Mrs. McGrath chords by Frank Ritchie

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 (D major) Oh, Mrs. McGrath, the sergeant said,
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Would you like to make a  (A major) soldier
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out of  (D major) your sun (A major) tat?
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With a  (D major) scarlet coat and a big cuffed  (A major) hat,
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Now,  (D major) Mrs. Mc (A major) Grath,
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wouldn't  (D major) you like  (A major) that?
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With a  (B minor) toor -ay -ah,
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 (F sharp minor) for the deedle -ah,
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 (G major) Toor -ay,  (A major) oor -ay,  (D major) oor -ay -ah.
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So Mrs. McGrath lived on the sea (A major) shore
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For the  (D major) space of  (A major) seven long  (D major) years or  (A major) more.
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T 'as you  (D major) saw a big  (A major) ship
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sailin'  (D major) into the  (A major) bay,
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here's  (D major) my son  (A major) Ted, would you  (D major) clear the
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 (A major) way with a  (B minor) do -ra -ya?
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 (F sharp minor) Fa -la -dee -la,  (G major) do -ra  (A major) -y o -ra  (D major) -yo -ra -ya
Oh, Captain dear,
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where have you  (A major) been?
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Have you  (D major) been sailin'  (A major) out on
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the  (D major) Mediterranean?  (A major) 
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Have ye  (D major) any news of my son  (A major) Ted?
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Is the  (D major) greater alive,
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or is he  (A major) dead with a  (B minor) do -ra -ya?
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Fal  (F sharp minor) -de   -dee -la  (G major) -doo -ray
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 (A major) -oo -ray  (D major) -oo -ray -ah
Then up comes Ted without any legs
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And in their  (A major) place he has
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 (D major) two wooden  (A major) pegs
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She  (D major) kissed him a dozen times or  (A major) two
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Saying,  (D major) Holy  (A major) Moses,
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it  (D major) isn't  (A major) you with the  (B minor) doo -ray -ah
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Fal  (F sharp minor) -de -dee -la -doo  (G major) -ray
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 (D major) -oo -ray -oo -ray -ah
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Oh, were you drunk or were you  (A major) blind
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That you  (D major) left your  (A major) two fine  (D major) legs be (A major) hind?
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Or  (D major) was it walking upon the  (A major) Sey?
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Were your  (D major) two fine  (A major) legs
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from the  (D major) knees  (A major) away with
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the  (B minor) do -ray -ah?
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 (F sharp minor) Fa -la -dee  (A major) -la,  (G major) do -ray  (A major) -o -ray  (D major) -o -ray -ah
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Oh, I wasn't drunk and I wasn't  (A major) blind
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But they  (D major) left me two fine legs be (A major) hind
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For a  (D major) cannonball on the fifth of  (A major) May
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Took me  (D major) two fine  (A major) legs
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from the  (D major) knees  (A major) away with
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the  (B minor) do -ray -ah
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 (F sharp minor) Fa -la -dee  (A major) -la,  (G major) do -ray  (A major) -o -ray  (D major) -o -ray -ah
Oh, Teddy boy, the widow cried
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Them two fine  (A major) legs were
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your  (D major) mammy's  (A major) pride
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Them  (D major) stumps of a tree wouldn't do at  (A major) all
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Why  (D major) didn't you  (A major) run from
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the  (D major) big cannon (A major) ball
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With a  (B minor) tu -ray -ah,  (F sharp minor) fa -la -dee -la
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Tu  (G major) -ray,  (A major) oh, ray,  (D major) oh, ray -ah
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All foreign  (A major) wars I  (D major) do proclaim
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Between Don  (A major) John and the  (D major) King of  (A major) Spain
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For,  (D major) heavens,
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I'll make them rue the  (A major) time
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That they  (D major) swept the  (A major) legs of  (D major) a son of  (A major) mine
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with a  (B minor) do -ra -ya,  (F sharp minor) fa -la -dee  (D major) -la,
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 (G major) do -ra  (A major) -ya,  do -ra -y (D major) a, do -ra -ya.