Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - Old Maid In The Garret Chords

Chord reference G, D, C

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

Now I’ve [G]often heard it said from me father and me mother That [D]going to a wedding is the [C]making of a[G]nother Well, [G]if this be so, then I’ll [C]go without a [G]biddin Oh kind providence, won’t you send me to a [D]wedding

And its [G]Oh [C]dear [G]me, how would it [C]be, if I [G]die an old [D]maid in a gar[G]ret

Well, [G]there’s my sister Jean, she’s not handsome or good-looking [D]Scarcely sixteen and a fe[C]lla she was [G]courting Now [G]she’s twenty-four with a [C]son and a [G]daughter Here am I at forty-five and I’ve never had an [D]offer

And its [G]Oh [C]dear [G]me, how would it [C]be, if I [G]die an old [D]maid in a gar[G]ret

I can [G]cook and I can sew and I can keep the house right tidy [D]Rise up in the morning and [C]get the breakfast [G]ready There’s [G]nothing in this wide world would [C]make me half so [G]cheery As a wee fat man who would call me his own [D]deary

And its [G]Oh [C]dear [G]me, how would it [C]be, if I [G]die an old [D]maid in a gar[G]ret

So come [G]landsman or come pinsman, come tinker or come tailor Come [D]fiddler or come dancer, come [C]ploughboy or come [G]sailor Come [G]rich man, come poor man, come [C]fool or come [G]witty Come any man at all that will marry me for [D]pity

And its [G]Oh [C]dear [G]me, how would it [C]be, if I [G]die an old [D]maid in a gar[G]ret

Well now [G]I’m away home for nobody’s heeding No[D]body’s heeding and to [C]poor Annie’s [G]pleading I’ll [G]go away home to my [C]own bitty [G]garret If I can’t get a man, then I’ll have to get a [D]parrot

And its [G]Oh [C]dear [G]me, how would it [C]be, if I [G]die an old [D]maid in a gar[G]ret

Artist Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem

Album Home Boys Home

Genres Folk

Year 1968

Key G

Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem - Old Maid In The Garret can be played in the key of G using the G, D, C chords.

For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.
For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Old Maid In The Garret with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.