Ill Tell Me Ma chords by The Dubliners

For Nolan’s Irish Pub Session Players

I’LL TELL ME MA - THE DUBLINERS

      G                               D                   G
I’ll tell me ma when I get home, the boys won’t leave the girls alone,
     G                                      D                     G
They pulled me hair, they stole me comb but that’s all right till I go home.
 G                C             G                 D
She is handsome, she is pretty she’s the Belle of Belfast city,
 G                  C               G               D               G
She is a courtin’ a one two three, Please won’t you tell me who is she?


G                                D                G
Albert Mooney says he loves her, all the boys are fightin’ for her,
 G                                         D                G
Knock at the door, ring at the bell, and "Oh, me true love, are you well?"
G               C             G                     D
Out she comes, white as snow, rings on her fingers, bells on her toes
G                   C                       G             D              G
Old Johny Morrissey says she’ll die, if she doesn’t get a fella with the roving eye.

      G                               D                   G
I’ll tell me ma when I get home, the boys won’t leave the girls alone,
     G                                      D                     G
They pulled me hair, they stole me comb but that’s all right till I go home.
 G                C             G                 D
She is handsome, she is pretty she’s the Belle of Belfast city,
 G                  C               G               D               G
She is a courtin’ a one two three, Please won’t you tell me who is she?


instrumental:
 G   G   D   G
 G   G   D   G
 G   C   G   D
 G   C   G D G


        G                                                 D                      G
Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow high, and the snow comes a travelin’ through the sky,
 G                                     D               G
She’s as sweet as an apple pie, she’ll get her own lad by and by,
 G               C                  G                      D
When she gets a lad of her own, she won’t tell her ma when she gets home.
 G                 C                  G     D      G
Let them all come as they will, It’s Albert Mooney she loves still.


      G                               D                   G
I’ll tell me ma when I get home, the boys won’t leave the girls alone,
     G                                      D                     G
They pulled me hair, they stole me comb but that’s all right till I go home.
 G                C             G                 D
She is handsome, she is pretty she’s the Belle of Belfast city,
 G                  C               G               D               G
She is a courtin’ a one two three, Please won’t you tell me who is she?


G                                D                G
Albert Mooney says he loves her, all the boys are fightin’ for her,
 G                                         D                G
Knock at the door, ring at the bell, and "Oh, me true love, are you well?"
G               C             G                     D
Out she comes, white as snow, rings on her fingers, bells on her toes
G                   C                       G             D              G
Old Johny Morrissey says she’ll die, if she doesn’t get a fella with the roving eye.


      G                               D                   G
I’ll tell me ma when I get home, the boys won’t leave the girls alone,
     G                                      D                     G
They pulled me hair, they stole me comb but that’s all right till I go home.
 G                C             G                 D
She is handsome, she is pretty she’s the Belle of Belfast city,
 G                  C               G               D               G
She is a courtin’ a one two three, Please won’t you tell me who is she?


instrumental:
 G   G   D   G
 G   G   D   G
 G   C   G   D
 G   C   G-D-G