Poor Old Ireland chords by Lindisfarne

Intro: G Dm7  G Dm7  G Dm7  G Dm7 G

verse 1:
     Dm7   G    Dm7
Poor old Ireland, poor old universe
G     Dm7      G   Dm7-G
Wonder who comes off the worse
     Dm7    G       Dm7
Poor old people mistreating, misbelieving
  G     Dm7     G   Dm7-G
Are you given, cursed by a curse


verse 2:
            Dm7    G      Dm7
But I don't want you to die, I can see all the lies
    G    Dm7     G  Dm7-G
There's nothing there that's new
           Dm7     G       Dm7
But there's still no need to make blind children bleed
   G      Dm7  G  Dm7-G
Even if what you say is true

verse 3:
    F             C
And meanwhile in the aisles of the churches with style
    Em             G
They're singing their songs to the lord
    F               C
And the preacher is carping, that for failure on earth
Em          D
Heaven will be your reward


verse 4:
G    Dm7   G      Dm7
Poor old Ireland, tortured by past
  G      Dm7    G   Dm7-G
And tarnished by future's curse
     Dm7   G    Dm7
Poor old Ireland, poor old planet
G    Dm7 G  Dm7-G
Poor old universe


Instrumental: G Dm7  G Dm7  G Dm7  G Dm7-G
        G Dm7  G Dm7  G Dm7  G Dm7-G


VERSE 5:
  F            C
Oh, Ireland your people mean more than the idols
  Em        G
You seek to set up on earth
    F              C
And the day that you see, that's the day
         Em            D  D/C D/B D/A   (*Bass on the A-string*)
That all of your sadness and sickness will die


VERSE 6:
    F          C
For the enemy you seek to destroy
       Em          G
Is not the one who's causing your pain
    F              C
He's disguised himself well with his book and his bell
  Em        D
But evil is still his name


VERSE 7:
G    Dm7   G      Dm7
Poor old Ireland, tortured by past
  G      Dm7   G   Dm7-G
And tarnished by future's curse
     Dm7   G    Dm7
Poor old Ireland, poor old universe
G     Dm7      G   Dm7-G
Wonder who comes off the worse


OUTRO: G Dm7  G Dm7  G Dm7  G