Noreen Bawn - D J Curtin Tabbed by Mark Hewitt PLEASE RATE THIS TAB! Intro: B F# B F# Verse 1: B F# B B7 E Ab7 There's a spot in old Tirconnel, there's a wee house in the glen C#m F#7 B Ab7 C# C#7 F# Where dwelt an Irish colleen, who charmed the hearts of men B F# B B7 E Ab7 She was winsome, fair and hearty, shy and graceful as the fawn, C#m F#7 B Abm C#m F# B F# Neighbours loved the widows daughter, happy, laughing Noreen Bawn Verse 2: B F# B B7 E Ab7 Then one day there came a letter, with her passage paid to go C#m F#7 B Ab7 C# C#7 F# To the land where the Missouri and the Mississippi flow B F# B B7 E Ab7 So she said good-bye to Erin, and next morning at the dawn C#m F#7 B Abm C#m F# B G (key change) A poor broken hearted mother bid farewell to Noreen Bawn Verse 3: C G C C7 F A7 Many years that Mother waited, till one morning at the door Dm G7 C A7 D D7 G Stood a gorgeous looking lady, all grand the clothes she wore C G C C7 F A7 Saying Mother don't you know me, sure I've only got a cold Dm G7 C Am Dm G C Ab (key change) But the purple spots upon her cheeks, the tragic story told Verse 4: C# Ab C# C#7 F# Bb7 There's a graveyard in Tirconnel, where the blossoms sadly wave Ebm Ab7 C# Bb7 Eb Eb7 Ab There's a broken hearted Mother, kneeling on a lonely grave C# Ab C# C#7 F# Bb7 Saying my Noreen you are calling, its long years since you've gone Ebm Ab7 C# Bbm (N.C.) C# A B C# It was the curse of emigration, that laid you low my Noreen Bawn
