All I Remember Acoustic chords by Christy Moore

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All I Remember - from The Collection Part 2 album
Written by Mick Hanly


Verse 1:

   C majorC
I was lured by the rocking horse
C majorC
Sweets and the bualadh bos
FF          C majorC
Fifty wild boys to a room
A minorAm            G+G           C majorC
Sing lamh, lamh eile, the dish ran away with the spoon
C majorC
Black shoes and stockings for those who say don't
FF           C majorC
Blue is the colour outside
A minorAm
God made the world
  G+G             C majorC
The snake tempted Eve and she died
E minorEm           A minorAm
Wild Christian brothers sharpening their leathers
G+G               C majorC
Learn it by heart, that's the rule
C majorC         G+G           C majorC
All I remember is dreading September and school

Chorus:

     G+G           C majorC
And they made me for better or worse
  FF      C majorC     A minorAm      D MajorD
The fool that I am or the wise man I'll be
     G+G             C majorC
And they gave me their blessings or curse
  FF      C majorC      A minorAm
It wasn't their fault I was me ...
G+G          C majorC
Not the one that you see


Verse 2:

  C majorC
The priest in confession condemns my obsession
   FF            C majorC
With thoughts that I do not invite
A minorAm
I mumble and stutter
G+G
He slams down the shutter
C majorC
Goodnight - (Good night to you too, Father)
C majorC
Stainless as steel
           C majorC
Lord, you know how I feel
    FF             C majorC
Someone shoot me while my soul is clear
 A minorAm
I don't think I'll last
    G+G         C majorC
But my vow to abstain was sincere
E minorEm         A minorAm
Arch-confraternity men to the fight
G+G             C majorC
Raise up your banners on high
A minorAm
Searching for grace
G+G            C majorC
Securing my place when I die

Chorus:

     G+G           C majorC
And they made me for better or worse
  FF      C majorC     A minorAm      D MajorD
The fool that I am or the wise man I'll be
     G+G             C majorC
And they gave me their blessings or curse
  FF      C majorC      A minorAm
It wasn't their fault I was me ...
G+G          C majorC
Not the one that you see


Bridge:

(This part is half-spoken, half-sung - you'll just need to listen to the song.)
G+G
Oh God, he kept a very close eye on me
C majorC
Hung round my bed in the darkness, he spied on me
FF
Caught me in the long grass so often, he died on me....


Verse 3:

C majorC
Ballrooms of romance in Salthill or Mallow
FF               C majorC
I stood like John Wayne by the wall
A minorAm            G+G            C majorC
Lined up like cattle, we waited to do battle and fall
C majorC
Ah you can't wine and dine her in an old Morris Minor

  FF            C majorC
So ask her before it's too late
 A minorAm           G+G            C majorC
I danced on girls' toes - accepted rejection as my fate
E minorEm            A minorAm
Drink was my saviour, it made me much braver
  G+G           C majorC
But I couldn't hold it too well
  A minorAm           G+G            C majorC
I slipped on the coach and ruined my approach as I fell


Chorus:

     G+G           C majorC
And they made me for better or worse
  FF      C majorC     A minorAm      D MajorD
The fool that I am or the wise man I'll be
     G+G             C majorC
And they gave me their blessings or curse
  FF      C majorC      A minorAm
It wasn't their fault I was me ...
G+G          C majorC
Not the one that you see


Outro:

G+G