This is one of Flogging Molly's tougher songs. It's only as complicated as you make it, though. If you have accordion, tin whistle, fiddle, and electric guitar players, you don't have to play everything I have here. I'm just including all the parts I was able to figure out, with thanks to my guitar teacher for helping me with the electric guitar solo. As usual, ^=bend, /=slide up, \=slide down, h=hammer on, p=pull off. Flogging Molly Life in a Tenement Square Intro: (strum on an acoustic) Am C D G Am C E _________________ ____________________________________________________ | Accordion | |Tin whistle lead: | e--0----------------------------------------------------------------------- B-----3--1--3--1--0------------1---0-1-3---0--0h1p0------------1---0h1p0--- G----------------------2---0h2----------------------0--2---0-2-----------2- D-------------------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Repeat intro chords Accordion: e--0------------------------------------------------------------------ B----3-1-3-1-0-1-0-------0-1---0-1-3---1-0---0---0---------1---------- G------------------2---2-------------------0---0---2-----------0---2-- D--------------------------------------------------------------------- A--------------------------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------------- Tin whistle: (with distorted chords) A5 C5 D5 G5 A5 D5 E5 e--5--7p5---------------------------------------- B---------8---5-----------------------------5---- G---------------7-----7--4h5p4--------5--7------- D-------------------7----------7--5h7------------ A------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------ A5 C5 D5 G5 A5 C5 G5 A5 e--5---7p5------------------------------------------ B----------8---5------------------------------------ G----------------7-----7---4h5p4---------5--4h5p4--- D--------------------7-----------7---5h7----------7- A--------------------------------------------------- E--------------------------------------------------- Verse 1:

Well I k^Amissed the d^Cay, I was ^Don my w^Gay From those c^Amold grey bl^Cocks of st^Eone For s^Ameventeen y^Cears of squ^Dalor filled t^Gears A t^Amime now with ^Cinnoc^Gence l^Amost As the s^Cun split the room with its r^Gays filled with gloom T^Amurnin' all hope to desp^E7air And the ^Amonly thing l^Ceft was to f^Dlee from the n^Gest That was l^Amife in a T^Cenem^Gent Sq^Amuare

Interlude: Am C D G Am C G Am Verse 2: I remember the song where the rats sang along And danced for their daily bread While the damp washed the walls that were twenty feet tall Not a child in the house was fed On the porter filled face of the men left no trace Of the coin they had already spent While our mothers asked God what was Hell ever for When you lived in a Tenement Square Bridge:

Grab what's l^Geft of the coal from the ^Amole cubbyhole These c^Ginders need more to be a f^Amire While the gh^Gosts of the soldiers that l^Amived there before us L^Caugh with their g^Guns by their s^Amides I hear them l^Caugh, with their g^Guns by their s^Amides

Solo: (play it messily!) e-----8---8---10---8\----3---3---5---3----- B------------------------------------------ G--/9---9---9----9----/4---4---4---4------- D------------------------------------------ A------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------ e------8----10----11----12----13----14----12----14--- B---------------------------------------------------- G---/9---10----11----12----13----14----12----14------ D---------------------------------------------------- A---------------------------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------------- e--15---15----12-----------8--7--5--8^--8^--5---- B-------13^---10^---8------8--8--5--8^--8^--5---- G------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------ A------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------ Verse 3: Now politicians they dwell in that forgotten Hell Our misery's been turned into news Where the fat of the land now hog, hand in hand A crime now of life was ever true As the sun split the room with its rays filled with gloom Turnin' all hope to despair And the only thing left was to flee from the nest That was life in a Tenement Square Repeat Accordion/Tin whistle intro This is still one of my favorite songs ever. Have fun playing it!

Flogging Molly - Life in a tenement square