John Lennon – The Luck Of The Irish chords

Luck Of The Irish

Intro: G

G               C	          GIf you had the luck of the Irish
          Bm                      D7You'd be sorry and wish you were dead
            G         C          GYou should have the luck of the Irish
           Bm           D7         G    And you'd wish you was English instead

G                   C	          GA thousand years of torture and hunger
          Bm                      D7Drove the people away from their land
   G           C          GA land full of beauty and wonder
    Bm           D7          G      C   G    C   GWas raped by the British brigands - goddamn, goddamn

G               C	          GIf you could keep voices like flowers, 
          Bm                      D7there'd be shamrock all over the world
            G         C          GIf you could drink dreams like Irish streams
           Bm            D7         G    Then the world would be high as the Mountains of Mourne

G                 C	          GIn the 'Pool they told us the story
          Bm                 D7How the English divided the land
         G         C            G of the pain, the death and the glory
           Bm           D7         G    And the poets of old Ireland

G                 C	          GIf we could make chains with the morning dew, 
      Bm                      D7the world would be like Galway Bay
        G         C          GLet's walk over rainbows like leprechauns, 
     Bm            D7         G    the world would be one big Blarney stone


G                  C	           GWhy the hell are the English there anyway?
        Bm                      D7As they kill with God on their side
          G         C            GBlame it all on the kids and the IRA
        Bm      D7        G        C   G    C    GAs the bastards commit genocide - aye, aye, genocide

G               C	          GIf you had the luck of the Irish
          Bm                      D7You'd be sorry and wish you were dead
            G         C          GYou should have the luck of the Irish
           Bm           D7         G    And you'd wish you was English instead
            Bm           D7         G    Yes, you’d wish you was English instead