Christy Moore – Lawless chords

[Verse 1]

G                       C          GHe was Lawless by name, Lawless by nature
G              D              G      GHe was trouble right from the start
Am                     DHard as nails, runnin' wild through the streets
G                                 DHe was breakin' his poor mother's heart
Am              DNature played a trick on Lawless
G                           DAnd the humour of nature is cruel
G                    C       GAnd he grew up as we all had expected him
G      D         GInto a dangerous fool

[Verse 2]

G                    C           GHe was a hard man, a man for all seasons
G             D         G       GHe was always out for a fight
Am                         DHe couldn't hold drink but still he'd get plastered
G                         DIn Clark's every Saturday night
Am                    DStrip to the vest and challenge the best
G                                         DUntil the guards they were called to come fast
G                                C           GAnd they'd lock him away for the rest of the day
G                      D          GAnd let him out on the Sunday for mass

[Verse 3]

G                               C         GOh one night he went down to the Ringsend Regatta
G                        D           G       GWhere he met up with the bould Dolly Platts
Am                 DShe wasn't exactly what you'd call beauty
G                            DBut she was the belle of her flats
Am                      DA whirlwind romance and Dolly took a flier
G                DWith Lawless she would settle down
G                           C           GAnd It was pure coincidence three months before
G                  D            GThere was a yankee destroyer in town

[Verse 4]

G                                C            GAnd the couple were blessed with one of god's miracles
G          D          G       GBefore six months had elapsed
Am                    DDolly gave birth to a nine-pound black baby
G                      DAnd Lawless was fit to collapse
Am                         DShe swore she'd never been touched by another
G                          DAnd Lawless took her at her word
G                                     C           GAnd the neighbours all say, she's the spit of her father
G                   D         Gand the cuckoo is a wonderful bird.'

[Verse 5]

G                            C               GOh now Lawless stays in and looks after the family
G                 D          G      GWhile Dolly goes out for the night
Am                              DThe old gossips all say she's free in her ways
G                             DAnd its there evil rumours run rife
Am                         DWhen Lawless heard this he waited for Dolly
G                                  DIn the bridge where the river runs low
G                    C             GNoone will ever know what happened next
G                        D      GBut Dolly drowned in the Dodder below

[Verse 6]

G                       C            GSome say he's crazy and more say he's evil
G         D             G    GEveryone says that he's mad
Am                     DNoone will defend him, he was no angel
G                               DBut I'll tell you he wasn't all bad
Am                              DThey've locked him away for the rest of his natural
G                   DNever again will he see
GDown the back of Ring's End
          C            GThere's a lonely child playing
G                      D        GWhere the Liffey flows into the sea

{Outro}

GDown the back of Ring's End
          C            GThere's a lonely child playing
G                      D        C   C C C C GWhere the Liffey flows into the sea