The Pogues - Mother Mo Chro guitar tab

***Mother Mo Chro? by Shane MacGowan

as performed by Shane MacGowan and the Popes

on the album "The Crock of Gold"

Song is in key of A.

Use a capo on 2nd fret and play open chord shapes G, C, D and Em.

G C G D G Em C D

G Em C D G C D G

G C D

It was 1962, I was two years out of school

G C D

When I got on board a boat that was bound for Liverpool

G C D

The day we sailed away I remember it so well

G Em D G

Took a look at the North Wall and bid a fond farewell

G C G

It's a hard thing to leave the land of your childhood

Em C

Touched by the rivers and kissed by the sea

G D C G

The places you played with your childhood companions

C G D G

To leave dear old Ireland and Mother Mo Chro?

G C G

Though I'm going far away and I may never return here

Em C

There's one thing I always will keep within me

G D C G

Deep in my heart a furious devotion

C G D G

The love of old Ireland and Mother Mo Chroi

G C G D G Em C D

G Em C D G C D [drop final measure]

G C G D G Em C D

G Em C D G C D G

G C G

Though I'm going away and I may never return here

Em C

There is always one thing that I will keep within me

G D C G

Deep in my heart a furious devotion

C G D G

The love of old Ireland and Mother Mo Chroi

G C G D G Em C D

G Em C D G C D G

G C G

On the top of the Pentonville Road I saw the sun setting

Em C

The town laid out before me looked beautiful to me

G D C G

Away from all the sighing, the suffering and the dying

C G D G

I dreamed of the future, the young and the free

G C G

But the years they go by quickly, now I know I can't remain here

Em C

Where each day brings me closer to that final misery

G D C G

My kids will never scrape shit round here, and I won't die crying in a pint of beer

C G D G

I'm going back to Ireland and Mother Mo Chro?

G C G D G Em C D

G Em C D G C D [drop final measure]

G C G D G Em C D

G Em C D G C D G