Dropkick Murphys - Tessie

capo 1
intro ( piano ) : E7 E7 | A7 | E7 |

A7
tessie is the royal rooters rally cry

E7
tessie is the tune they always sung

E7

tessie echoed april through october nights

D E7
after serenading stahl , dinneen and young

A7
tessie is a maiden with a sparkling eye

E7
tessie is a maiden with a love

E7
she doesn’t know the meaning of her sight

D E7
she’s got a comment full of love

( interlude ) :
A7 | A7 | E7 | E7 | E7 | E7 | D | E7

A7
and sometimes when the game is on the line

E7
tessie always carried them away

E7
up the road from “third base” to huntington

D E7 ( mute right before two three four )
the boys will always sing and sway

two! three! four!

A A7 D
tessie , “nuf ced” mcgreevey shouted

we’re not here to mess around

A E
boston , you know we love you madly

A E7
hear the crowd roar to your sound

A A7
don’t blame us if we ever doubt you

D
you know we couldn’t live without you

E E7 A E7
tessie , you are the only only oooooooonly

A7
the rooters showed up at the grounds one day

E7
they found their seats had all been sold

E7
mcgreevey led the charge into the park

D E7
stormed the gates and put the game on hold

A7
the rooters gave the other team a dreadful fright

E7
boston’s tenth man could not be wrong

E7
up from “third base” to huntington

D E7 ( mute before two three four )
they’d sing another victory song

two! three! four!

A A7 D
tessie , “nuf ced” mcgreevey shouted

we’re not here to mess around

A E
boston , you know we love you madly

A E7
hear the crowd roar to your sound

A A7
don’t blame us if we ever doubt you

D
you know we couldn’t live without you

E E7 A E7
tessie , you are the only only ooooooonly

A7 ( mute )
the rooters gave the other team a dreadful fright

boston’s tenth man could not be wrong

E7
up from “third base” to huntington

D E7 ( mute right before two three four )
they’d sing another victory song

two! three! four!

A A7 D
tessie , “nuf ced” mcgreevey shouted

we’re not here to mess around

A E
boston , you know we love you madly

A E7
hear the crowd roar to your sound

A A7
don’t blame us if we ever doubt you

D
you know we couldn’t live without you

E E7 A E7
red sox , you are the only only oooooooonly

outro : A | E | A | E7
it fades out so you can stop whenever you’d like!