***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 (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
G (320003@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DIt (xx0232@1)was 1962, I was two years out of school
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DWhen (xx0232@1)I got on board a boat that was bound for Liverpool
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) DThe (xx0232@1)day we sailed away I remember it so well
G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) GTook (320003@1)a look at the North Wall and bid a fond farewell
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GIt's (320003@1)a hard thing to leave the land of your childhood
Em (022000@1) CTouched (x32010@1)by the rivers and kissed by the sea
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GThe (320003@1)places you played with your childhood companions
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GTo (320003@1)leave dear old Ireland and Mother Mo Chro?
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GThough (320003@1)I'm going far away and I may never return here
Em (022000@1) CThere's (x32010@1)one thing I always will keep within me
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GDeep (320003@1)in my heart a furious devotion
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GThe (320003@1)love of old Ireland and Mother Mo Chroi
G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
G Em C D G C D [drop final measure]
G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
G (320003@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GThough (320003@1)I'm going away and I may never return here
Em (022000@1) CThere (x32010@1)is always one thing that I will keep within me
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GDeep (320003@1)in my heart a furious devotion
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GThe (320003@1)love of old Ireland and Mother Mo Chroi
G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
G (320003@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GOn (320003@1)the top of the Pentonville Road I saw the sun setting
Em (022000@1) CThe (x32010@1)town laid out before me looked beautiful to me
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GAway (320003@1)from all the sighing, the suffering and the dying
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GI (320003@1)dreamed of the future, the young and the free
G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GBut (320003@1)the years they go by quickly, now I know I can't remain here
Em (022000@1) CWhere (x32010@1)each day brings me closer to that final misery
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GMy (320003@1)kids will never scrape shit round here, and I won't die crying in a pint of beer
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) GI'm (320003@1)going back to Ireland and Mother Mo Chro?
G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
G Em C D G C D [drop final measure]
G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
G (320003@1)name="chord_022000@1">Em C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G