Poor Old Ireland chords by Lindisfarne

Chords with lyrics

Intro: G+G Dm7Dm7  G+G Dm7Dm7  G+G Dm7Dm7  G+G Dm7Dm7 G+G

verse 1:
     Dm7Dm7   G+G    Dm7Dm7
Poor old Ireland, poor old universe
G+G     Dm7Dm7      G+G   Dm7-G
Wonder who comes off the worse
     Dm7Dm7    G+G       Dm7Dm7
Poor old people mistreating, misbelieving
  G+G     Dm7Dm7     G+G   Dm7-G
Are you given, cursed by a curse


verse 2:
            Dm7Dm7    G+G      Dm7Dm7
But I don't want you to die, I can see all the lies
    G+G    Dm7Dm7     G+G  Dm7-G
There's nothing there that's new
           Dm7Dm7     G+G       Dm7Dm7
But there's still no need to make blind children bleed
   G+G      Dm7Dm7  G+G  Dm7-G
Even if what you say is true

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


verse 4:
G+G    Dm7Dm7   G+G      Dm7Dm7
Poor old Ireland, tortured by past
  G+G      Dm7Dm7    G+G   Dm7-G
And tarnished by future's curse
     Dm7Dm7   G+G    Dm7Dm7
Poor old Ireland, poor old planet
G+G    Dm7Dm7 G+G  Dm7-G
Poor old universe


Instrumental: G+G Dm7Dm7  G+G Dm7Dm7  G+G Dm7Dm7  G+G Dm7-G
        G+G Dm7Dm7  G+G Dm7Dm7  G+G Dm7Dm7  G+G Dm7-G


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

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


VERSE 7:
G+G    Dm7Dm7   G+G      Dm7Dm7
Poor old Ireland, tortured by past
  G+G      Dm7Dm7   G+G   Dm7-G
And tarnished by future's curse
     Dm7Dm7   G+G    Dm7Dm7
Poor old Ireland, poor old universe
G+G     Dm7Dm7      G+G   Dm7-G
Wonder who comes off the worse


OUTRO: G+G Dm7Dm7  G+G Dm7Dm7  G+G Dm7Dm7  G+G