Biography:
Fionn Regan is an Irish singer-songwriter who hails from Bray, Co Wicklow and has been performing since 2002. Receiving warm response from the media and general public alike with the release of his Hotel Room EP in 2004, he later went on to release his critically-acclaimed debut album The End of History in 2006.
Citing his musical influences as Leadbelly, Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Neil Young, The Velvet Underground, Pixies and Nirvana, Regan has drawn comparisons to Young, Woody Guthrie and John Lennon.
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Protection Racket - Fionn Regan
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Tabbed by: Jacob Norris [FionnFan]
Email: [email protected]
The chords on their own sound good on an acoustic. I heard a version on Pat Kenny's
show when Fionn played this and another new track. The strumming is easy to work out if you
to him play it.
Tuning: standard EADGBe
e|--10---10---X--8---X--7--7--X--5--X--3--3--X--5--5-----|
B|--10---10---X--8---X--7--7--X--5--X--3--3--X--5--5-----| *KNOCK KNOCK*
G|--11---11---X--9---X--7--7--X--5--X--4--4--X--5--5-----|
D|--12---12---X--10--X--9--9--X--7--X--5--5--X--7--7-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
Chords
E|-3-|
B|-3-|
G|-4-| G
D|-5-|
A|-5-|
E|-3-| get this note with your thumb, in order to play the next chord.
E|-5-| these top notes are got by using your pinky as a barre.
B|-5-|
G|-5-| Gvariation
D|-5-|
A|-5-|
E|-3-| thumb note
E|-2-|
B|-3-|
G|-4-| Bm
D|-4-|
A|-2-|
E|-x-|
E|-0-|
B|-1-|
G|-2-| Am
D|-2-|
A|-0-|
E|-x-|
E|-3-|
B|-4-|
G|-5-| Cm
D|-5-|
A|-3-|
E|-x-|
G Gv G Gv G Gv G
Be quiet katie there is someone at the hatch
Gv G Gv G Gv G
You curse the darkness and I'll strike a match
Bm G Bm G
Undoing the latch I tripped on the scales and fell
Am Cm
Just as someone hit the reception bell
*SAME AS ABOVE*
The ghost of that injury still remains my ankle starts to swell just before it rains
leaders of nations, wild alsations, crumbling foundations, I've lost my patience
Am C Am C
These big companies are giving us the squeeze
D
Lets raise our glasses to mr. onassis
G D C
Protection racket (hand over the packet)
G D C
Rome needs cement (in this event)
G D C
Go over to the till katie (the national)
G D C
Pay this man his rent
Em D
It's a standard procedure
G C D C
I forgot to mention that grandmas pension
D C
Will ease the rent book tension
A little birdie told me you've been syphoning the poor box
I heard the knitting circle disscusing chubb locks
Whats all the commotion? what do they expect?
With no sign of a promotion I've lost my self respect
You see I built this heap from scratch when I was poor
now they're asking me to hoover the floor
Splash some water over me slap round the face
Did I miss a meeting I don't recognise the place
The plug in the socket burns a hole in the pocket
These big companies are giving us the squeeze
Lets raise our glasses to mr. onassis
Protection racket (hand over the packet)
Rome needs cement (in this event)
Go over to the till katie (the national)
Pay this man his rent
it's a standard procedure
Protection Racket - Fionn Regan
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Tabbed by: Jacob Norris [FionnFan]
Email: [email protected]
The chords on their own sound good on an acoustic. I heard a version on Pat Kenny's
show when Fionn played this and another new track. The strumming is easy to work out if you
to him play it.
Tuning: standard EADGBe
e|--10---10---X--8---X--7--7--X--5--X--3--3--X--5--5-----|
B|--10---10---X--8---X--7--7--X--5--X--3--3--X--5--5-----| *KNOCK KNOCK*
G|--11---11---X--9---X--7--7--X--5--X--4--4--X--5--5-----|
D|--12---12---X--10--X--9--9--X--7--X--5--5--X--7--7-----|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
Chords
E|-3-|
B|-3-|
G|-4-| G
D|-5-|
A|-5-|
E|-3-| get this note with your thumb, in order to play the next chord.
E|-5-| these top notes are got by using your pinky as a barre.
B|-5-|
G|-5-| Gvariation
D|-5-|
A|-5-|
E|-3-| thumb note
E|-2-|
B|-3-|
G|-4-| Bm
D|-4-|
A|-2-|
E|-x-|
E|-0-|
B|-1-|
G|-2-| Am
D|-2-|
A|-0-|
E|-x-|
E|-3-|
B|-4-|
G|-5-| Cm
D|-5-|
A|-3-|
E|-x-|
G Gv G Gv G Gv G
Be quiet katie there is someone at the hatch
Gv G Gv G Gv G
You curse the darkness and I'll strike a match
Bm G Bm G
Undoing the latch I tripped on the scales and fell
Am Cm
Just as someone hit the reception bell
*SAME AS ABOVE*
The ghost of that injury still remains my ankle starts to swell just before it rains
leaders of nations, wild alsations, crumbling foundations, I've lost my patience
Am C Am C
These big companies are giving us the squeeze
D
Lets raise our glasses to mr. onassis
G D C
Protection racket (hand over the packet)
G D C
Rome needs cement (in this event)
G D C
Go over to the till katie (the national)
G D C
Pay this man his rent
Em D
It's a standard procedure
G C D C
I forgot to mention that grandmas pension
D C
Will ease the rent book tension
A little birdie told me you've been syphoning the poor box
I heard the knitting circle disscusing chubb locks
Whats all the commotion? what do they expect?
With no sign of a promotion I've lost my self respect
You see I built this heap from scratch when I was poor
now they're asking me to hoover the floor
Splash some water over me slap round the face
Did I miss a meeting I don't recognise the place
The plug in the socket burns a hole in the pocket
These big companies are giving us the squeeze
Lets raise our glasses to mr. onassis
Protection racket (hand over the packet)
Rome needs cement (in this event)
Go over to the till katie (the national)
Pay this man his rent
it's a standard procedure
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