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