The Magdalene Laundries chords by
Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell

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Key: A major
Intro 1
G
G

Em
Em

G
G

Em
Em

C
C

Em
Em

C
C

D
D

Em
Em

G
G

Em
Em

G
G

Verse 1
G
G

Em
Em

I was an unmarried girl
G
G

I'd just turned twenty- seven
When they sent me to the sisters
Em
Em

C
C

For the way men looked at me
Branded as a Jezebel
Em
Em

I knew I was not bound for Heaven
C
C

I'd be cast in shame
D
D

Em
Em

Into the Magdalene laundries
G
G

Verse 2
Most girls come here pregnant
Em
Em

G
G

Some by their own fathers
Em
Em

Bridget got that belly by
C
C

her parish priest
We're trying to get things white as snow
Em
Em

All of us woe- begotten- daughters
C
C

In the streaming stains
D
D

G
G

Em
Em

Of the Magdalene laundries
Verse 3
C
C

Em
Em

Prostitutes and destitutes
C
C

And temptresses like me
Fallen women
Sentenced into dreamless
Em
Em

C
C

drudgery
Why do they call this heartless place
Em
Em

Our Lady of Charity?
C
C

Oh, charity
Em
Em

G
G

Verse 4
These bloodless brides of Jesus
Em
Em

If they had just once glimpsed
their groom
Then they'd know,
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G

and they'd drop the stones
Em
Em

C
C

Concealed behind their rosaries
They wilt the grass they walk upon
Em
Em

They leech the light out of a room
C
C

They'd like to drive us down the drain
D
D

Em
Em

At the Magdalene laundries
G
G

Em
Em

G
G

Verse 5
Em
Em

Peg O'Connell died today
She was a cheeky girl
A flirt
G
G

They just stuffed her in a hole!
Surely to God you'd think at least
Em
Em

C
C

some bells should ring!
One day I'm going to die
here too
Em
Em

And they'll plant me in
G
G

C
C

the dirt
Like some lame bulb
Em
Em

That never blooms, come any spring
G
G

Not any spring
Interlude 1
G
G

Em
Em

C
C

Em
Em

G
G

C
C

Em
Em

C
C

Em
Em

C
C

Verse 6
C
C

No, not any spring
C
C

Not any spring

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG Em C D

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