• Song:

    The Luck Of The Irish

  • Artist:

    John Lennon

  • Album:

    Unplugged

Luck Of The Irish

Intro: G

G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)         GIf (320003@1)you had the luck of the Irish
          Bm (x24432@1)                    D7You'd (xx0212@1)be sorry and wish you were dead
            G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)        GYou (320003@1)should have the luck of the Irish
           Bm (x24432@1)         D7 (xx0212@1)       G (320003@1)  
And you'd wish you was English instead

G (320003@1)                 C (x32010@1)         GA (320003@1)thousand years of torture and hunger
          Bm (x24432@1)                    D7Drove (xx0212@1)the people away from their land
   G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)        GA (320003@1)land full of beauty and wonder
    Bm (x24432@1)         D7 (xx0212@1)        G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1) GWas (320003@1)raped by the British brigands - goddamn, goddamn

G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)         GIf (320003@1)you could keep voices like flowers, 
          Bm (x24432@1)                    D7there'd (xx0212@1)be shamrock all over the world
            G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)        GIf (320003@1)you could drink dreams like Irish streams
           Bm (x24432@1)          D7 (xx0212@1)       G (320003@1)  
Then the world would be high as the Mountains of Mourne

G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)         GIn (320003@1)the 'Pool they told us the story
          Bm (x24432@1)               D7How (xx0212@1)the English divided the land
         G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)of the pain, the death and the glory
           Bm (x24432@1)         D7 (xx0212@1)       G (320003@1)  
And the poets of old Ireland

G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)         GIf (320003@1)we could make chains with the morning dew, 
      Bm (x24432@1)                    D7the (xx0212@1)world would be like Galway Bay
        G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)        GLet's (320003@1)walk over rainbows like leprechauns, 
     Bm (x24432@1)          D7 (xx0212@1)       G (320003@1)  
the world would be one big Blarney stone


G (320003@1)                C (x32010@1)          GWhy (320003@1)the hell are the English there anyway?
        Bm (x24432@1)                    D7As (xx0212@1)they kill with God on their side
          G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)          GBlame (320003@1)it all on the kids and the IRA
        Bm (x24432@1)    D7 (xx0212@1)      G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)  GAs (320003@1)the bastards commit genocide - aye, aye, genocide

G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)         GIf (320003@1)you had the luck of the Irish
          Bm (x24432@1)                    D7You'd (xx0212@1)be sorry and wish you were dead
            G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)        GYou (320003@1)should have the luck of the Irish
           Bm (x24432@1)         D7 (xx0212@1)       G (320003@1)  
And you'd wish you was English instead
            Bm (x24432@1)         D7 (xx0212@1)       G (320003@1)  
Yes, you'd wish you was English instead


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