I'll Tell Me Ma chords by The Irish Rovers

• Capo on 5th
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: F

Intro:

C |F |C G |C :

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

Verse 1:
C                                G                C
Albert Mooney says he loves her, All the boys are after her
  C                                 G                C
Knock at the door, ringin' the bell Oh, my true love are you well?
C                  F             C                     G
Out she comes as white as snow Wrings on her fingers, bells on her toes
 C                F                      C               G               C
Wee Jenny Murray says she'll die If she doesn't get the fellow with the roving eye

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

Verse 2:
    C                                  G                C
A-skipping she's the best of all, She never slips, she never falls
 C                              G                  C
Double Dutch or Heel and Toe, She's the one that steals the show
  C                F              C                 G
When they all come out to play, She's the one that leads the way
    C               F                 C       G             C
And Albert Mooney's always there, To see the girl with the golden hair

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

Interlude:
D |G |D A |D :

Verse 3:
         D                                                  A                  D
Let the wind and the rain and the hail blow high, And the snow come tumbling from the sky
  D                              A                     D
She's as nice as apple pie And she'll get her own lad by and by
  D              G                  D                       A
When she gets a lad of her own She won't tell her ma when she comes home
 D                G                     D       A       D
Let them all come as they will For it's Albert Mooney she loves still

Chorus x2:
      N.C.
I'll tell me ma when I get home, the boys won't leave the girls alone,
     N.C.
They pulled me hair, they stole me comb but that's all right till I go home.
 D                G             D                 A
She is handsome, she is pretty she's the Belle of Belfast city,
 D                  G               D               A               D
She is a-courtin a one two three, Please won't you tell me who is she?

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

Outro:
D |G |D A |D :