{"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":1666878,"song":"Mrs Mcgrath","artist":"The Stanfields","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11347589-mrs-mcgrath-chords-by-the-stanfields/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1666878?type=chord","rating":4.83181,"votes":8,"content":"INTRO: [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\nVERSE\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Mrs McGrath,\" the sergeant said, \"would you like a soldier of your son Ted?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nScarlet coat, a big cocked hat, Mrs. McGrath would you like that?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMrs. McGrath lived on the shore and after seven years or more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe spotted a ship come into the bay with her son from far away[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS (2x)\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nToo-rai-eh-ful-diddly-eh, too-rai-loo-rai-loo-rai-eh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nToo- rai-eh-ful-diddly-eh, too-rai-loo-rai-loo-rai-eh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Captain dear, where have you been, sailing the Mediterranean?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHave you news of my son Ted? Is he living or is he dead?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen Teddy boy came out with no legs and in their place, two wooden pegs[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe kissed him a dozen times or two and said, \"My God Ted is it you?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS (2x)\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nToo-rai-eh-ful-diddly-eh, too-rai-loo-rai-loo-rai-eh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nToo- rai-eh-ful-diddly-eh, too-rai-loo-rai-loo-rai-eh[/tab]\r\n\r\nINTERLUDE: Bm-D-A-Bm (2x) Em-G-D-Em (2x)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Were you drunk or were you blind, when you left your two fine legs behind?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOr was walking upon the sea that tore your two fine legs from thee?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                           [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"No I wasn't drunk and I wasn't blind when I left my two fine legs behind.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                 [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nA cannonball on the fifth of May tore my two fine legs away.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS (2x)\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nToo-rai-eh-ful-diddly-eh, too-rai-loo-rai-loo-rai-eh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nToo- rai-eh-ful-diddly-eh, too-rai-loo-rai-loo-rai-eh[/tab]\r\n\r\nSOLO: Em\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"Teddy boy,\" the widow cried, \"your two fine legs were your mother's pride.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nStumps of a tree won't do at all, you should've run from the cannonball.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"All foreign wars,\" I do proclaim, \"live on blood and a mother's pain.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'd rather my boy as he used to be then the king of the west and his navy.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS (2x)\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nToo-rai-eh-ful-diddly-eh, too-rai-loo-rai-loo-rai-eh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nToo- rai-eh-ful-diddly-eh, too-rai-loo-rai-loo-rai-eh[/tab]\r\n\r\nOUTRO: Bm-D-A-Bm (2x) Em-G-D-Em (4x)","plain_text":"INTRO: Em\n\nVERSE\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS (2x)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS (2x)\n\n\n\nINTERLUDE: Bm-D-A-Bm (2x) Em-G-D-Em (2x)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS (2x)\n\n\n\nSOLO: Em\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS (2x)\n\n\n\nOUTRO: Bm-D-A-Bm (2x) Em-G-D-Em (4x)","chords":["Em","G","D","Bm","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}