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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Okay, so i looked at the other tab already. Heres an easier way to play it and, in my
opinion a better way. Listen to the CD a few times it's not that hard to get the
strumming right. A lot of Dempsey's songs use the same chords so play around with
them and you might get 1 or 2 yourself
N.B Instead of using a full F i don't play the 6th string and i play the 1st open.
It sounds better and its easier. Instead of playing G a second time in the Chorus i slide
F up 2 frets but I don't know what chord that is so I'll just tab it as G 'cos you can
play it that way as well. Dunno if i play the write strings in the chords but this is
how i do it.
P.S Please tab some more Dempsey songs
C x32010
C/B x20010
Am x02210
G 320001
F x33210 or 133211
Intro;
C, C/B, Am, G, F, G
C
Lord,
C/B
Won't you Give me the strength to be
Am
Strong,
G F G
and be true
C
Cos Lord
C/B
When The Devil Gets into my
Am
Head
G F G
I'm so blue
C
Lord,
C/B
Won't you Give me the strength to be
Am
Strong,
G F G
and be true
C
You Knock Me
C/B
If your so mighty
Am G
Why waste your time with me
C
If I'm bad
C/B
Ignorant and sad
Am G
Why waste your time, You're mad
C
Your just mad
C/B
Because your life is sad
Am G
You've Done Nothing Worthwhile
C
Twist the Knife
C/B
Because you hate your life
Am G
My Life you want to spoil
Am
Cos I'm never going to let
G
Your Negative Vibes or comments
F
Get Through to my psyche
G (F/2)
And cripple me
Am
I never will forget
G
the suffering that my people went
F
Through in my country and
G (F/2)
Overseas
Am
I'm never going to let
G
Your Negative Vibes or comments
F
Get Through to my psyche
G (F/2)
And cripple me
C
Lord,
C/B
Won't you Give me the strength to be
Am
Strong,
G F G
and be true
C
Cos Lord
C/B
When The Devil Gets into my
Am
Head
G F G
I'm so blue
C
Lord,
C/B
Won't you Give me the strength to be
Am
Strong,
C
Your no use,
C/B
verbal abuse
Am G
thats all you have to give
C
you preach nil,
C/B
you're so cynical
Am G
jesus, wake up and live
C
your bad vibe will
C/B
drive away your tribe
Am G
and where will you be then
C
all alone
C/B
heart as cold as stone
Am F
hurting yourself again
Am
Cos I'm never going to let
G
Your Negative Vibes or comments
F
Get Through to my psyche
G (F/2)
And cripple me
Am
I never will forget
G
the suffering that my people went
F
Through in my country and
G (F/2)
Overseas
Am
I'm never going to let
G
Your Negative Vibes or comments
F
Get Through to my psyche
G (F/2)
And cripple me
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Enjoy
Slán go foill
JOS
opinion a better way. Listen to the CD a few times it's not that hard to get the
strumming right. A lot of Dempsey's songs use the same chords so play around with
them and you might get 1 or 2 yourself
N.B Instead of using a full F i don't play the 6th string and i play the 1st open.
It sounds better and its easier. Instead of playing G a second time in the Chorus i slide
F up 2 frets but I don't know what chord that is so I'll just tab it as G 'cos you can
play it that way as well. Dunno if i play the write strings in the chords but this is
how i do it.
P.S Please tab some more Dempsey songs
C x32010
C/B x20010
Am x02210
G 320001
F x33210 or 133211
Intro;
C, C/B, Am, G, F, G
C
Lord,
C/B
Won't you Give me the strength to be
Am
Strong,
G F G
and be true
C
Cos Lord
C/B
When The Devil Gets into my
Am
Head
G F G
I'm so blue
C
Lord,
C/B
Won't you Give me the strength to be
Am
Strong,
G F G
and be true
C
You Knock Me
C/B
If your so mighty
Am G
Why waste your time with me
C
If I'm bad
C/B
Ignorant and sad
Am G
Why waste your time, You're mad
C
Your just mad
C/B
Because your life is sad
Am G
You've Done Nothing Worthwhile
C
Twist the Knife
C/B
Because you hate your life
Am G
My Life you want to spoil
Am
Cos I'm never going to let
G
Your Negative Vibes or comments
F
Get Through to my psyche
G (F/2)
And cripple me
Am
I never will forget
G
the suffering that my people went
F
Through in my country and
G (F/2)
Overseas
Am
I'm never going to let
G
Your Negative Vibes or comments
F
Get Through to my psyche
G (F/2)
And cripple me
C
Lord,
C/B
Won't you Give me the strength to be
Am
Strong,
G F G
and be true
C
Cos Lord
C/B
When The Devil Gets into my
Am
Head
G F G
I'm so blue
C
Lord,
C/B
Won't you Give me the strength to be
Am
Strong,
C
Your no use,
C/B
verbal abuse
Am G
thats all you have to give
C
you preach nil,
C/B
you're so cynical
Am G
jesus, wake up and live
C
your bad vibe will
C/B
drive away your tribe
Am G
and where will you be then
C
all alone
C/B
heart as cold as stone
Am F
hurting yourself again
Am
Cos I'm never going to let
G
Your Negative Vibes or comments
F
Get Through to my psyche
G (F/2)
And cripple me
Am
I never will forget
G
the suffering that my people went
F
Through in my country and
G (F/2)
Overseas
Am
I'm never going to let
G
Your Negative Vibes or comments
F
Get Through to my psyche
G (F/2)
And cripple me
Rate me to tell me what you think. I'll add Sing all your cares away shortly
Enjoy
Slán go foill
JOS
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