How To Play Whiskey In The Jar By Thin Lizzy

How To Play Whiskey In The Jar By Thin Lizzy

  Teacher’s advice for practicing and playing whiskey in the jar chords

Before your start learning the whiskey in the jar chords, make sure you practice and learn all the chords so the changes go smoothly…

The strumming for the whiskey in the jar chords is very basic with a continuous down-down-down-up 

That’s all the parts of this whiskey in the jar by thin lizzy, We hope you’ve gotten a lot from this guitar lesson…and have improved your strumming, chords and chord changes – Your Guitar Success

Performance Notes For Whiskey In The Jar Chords

There is a lot of changes in this song whiskey in the Jar, so I’m taking the time to explain each section carefully telling you were each finger goes for what chord… so you learn this classic song the easiest and the quickest way possible. So patience and persistence is required when reading and going through each section of the song. Whiskey In The Jar is in the key of G Major and uses five chords.

G Major, G/F#, E Minor, D Major and finally C Major. The strumming is complimenting the picking and lead guitar lines.

 

 

Whiskey In The Jar Chords 

Whiskey In The Jar Chords/Lyrics 

Whiskey In The Jar Chords/Lyrics | Verse

  G                   Em

As I was goin over the cork and kerry mountains

  C                           G

I saw captain farrell and his money he was countin

     Em

I first produced my pistol and then produced my rapier

C                        G

I said stand and deliver or the devil he may take ya

 

Whiskey In The Jar Chords/Lyrics | Chorus

D                       C

Musha ring dum a doo dum a da

        C

Whack for my daddy-o

       C

Whack for my daddy-o

      G              

Theres whiskey in the jar-o

 

Whiskey In The Jar Chords/Lyrics | Verse 2

                                           Em

I took all of his money and it was a pretty penny

  C                           G

I took all of his money and I brought it home to molly

Em

She swore that shed love me, never would she leave me

       C                                                              G

But the devil take that woman for you know she tricked me easy

 

Whiskey In The Jar Chords/Lyrics | Chorus

D                       C

Musha ring dum a doo dum a da

        C

Whack for my daddy-o

       C

Whack for my daddy-o

      G              

Theres whiskey in the jar-o

 

Whiskey In The Jar Chords/Lyrics | Verse 3

           Em

Being drunk and weary I went to mollys chamber

C                              G

Takin my money with me and I never knew the danger

     Em

For about six or maybe seven in walked captain farrell

          C                             G

I jumped up, fired off my pistols and I shot him with both barrels

Whiskey In The Jar Chords/Lyrics | Chorus

D                       C

Musha ring dum a doo dum a da

        C

Whack for my daddy-o

       C

Whack for my daddy-o

      G              

Theres whiskey in the jar-o

 

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