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Capo: 2 Tuning: E A D G B E
***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
It was G1962, I was Ctwo years out of Dschool When I Ggot on board a boat that was Cbound for LiverDpool The Gday we sailed away I reCmember it so Dwell Took a Glook at the North EmWall and Dbid a fond fareGwell
It's a Ghard thing to leave the Cland of your Gchildhood Touched by the rivers and Emkissed by the Csea The Gplaces you Dplayed with your Cchildhood comGpanions To Cleave dear old GIreland and DMother Mo GChro?
Though I'm Ggoing far away and I may Cnever reGturn here There's one thing I always will Emkeep within Cme GDeep in my Dheart a Cfurious deGvotion The Clove of old GIreland and DMother Mo GChroi
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
Though I'm Ggoing away and I may Cnever reGturn here There is always one thing that I will Emkeep within Cme GDeep in my Dheart a Cfurious Gdevotion The Clove of old GIreland and DMother Mo GChroi
G C G D G Em C D G Em C D G C D G
On the Gtop of the Pentonville Road I Csaw the sun Gsetting The town laid out before me looked Embeautiful to Cme GAway from all the Dsighing, the Csuffering and the Gdying I Cdreamed of the Gfuture, the Dyoung and the Gfree
But the Gyears they go by quickly, now I Cknow I can't reGmain here Where each day brings me closer to that Emfinal miserCy My Gkids will never scrape Dshit round here, and I Cwon't die crying in a Gpint of beer I'm Cgoing back to GIreland and DMother Mo GChro?
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