Key: Bb major
Intro 1
G
D
G
Verse 1
D
G
There's a spot
C
G
in old Tircon
E
Am
C
G
Where dwelt an iris colored
Em
A
Am
Who charmed the hearts of men
D
G
C
G
She was winsome, fair and hearty
E
Am
C
Neighbors loved that
Em
Am
D
G
C
happy laughing, gnawing bones.
Dsus4
D
G
C
G
An d one day there came a letter
E
Am
C
G
To a land where the Missouri
Em
Asus4
A
Am
an d the Mis sissippi flow
Dsus4
D
G
C
G
So she bade farewell to them
E
Am
C
G
Our poor broken -hearted mother
Em
Am
D
G
Eb
Bid farewell to Noreen Bond
Fm
Eb
Ab
Db
Ab
Many years that mother waited,
F
Bbm
Ebsus4
Ab
Stood a gorgeous lookin' lady
Fm
Bbsus4
Bb
All around the
Ebsus4
Eb
Ab
Say mother,
Db
Ab
don't you know me?
Cdim
Db
Sure I'm only part of home
F
Bbm
Ebsus4
But the purple spots
Ab
Fm
upon her cheeks
Bb
Eb
Ab
The tragic story told
E
A
D
There's a graveyard in Turkana
A
D
Where the blossoms sadly wane
F#
Bm
Esus4
A
There's a broken -hearted mother
F#m
Bsus4
B
Kneel ing o 'er her lonely
Bm
Esus4
E
A
D
A
grave
C#dim
A
D
It's long years since you have gone
F#
Bm
Esus4
A
It was the curse of emigration
F#m
Bm
E
The that laid you down, my Noreen
A
F
Dm
A
Boy you
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