{"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":2672637,"song":"Lawless","artist":"Christy Moore","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11522001-lawless-chords-by-christy-moore/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2672637?type=chord","rating":4.80736,"votes":21,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was Lawless by name, Lawless by nature[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was trouble right from the start[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHard as nails, runnin' wild through the streets[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was breakin' his poor mother's heart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNature played a trick on Lawless[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the humour of nature is cruel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he grew up as we all had expected him[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nInto a dangerous fool[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was a hard man, a man for all seasons[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was always out for a fight[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe couldn't hold drink but still he'd get plastered[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn Clark's every Saturday night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStrip to the vest and challenge the best[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nUntil the guards they were called to come fast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they'd lock him away for the rest of the day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd let him out on the Sunday for mass[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh one night he went down to the Ringsend Regatta[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere he met up with the bould Dolly Platts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe wasn't exactly what you'd call beauty[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut she was the belle of her flats[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA whirlwind romance and Dolly took a flier[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith Lawless she would settle down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd It was pure coincidence three months before[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was a yankee destroyer in town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the couple were blessed with one of god's miracles[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBefore six months had elapsed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDolly gave birth to a nine-pound black baby[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Lawless was fit to collapse[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe swore she'd never been touched by another[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd Lawless took her at her word[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the neighbours all say, she's the spit of her father[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the cuckoo is a wonderful bird.'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh now Lawless stays in and looks after the family[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile Dolly goes out for the night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe old gossips all say she's free in her ways[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd its there evil rumours run rife[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen Lawless heard this he waited for Dolly[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the bridge where the river runs low[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNoone will ever know what happened next[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut Dolly drowned in the Dodder below[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome say he's crazy and more say he's evil[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEveryone says that he's mad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNoone will defend him, he was no angel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I'll tell you he wasn't all bad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey've locked him away for the rest of his natural[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNever again will he see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown the back of Ring's End[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a lonely child playing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere the Liffey flows into the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n{Outro}\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nDown the back of Ring's End[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a lonely child playing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhere the Liffey flows into the sea[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n{Outro}","chords":["G","C","D","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}