Mother Mo Chro Chords by Pogues ***Mother Mo Chro? by Shane MacGowan as performed by Shane MacGowan and the Popes on the album "The Crock of Gold" Song is in key of A. Use a capo on 2nd fret and play open chord shapes G, C, D and Em. G C G D G Em C D G Em C D G C D G G C D It was 1962, I was two years out of school G C D When I got on board a boat that was bound for Liverpool G C D The day we sailed away I remember it so well G Em D G Took a look at the North Wall and bid a fond farewell G C G It's a hard thing to leave the land of your childhood Em C Touched by the rivers and kissed by the sea G D C G The places you played with your childhood companions C G D G To leave dear old Ireland and Mother Mo Chro? G C G Though I'm going far away and I may never return here Em C There's one thing I always will keep within me G D C G Deep in my heart a furious devotion C G D G The love of old Ireland and Mother Mo Chroi G C G D G Em C D G Em C D G C D [drop final measure] G C G D G Em C D G Em C D G C D G G C G Though I'm going away and I may never return here Em C There is always one thing that I will keep within me G D C G Deep in my heart a furious devotion C G D G The love of old Ireland and Mother Mo Chroi G C G D G Em C D G Em C D G C D G G C G On the top of the Pentonville Road I saw the sun setting Em C The town laid out before me looked beautiful to me G D C G Away from all the sighing, the suffering and the dying C G D G I dreamed of the future, the young and the free G C G But the years they go by quickly, now I know I can't remain here Em C Where each day brings me closer to that final misery G D C G My kids will never scrape shit round here, and I won't die crying in a pint of beer C G D G I'm going back to Ireland and Mother Mo Chro? G C G D G Em C D G Em C D G C D [drop final measure] G C G D G Em C D G Em C D G C D G
