John Lennon:Luck Of The Irish (Chords)

Intro: G G               C                 G  If you had the luck of the Irish Bm                     D7  You'd be sorry and wish you were dead G        C          G  You should have the luck of the Irish Bm          D7         G     And you'd wish you was English instead G                  C             G  A thousand years of torture and hunger Bm                     D7  Drove the people away from their land G          C          G  A land full of beauty and wonder Bm          D7          G      C   G    C   G  Was raped by the British brigands - goddamn, goddamn G              C                 G  If you could keep voices like flowers, Bm                     D7  there'd be shamrock all over the world G        C          G  If you could drink dreams like Irish streams Bm           D7         G     Then the world would be high as the Mountains of Mourne G                C               G  In the 'Pool they told us the story Bm                D7  How the English divided the land G        C            G  of the pain, the death and the glory Bm          D7         G     And the poets of old Ireland G                C               G  If we could make chains with the morning dew, Bm                     D7  the world would be like Galway Bay G        C          G  Let's walk over rainbows like leprechauns, Bm           D7         G     the world would be one big Blarney stone G                 C               G  Why the hell are the English there anyway? Bm                     D7  As they kill with God on their side G        C            G  Blame it all on the kids and the IRA Bm     D7        G        C   G    C    G  As the bastards commit genocide - aye, aye, genocide G              C                 G  If you had the luck of the Irish Bm                     D7  You'd be sorry and wish you were dead G        C          G  You should have the luck of the Irish Bm          D7         G     And you'd wish you was English instead Bm          D7         G     Yes, you’d wish you was English instead