Could Have Been County Cifras

[Verse 1]
 
        F
Did I ever tell you when I was young?
 
All the hurling I could have done
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All the talk was about me
C
Here comes the next Eoin Kelly
 
 
1  2  3  Oh
 
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Solid young lad, I had big shoulders
F
I marked Bubbles Dwyer and kept him scoreless
F
Fit-out there wasn’t a pick on me
 
I roasted Paudie Maher when I was fourteen
Dm              Bb
Awh lads, I was flying at the time
 
F
I was the biggest lad on our team
F
I could get served when I was fifteen
F
No harm, have a few cans
 
You don’t need to be fit when you’ve got good hands
 
[Chorus]
 
Bb
And then the drink got a hold of me
    F                       C
I was the big lad on the college scene
              Bb
And then the girls got their hands on me
F                             C
Around the same time that I done the knee
 
Bb                                  F           C
Awh lads, I could have been county (...county)
 
     Bb                             F
Awh lads, I could have been county (...county)
 
[Verse 2]
 
F
Minor trials they wouldn't pass me the ball
 
I wasn’t from Sars or Killenaule
Dm                      Bb
It’s all politics up there
F
What did I do John?
F
What did you do John?
 
F
I won it meself I started breaking the tackles
 
I scored four twelve off of Mickey Cahill
Dm                                    Bb                                        F
He might have two All-Irelands, but he doesn’t have an album coming out
 
[Chorus]
 
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Ah working hard kept me trim
    F                  C
I never bothered with that aul gym
        Bb
They didn’t care I was from the wrong club
    F                 C
I wasn’t someone famous’ son
 
 
Bb                                  F           C
Awh lads, I could have been county (...county)
 
Bb                                  F
Awh lads, I could have been county
 
N.C.
(Whist whist, sad verse coming up
N.C.
It’s all been fairly sad to be honest)
 
[Mid-Section]
 
F
Now I’m broke up with two bad knees
 
Stand in goal for the Junior B’s
F
I still have the trophies on my shelf
 
From when I used to lord it at under twelve
 
[Chorus]
 
Bb
And then the drink got a hold of me
    F                        C
I was the big lad on the college scene
               Bb
And then the girls got their hands on me
F                            C
Around the same time that I done the knee
 
 
 
Bb                                  F           C
Awh lads, I could have been county (...county)
 
Bb                                  F           C
Awh lads, I could have been county (...county)
                                   Bb
Honestly, I’m telling you now
F                                  C
Could have been county (...county)
Bb
Awh lads, I could have been county (...county)
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