Poor Old Ireland Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays391

Poor Old Ireland by Lindisfarne is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Dm7, F, C, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

  			
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 


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