Christy Moore – All I Remember (Guitar)

      C
I was lured by the rocking horse

C
Sweets and the bualadh bos

F                    C
Fifty wild boys to a room

Am                        G                      C
Sing lamh, lamh eile, the dish ran away with the spoon

C
Black shoes and stockings for those who say don't

F                     C
Blue is the colour outside

Am        
God made the world

    G                         C
The snake tempted Eve and she died

Em                      Am
Wild Christian brothers sharpening their leathers

G                             C
Learn it by heart, that's the rule

C                 G                      C
All I remember is dreading September and school

         G                     C
And they made me for better or worse

    F           C         Am            D
The fool that I am or the wise man I'll be

         G                          C
And they gave me their blessings or curse

   F            C           Am
It wasn't their fault I was me ...

G                    C
Not the one that you see

    C
The priest in confession condemns my obsession

     F                        C
With thoughts that I do not invite

Am
I mumble and stutter

G
He slams down the shutter

C
Goodnight - (Good night to you too, Father)

C
Stainless as steel

                     C
Lord, you know how I feel

        F                         C
Someone shoot me while my soul is clear

  Am
I don't think I'll last

       G                  C
But my vow to abstain was sincere

Em                 Am
Arch-confraternity men to the fight

G                         C
Raise up your banners on high

Am
Searching for grace

G                        C
Securing my place when I die

         G                     C
And they made me for better or worse

    F           C         Am            D
The fool that I am or the wise man I'll be

         G                          C
And they gave me their blessings or curse

   F            C           Am
It wasn't their fault I was me ...

G                    C
Not the one that you see

G
Oh God, he kept a very close eye on me

C
Hung round my bed in the darkness, he spied on me

F
Caught me in the long grass so often, he died on me....

C
Ballrooms of romance in Salthill or Mallow

F                              C
I stood like John Wayne by the wall

Am                       G                       C
Lined up like cattle, we waited to do battle and fall

C
Ah you can't wine and dine her in an old Morris Minor

   F                       C
So ask her before it's too late

  Am                      G                        C
I danced on girls' toes - accepted rejection as my fate

Em                       Am
Drink was my saviour, it made me much braver

    G                      C
But I couldn't hold it too well

   Am                      G                       C
I slipped on the coach and ruined my approach as I fell

         G                     C
And they made me for better or worse

    F           C         Am            D
The fool that I am or the wise man I'll be

         G                          C
And they gave me their blessings or curse

   F            C           Am
It wasn't their fault I was me ...

G                    C
Not the one that you see

G
Oh God, he kept a very close eye on me...