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Cruel Mistress chords by
Flogging Molly
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Key: G minor•
Verse 1
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Next time out to sea bring
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enough soil to bury me
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For I don't want my final jig in the belly of
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Am
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a squid
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Next time out to sea bring
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enough soil to bury me
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For I don't want my fi nal
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jig in the belly of a squid
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Take my trousers
Verse 2
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take my shirt
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just give me that sweet dirt
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For the wa ter's cold and grim
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and I never did learn to swim
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No her love never set me free
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so I set off for the ocean
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Now in my dreams she comes to
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Em
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me whispering of peace
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But I've known since the day
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that we sailed for santiago
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Her dry embrace would kiss my face no never,

no more
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The sea
Verse 3
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is a cruel mistress
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Yeah the sea is a cruel mistress
Interlude 1
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Am
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Many moons
Verse 4

to
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the day that I threw her love away
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Now every whale spouts, go to hell
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Em
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As the wind laughs in my face
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I've grown harder on the eye
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s and salty on the taste
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My pride has gone with the wake
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as I wait a cold wet grave
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I rose to the smell of a wet desert hell
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And I thought to myself
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Em
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how'd I wind up in this jail
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Till a voice called to me from
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deep within the sea
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Dry your eyes my dear fisher
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man your ass belongs to me
Verse 5
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The sea is a cruel mistress
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Yeah the sea is a cruel mistress
Verse 6
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Em
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The
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earth will rest my bones lord I know,
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lord I know
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Em
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But I'll see you when I get home from the cold,
Interlude 2

yeah from the cold
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Am
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Verse 7
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No her love never set me free so
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I set off for the ocean
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Now in my dreams she comes
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Em
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to me whispering of peace
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But I've known since the day
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that we sailed for santiago
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Her dry embrace would kiss my face no never,

no more
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Verse 8

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The sea is a cruel mistress
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The sea is a cruel mistress
Verse 9
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Next time out to sea bring enough
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soil to bury me
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For I don't want my final jig

in the belly of a squid
Verse 10
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Nex t time out to sea bring
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enough soil to bury me
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For in my dreams she comes to
Verse 11

me whispering of peace
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enough soil to bury me
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For I don't want my fi
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nal jig in the belly of a squid

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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Em

  • B

    2

  • Am

  • G

  • C

  • D

  • F#

    2

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Cruel Mistress by Flogging Molly is G minor.

The primary chords used in Cruel Mistress are Gm, D, Cm, Bb, Eb, F.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 3 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Gm, D, Cm, Bb, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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