Verse chord picking Refrain chord picking
EmCGAsus2D5D5/AAmCGD5
e|-----0---|-----0---|-----0---|-----0---|-----0---| e|-------|-----5---|-----5---|-----5---|-----5---|
B|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------| B|-------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
G|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------| G|---2---|---5---5-|---5---5-|---5---5-|---5---5-|
D|---2---2-|---2---2-|---2---2-|---2---2-|---2---2-| D|---0---|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A|---------|-3-------|---------|-0-------|---------| A|---0---|-0-------|-3-------|---------|-5-------|
D|-2-------|---------|-5-------|---------|-0-------| D|-------|---------|---------|-5-------|---------|
-- Drop D tuning with capo on 2nd fret --
IntroEmVerse 1EmC
Oh, my Adeline
GAsus2D5Em
Hmmm--mmm--mmm--mmm
EmC
Down in Tasmania
GAsus2D5Em
Where the devil's jaws are far too weak --- to tear you away
[Refrain 1
D5/AAmC
Ooh, I wish you well
GD5
I wish you well
AmC
I wish you well
GD5
I wish you well
Verse 2EmC
Oh, my Adeline
GAsus2D5Em
I watch your morning swim again
EmC
Oh, cold come from blue sky
GAsus2D5Em
Strokes from passing mopeds -- my sweet Adeline
[Refrain 2
D5/AAmC
Ooh, I wish you well (ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah ah, my Adeline)
GD5
I wish you well
AmC
I wish you well (ah-ah ah-ah ah-ah ah, my Adeline)
GD5
I wish you well
Chorus 1AmC
And the auld triangle went jingle-jangle
GD
(All along the) Royal Canal
AmC
My Adeline was swimming, sweet Adeline was singing
GD
To the tune of the Royal Canal
BridgeCGFEm
e|------3-3--|------3-3--|------3-3--|------3-3--|
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|--3-3------|--2-2------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-----------|--3-3------|--2-2------|
CGFEm
He said swim, swim on, swim on, swim on
CGFEm
Swim, swim on, swim on, swim on
AmC
(Yah-yah-yah-yah, yah-yah-yah)
GD5
(Yah yah-yah-yah-yah, yah-yah-yah)
AmC
(Yah-yah-yah-yah, yah-yah-yah)
GD5
(Yah yah-yah-yah-yah, yah-yah-yah)
Chorus 2AmC
And the auld triangle went jingle-jangle
GD
All along the Royal Canal
AmC
My Adeline was swimming, sweet Adeline was singing
GD
To the tune of the Royal Canal
OutroAmC
I wish her well
(yah-yah-yah-yah, yah-yah-yah)
GD5
I wish her well
(yah yah-yah-yah-yah, yah-yah-yah)
AmC
I wish her well
(yah-yah-yah-yah, yah-yah-yah)
GD5
I wish her well
(yah yah-yah-yah-yah, yah-yah-yah)
Am (mute)
I wish her well
(yah-yah-yah-yah-yah-yah-yah-yah)
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.