Lindisfarne – Poor Old Ireland (Guitar)

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[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 5:]
        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 5:]
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