{"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":932900,"song":"Mrs Mcgrath","artist":"Bruce Springsteen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/932900-mrs-mcgrath-chords-by-bruce-springsteen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/932900?type=chord","rating":4.73603,"votes":104,"content":"Mrs. McGrath - Bruce Springsteen\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\"Mrs. McGrath,\" the sergeant said,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Would you like a soldier of your son, Ted?[/tab]\r\n\r\nWith a scarlet cloak and a big cocked hat,\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMrs. McGrath wouldn't you like that?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nToo-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nToo-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\ntoo-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nMrs. McGrath lived on the shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd after seven years or more[/tab]\r\n\r\nshe spied a ship come into the bay\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nwith her son from far away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\"Captain dear, where have you been,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou been sailin' the Mediterranean.[/tab]\r\n\r\nHave you news of my son Ted,\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIs he livin' or is he dead?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nToo-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nToo-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\ntoo-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow came Ted without any legs[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd in their place two wooden pegs[/tab]\r\n\r\nShe kissed him a dozen times or two\r\n[tab]                         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nSaying \"My God Ted is it you?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\"Now were you drunk or were you blind[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen you left your two fine legs behind?[/tab]\r\n\r\nOr was it walking upon the sea\r\n[tab]                              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThat wore your two fine legs away?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nToo-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nToo-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\ntoo-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\"No I wasn't drunk and I wasn't blind[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen I left my two fine legs behind.[/tab]\r\n\r\na cannon ball on the fifth of May\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nTore my two fine legs away.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\"Now Teddy boy,\" the widow cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Your two fine legs was your mother's pride[/tab]\r\n\r\nThem stumps of a tree won't do at all\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhy didn't you run from the cannon ball?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nToo-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nToo-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\ntoo-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAll foreign wars, I do proclaim[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLive on blood and a mother's pain[/tab]\r\n\r\nI'd rather have my son as he used to be\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nthan the king of America and his whole navy[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWith your too-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nToo-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nToo-ri-aa, fol-did-dle-di-aa,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\ntoo-ri-oo-ri-oo-ri-aa[/tab]","plain_text":"Mrs. McGrath - Bruce Springsteen\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\nWith a scarlet cloak and a big cocked hat,\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\nshe spied a ship come into the bay\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\nHave you news of my son Ted,\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\nShe kissed him a dozen times or two\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\nOr was it walking upon the sea\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\na cannon ball on the fifth of May\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\nThem stumps of a tree won't do at all\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\nI'd rather have my son as he used to be\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Dm","F","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}