]car |
Here's another version in the key of G.
Now [C]Dinny O'Rafferty's motor car Is the [D]greatest I de[G]clare It's [C]made up of bits and [G]pieces That he's [A]picked up here and [D]there The [C]engine must be ages old But it's [D]still got lots of power With a [G]gallon of stout in the petrol tank It does [D]ninety miles an hour [G]What a wonderful motor car It's the [D]greatest ever seen It [C]used to be black as me [A]father's hat Now it's forty shades of [D]green On [C]TV and the [D]radio And in every public [G]bar The burning question of the day Is O'[D]Rafferty's motor [G]car |