The Magdalene Laundries chords by
Christy Moore
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Key: A major
Verse 1
A
A

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When
Joanie was an unmarried girl,
F#m
F#m
2

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just turned twenty -seven
A
A

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When they sent her to the sisters because
F#m
F#m
2

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of the way men looked at her
D
D

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Branded as a
F#m
F#m
2

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Jezebel, she knew she was
not bound for heaven
D
D

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She had been cast in
shame into the
E
E

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A
A

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Magdalene laund 'ries
Most girls went there pregnant,
F#m
F#m
2

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some by their own fathers
A
A

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Bridget got her belly from the
F#m
F#m
2

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parish priest
D
D

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They're trying to get
things as white as snow
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F#m
2

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All of those woe -begotten daughters
D
D

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Into steaming stains of the
E
E

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A
A

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Magdalen laundries
D
D

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Prostitutes and destitutes an
F#m
F#m
2

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d temptresses like
Joanie
D
D

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Fallen women sentenced into
F#m
F#m
2

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dreamless drudgery
D
D

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Why do they call this heartless place
F#m
F#m
2

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Our
Lady of
D
D

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Charity?
A
A

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These bloodless brides of
Jesus,
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F#m
2

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If they could just once
glimpse their groom,
A
A

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They'd drop the stones concealed
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F#m
2

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behind the rosaries.
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D

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They wilt the grass they walk upon
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F#m
2

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They leach the light out of a room
D
D

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They'd like to wash those girls
E
E

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Down the drains at the
Magdalen
A
A

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Laundry's
Peg
O 'Connell died today
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F#m
2

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She was a cheeky girl
They stuffed her in a hole
A
A

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Surely to
God you'd think at least
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F#m
2

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Some bells should ring
D
D

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And
Joanie thinks she'll die there too
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F#m
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And that they'll tramp her in the dirt
D
D

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Like some lame bulb that
never will bloom
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F#m
2

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When the springtime comes
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D

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When the springtime comes
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2

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When the springtime comes
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D

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When the springtime comes
F#m
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2

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D
D

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F#m
F#m
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D
D

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