How to play Rocky Road to Dublin - easy guitar lesson with Tabs 

This is the first song i'm learning. I'm exactly 4 days i to playing guitar at all, no prior musical practice. These instructions are absolutely wonderful and clear. I hope I can play this song in full eventually :)

A buddy went to Ireland and his stories made me think it was time to learn this song. Thanks for the lesson.

I've never played a guitar. I play harp and piano and I wanted to know what the melody was. Now, thanks to you, I can play this on guitar and transpose it to my instruments. I'm very thankful. :)

I'm going to try it fast! Thank you!!!!!!!!! The best review I've seen so far!

If you play it at 2x the speed it sounds like the Pogues version

I heard this in the movie, "Sherlock Holmes". It sounded so good I checked here for a lesson. Thank you.

Finally sussed it after a good bit of practice, cheers!

Hi this is a wonderful tutorial, I absolutely loved playing along to the tune: Irish folk tunes my favourite - brilliant lesson, well explained and the riff was easy to follow, thank you

thank you for this tutorial. I just started liking the style of music within the last 12 years. and I started playing it a few months ago.

great tune and classic shirt - fond memories of the AGG! thanks for the tutorial!

Awesome! Love that song great video!

My guitar sounds awful on the sequence at 4.40 I think that is best played with a pick? So happy I can play this as its one of my favourites, thanks for the brilliant tutorial.

While in the merry month of May, now from me home I started Left, the girls of Tuam were nearly broken-hearted Saluted father dear, kissed me darling mother Drank a pint of beer, me grief and tears to smother Then off to reap the corn and leave where I was born Cut a stout, black thorn to banish ghosts and goblins A brand-new pair of brogues to rattle over the bogs And frighten all the dogs on the rocky road to Dublin A-one, two, three, four, five Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road And all the ways to Dublin, whack, follol de-dah In Mullingar that night I rested limbs so weary Started by daylight next morning blithe and early Took a drop of pure to keep me heart from shrinking Thats the Paddy's cure when'er he's on for drinking To hear the lassies smile, laughing all the while At me curious style, 'twould set your heart a-bubblin' They asked me was I hired and wages I required to lay Was almost tired of the rocky road to Dublin One, two, three, four, five Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road And all the ways to Dublin, whack, follol de-dah In Dublin next arrived, I thought it such a pity To be so soon deprived a view of that fine city So then I took a stroll, all among the quality Bundle it was stolen, in a neat locality Something crossed me mind, when I looked behind No bundle could I find upon me stick a-wobblin' 'Quiring after the rogue, said me Connaught brogue It wasn't much in vogue on the rocky road to Dublin One, two, three four, five Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road And all the ways to Dublin, whack, follol de-dah From there I got away, me spirits never falling Landed on the quay, just as the ship was sailing Captain at me roared, said that no room had he When I jumped aboard, a cabin found for Paddy Down among the pigs, did some hearty rigs I played some hearty jigs, the water round me bubbling When off Holyhead I wished meself was dead Or better for instead on the rocky road to Dublin One, two, three four, five Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road And all the ways to Dublin, whack, follol de-dah The boys of Liverpool, when we safely landed Called meself a fool, I could no longer stand it Blood began to boil, temper I was losing Poor old Erin's Isle they began abusing "Hurrah me soul" says I, me Shillelagh I let fly Galway boys were by and saw I was a hobblin' With a "lo!" and "hurray!" they joined in the affray Quickly cleared the way for the rocky road to Dublin One, two, three four, five Hunt the hare and turn her down the rocky road And all the ways to Dublin, whack, follol de-dah

Great version. Great lesson.

Great lesson thanks very much 😀

Thanks for posting this, I really love this version. Other versions I've seen are in a higher key, love the base notes, Cheers!

Delighted when I found this lesson cheers!

Thank you very much for useful lesson! I will watch the video tomorrow but what I have seen is great. Thank you so much.

Amazing! Thank you

Thanks

Thank you for putting this up. This song is one of the main reasons I started learning to play guitar and it's a pain trying to find a good walk through with chords for it. I hope you keep making videos, these are definitely some of the best I've seen so far. Just the right speed, taking it super slow for beginners with the tabs on screen. Thanks again!

great indepth tutorial, keep up the good work

Subscribed - excellent value, awesome shed.

Finally got the hang of it, thanks for the great tutorial 👍

go on ye good thing , just subbed your channel , from dublin ireland . ive just learned something new today , and i am sure with all your videos im gona learn more new things tks very much for making this channel

This is the channel I've been searching for my whole short sometimes neglected guitar learning attempts

That's cool

very good

Omg!! I love the tune, but sounded too complicated, what a wonderful discovery that it isn't!!! Tanks a million for taking your time to record this and spreading the joy of grand music!

Great video. thanks

Great video! Will definitely try this tune out on my bass! Thanks!

This tune is the bees knees!!, ye did a good job there pal!!

Thx great

Great tutorial, thanks

thanks sir

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nice I liked!!!!

It would be great if you could do a video where the chord sequence/ strum fits in, I have always found this the most challenging part as the G and Em change so quick and sound alike but it adds so much to the overall sound, Cheers.

Hi would you be able to teach us how to play delirium tremors by Christy Moore!

thank you i am the grandson of Ciaran bourke

Where can I find this tab?

Cool ! I dub

thank you for your work, but there is a wrong note: a E on the 3rd string has to be a F#

What are the chords in the background? sound good

Where can i find the entire tab (not in little frames) ?

Am / C for example.

Is that in dadgad?

Something sounds off with the riff

Can you please give us the chords . That Em / Dm one is not right. Love from Liverpool.

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