{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1030855,"song":"Mr Connaughton","artist":"Ralph McTell","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11227455-mr-connaughton-chords-by-ralph-mctell/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1030855?type=chord","rating":4.7607,"votes":4,"content":"Mr. Connaughton by Ralph McTell\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]H7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]H7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]H7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]          [ch]H7[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]    \r\nMr Connaughton my memory's long, [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]H7[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]H7[/ch]\r\nthough the years have flown though the years have gone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]H7[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nWas your wife's name Marjorie or Mary?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]H7[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWere you from Cork or Tipperary?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Zwischenspiel]\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]H7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]H7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]          [ch]H7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]    \r\nMr Connaughton when we lived underneath[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]H7[/ch]              [ch]C#m[/ch]             [ch]H7[/ch]\r\nOh you said it was a lucky man had a gap between his teeth [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]H7[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAnd for a while I had a gap too[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]H7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut it closed when my big teeth came through.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]H7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]H7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh it closed when my big teeth came through.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]          [ch]H7[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]    \r\nMr Connaughton you seemed to laugh such a lot[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]H7[/ch]            [ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]H7[/ch]\r\nAnd that would make us smile too, as often as not[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]H7[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nDid you have a friend who was a soldier?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]H7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell I'm gonna join the army when I'm older.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Zwischenspiel]\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]H7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]H7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]H7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell I know you paid a fiver for that old motorbike[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]H7[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch]              [ch]H7[/ch]\r\nAnd they said it wouldn't run, but I thought that it might.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]H7[/ch]              [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI was nearly asleep when it spluttered into life[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]                  [ch]H7[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I clenched my fist and smiled a secret smile of delight[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]H7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]H7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWas your first name Kevin or Mike?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]H7[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI remember when you built us a soap-box cart[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]H7[/ch]          [ch]C#m[/ch]              [ch]H7[/ch]\r\nWith the wheels off a pram, and a plank out in the yard,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]H7[/ch]                  [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAnd you gave us a bit of string but we steered it with our feet.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]H7[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOh boy it was the best one on the street,[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C#m[/ch]                [ch]H7[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]H7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd you said \"Jesus, that's the best one on the street\".[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]H7[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI remember when your little girl was born[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E[/ch]               [ch]H7[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch]     [ch]H7[/ch]\r\nYou brought her downstairs to show us all,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]H7[/ch]   [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAnd we were allowed to kiss her[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]H7[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I wished she was my sister.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Zwischenspiel]\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]H7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]H7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]          [ch]H7[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMr Connaughton, you moved away[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]H7[/ch]    [ch]C#m[/ch]    [ch]H7[/ch]\r\nWith your wife and your baby, but we stayed[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]H7[/ch]        [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nTill finally we got re-housed too[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C#m[/ch]   [ch]H7[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I never will forget you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Zwischenspiel]\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]H7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]H7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]          [ch]H7[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]    \r\nMr Connaughton my memory's long, [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]H7[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]        [ch]H7[/ch]\r\nthough the years have flown though the years have gone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]H7[/ch] [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nWas your wife's name Marjorie or Mary?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C#m[/ch]      [ch]H7[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWere you from Cork or Tipperary?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]C#m[/ch] [ch]H7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]H7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]H7[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"Mr. Connaughton by Ralph McTell\n\n[Intro]\nC#m H7 A H7 A H7 E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Zwischenspiel]\nC#m H7 A H7 E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Zwischenspiel]\nC#m H7 A H7 E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Zwischenspiel]\nC#m H7 A H7 E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Zwischenspiel]\nC#m H7 A H7 E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nC#m H7 A H7 A H7 E","chords":["C#m","H7","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}