Cruel Mistress chords by Flogging Molly

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Verse 1
Em 
B 
Nex (E minor) t   time out to sea  (B major) bring
Em 
B 
enough  (E minor) soil to bury me  (B major) 
Am 
G 
B 
 (A minor) For I don't want my  (G major) final jig in the  (B major) belly of
Em 
B 
Em 
B 
Em 
B 
Am 
a squid  (E minor)  (B major)  (E minor)  (B major)  (E minor)  (B major)  (A minor) 
Em 
 (E minor) 
B 
Next time out to sea  (B major) bring
Em 
B 
enough  (E minor) soil to bury me  (B major) 
Am 
G 
For  (A minor) I   don't want my  (G major) fi nal
B 
jig in the  (B major) belly of a squid
Em 
 (E minor) Take my trousers

Verse 2
B 
take my shirt  (B major) 
Em 
B 
just  (E minor) give me that sweet  (B major) dirt
Am 
G 
For the  (A minor) wa  ter's cold and  (G major) grim
B 
and I  (B major) never did learn to swim
Em 
B 
 (E minor) No her love never set me free  (B major) 
Em 
B 
so I set  (E minor) off for the ocean  (B major) 
Am 
G 
Now  (A minor) in my dreams she  (G major) comes to
Em 
B 
Em 
 (E minor) me   (B major) whispering of peace  (E minor) 
B 
But I've known since the  (B major) day
Em 
B 
that we  (E minor) sailed for santi (B major) ago
Am 
G 
Em 
B 
Her  (A minor) dry embrace would  (G major) kiss my face  (E minor) no  (B major) never,
no more
Em 
 (E minor) The sea

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Verse 3

is a cruel mistress

Yeah the sea is a cruel mistress

Interlude 1

Many moons

Verse 4
to
B 
Em 
B 
the day  (B major) that I  (E minor) threw her love away  (B major) 
Am 
G 
Now every whale  (A minor) spouts, go to  (G major) hell
B 
Em 
As the  (B major) wind laughs in my face  (E minor) 
B 
I've grown harder on the eye (B major) 
Em 
B 
s and  (E minor) salty on the taste  (B major) 
Am 
G 
Em 
My  (A minor) pride has gone  (G major) with the wake  (E minor) 
B 
Em 
as I wait  (B major) a cold wet  (E minor) grave
B 
Em 
I rose to the smell  (B major) of a  (E minor) wet desert hell
B 
Am 
G 
 (B major) And I  (A minor) thought to myself  (G major) 
B 
Em 
how'd I  (B major) wind up in this jail  (E minor) 
B 
Em 
B 
 (B major) Till a  (E minor) voice  (B major) called to me from
Em 
B 
 (E minor) deep within  (B major) the sea
Am 
G 
Dry  (A minor) your eyes my dear  (G major) fisher
Em 
B 
Em 
 (E minor) man your  (B major) ass belongs to  (E minor) me

Verse 5

The sea is a cruel mistress

Yeah the sea is a cruel mistress

Verse 6
G 
B 
Em 
Am 
B 
Am 
G 
Em 
B 
Em 
The  (G major)  (B major)  (E minor)  (A minor)  (B major)  (A minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (B major)  (E minor) 
B 
Em 
B 
Am 
G 
B 
Em 
C 
 (B major)  (E minor)  (B major)  (A minor)  (G major)  (B major)  (E minor)  (C major) 
Em 
Am 
earth will rest my bones  (E minor) lord I know,  (A minor) 
Em 
G 
D 
G 
D 
G 
D 
lord I know  (E minor)  (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major)  (G major)  (D major) 
C 
 (C major) 
Em 
Am 
But I'll see you when I get home  (E minor) from the cold,  (A minor) 

Interlude 2

yeah from the cold

Verse 7
Em 
B 
No her love  (E minor) never set me free  (B major) so
Em 
B 
I  (E minor) set off for the ocean (B major) 
Am 
G 
Now  (A minor) in  my dreams she  (G major) comes
B 
Em 
to me whis (B major) pering of peace  (E minor) 
B 
But I've known since the  (B major) day
Em 
B 
that we sailed  (E minor) for santi (B major) ago
Am 
G 
B 
Her  (A minor) dry embrace would  (G major) kiss my face no never,  (B major) 
no more
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 8

The sea is a cruel mistress

Verse 9

Next time out to sea bring enough

soil to bury me

For I don't want my final jig

in the belly of a squid

Verse 10

Next time out to sea bring

enough soil to bury me

For in my dreams she comes to

Verse 11
me whispering of peace
Em 
B 
 (E minor) Next time out to sea  (B major) bring
Em 
B 
enough  (E minor) soil to bury me  (B major) 
Am 
G 
For  (A minor) I   don't want my  (G major) fi
B 
Em 
nal jig in the  (B major) belly  (E minor) of  a squid