Tuning: Open tuning - tune the 5th string () down two semi-tones () [Intro] / [Verse] / [Outro] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|------------|------------|------------|----------1-----| B|--3-3---3-1-----|------------|--3-3---3-1-----|------------| G|--3-3---3-2-----|--2-2---2-3-----|--3-3---3-2-----|2-3---3---3-----| D|------------0-|--3-3---3-0---0-|------------0-|3-0---0-------0-| G|0-----0-----0---|0-----0-----0---|0-----0-----0---|0---0---0---0---| |------------|------------|------------|------------| Sometimes I think I hear a G(#9) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|------------|------------|------------|----------1-----| B|--0-0---3-1-----|------------|--0-0---3-1-----|------------| G|--3-3---3-2-----|--2-2---2-3-----|--3-3---3-2-----|2-3---3---3-----| D|--0-0---------0-|--3-3---3-0---0-|--0-0---------0-|3-0---0-------0-| G|0-----0-----0---|0-----0-----0---|0-----0-----0---|0---0---0---0---| |------------|------------|------------|------------| CHORDS Gm7 x-0-0-3-3-1 Gm x-0-0-3-3(3) F/G x-0-3-2-1-x Am/G x-0-2-2-1-0 Am7 x-2-2-0-1-3 F x-x-3-2-2-1 C x-x-2-0-1-0 ------------ [Intro] | / | / | / | / | [Verse 1] There is a courtyard here in Chicago Down by the river where no one goes We could be married there in the courtyard By this old Spanish priest that no one knows and he’ll say ... [Verse 2] "Nel blu dipinto dipinto di blu Felice de stare di stare lassu" That means you love him and he loves you "Piu bel ci sono ci sei tu" [Chorus] Kathleen Kathleen Kathleen The best one in the world Kathleen Kathleen Kathleen I’ve always been crazy about Irish girls I’ve always been crazy about I---rish girls [Verse 3] Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey come what may Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey I’m gonna take you away away [Chorus] Kathleen Kathleen Kathleen I’ve searched through all the world I dream of you Kathleen I’ve always been crazy about Irish girls I’ve always been crazy about I---rish girls [Interlude] (instrumental) [Outro] Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey "Nel blu dipinto dipinto di blu Felice de stare di stare lassu" That means you love him and he loves you "Piu bel ci sono ci sei tu" (fade out over last four lines)