{"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":2844773,"song":"The Magdalene Laundries","artist":"Christy Moore","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11644129-the-magdalene-laundries-chords-by-christy-moore/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2844773?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":11,"content":"ARTIST: Christy Moore (Joni Mitchell cover with adapted lyrics and chords)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nJoanie was an unmarried girl     just turned twenty-seven[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                                              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhen they sent her to the sisters because of the way men looked at her[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBranded as a jezebel she knew she was not bound for heaven[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShe had been cast in shame into the Magdalene laundries[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\r\nMost girls went there pregnant    some by their own fathers\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n  Bridget got her belly from the Parish Priest[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]                                         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThey're trying to get things as white as snow, all of those woe-begotten daughters[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn the steaming stains of the Magdalene laundries[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nProstitutes and destitutes    and temptresses like Joanie[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nFallen women sentenced  into dreamless drudgery[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhy do the call this place    Our Lady Of Charity?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOf Charity?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThese bloodless brides of Jesus if they could just once glimpse their groom[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThey'd drop the stones concealed behind their rosaries[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThey wilt the grass they walk upon they leech the light out of a room[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey'd like to wash those girls down the drains of The Magdalene Launderies[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nPeg O'Connell died today. She was a cheeky girl, they stuffed her in a hole[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nSurely to God you'd think at least some bells should ring[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                                   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nJoanie thinks she'll die there too and that they'll tramp her in the dirt[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nLike some lame bulb that never will bloom when the springtime comes[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the springtime comes[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nWhen the springtime comes[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen the springtime comes[/tab]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]","plain_text":"ARTIST: Christy Moore (Joni Mitchell cover with adapted lyrics and chords)\n\n\n[Intro]\nA\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\nA                               F#m\n\nMost girls went there pregnant    some by their own fathers\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nF#m   D   F#m   D   F#m","chords":["A","F#m","D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}