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I`ll Tell My Ma Chords

Music by: The Dubliners
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[Verse 1]
[G]I'l[C]l t[G]ell[D] me[G] ma, when I go home[C][G]
The [D]boys won't leave
the [G]girls alone
Pulled me hair, stolen me comb
But [D]that's alright, till [G]I go home

[Verse 2]
She is handsome, [C]she is pretty
[G]She is the belle of [D]Dublin city
[G]She is a- courting [C]one, two, three
[G]Pray, want you tell me who is she?
Albert Mooney [C]says he [G]loves her [D]All the

[Verse 3]
boys are [G]fightin' for her
Knock at the door, they're
ringin' the bell
Say, [D]"Hello, my true love
[G]are you well?"
Out she comes [C]white as

[Verse 4]
snow
[G]Rings on her fingers,
[D]bells on her toes
[G]Ol' Jenny Murray [C]says she'll die
If she [G]doesn't get
the fellow with the roving eye

[Verse 5]
I'll tell me ma, when [C]I go [G]home
The [D]boys won't leave
the [G]girls alone
Pulled me hair, stolen me comb
But [D]that's alright, till [G]I go home
She is handsome, [C]she is pretty [G]She is the belle of

[Verse 6]
[D]
Dublin city
[G]She is a- courting [C]one, two, three
[G]Pray, want you tell me who is she?
[D][G][D][G]
[C][G][D][G]

[Verse 7]
[C][G][D]
[G]Let the wind and the rain
and the [C]hail blow [G]high
And the [D]snow come travelin'
[G]through the sky
She's as sweet as apple pie
[D]She'll get her own right [G]by and by
When she gets a [C]lad of her own She [G]won't tell

[Verse 8]
her ma when
[D]she gets home
[G]Let them all come [C]as they will
It's [G]Albert [D]Mooney [G]she loves still

[Verse 9]
I'll tell me ma, when I go home
The [D]boys won't leave
the [G]girls alone
Pulled me hair, stolen me comb
But [D]that's alright till [G]I get home

[Verse 10]
She is handsome, [C]she is pretty
[G]She is the belle of [D]Dublin city
[G]She is a- courting [C]one, two, three
[G]Pray, want you [D]tell me [G]who is she?
Albert Mooney says he loves her [D]All the boys are

[Verse 11]
[G]
fightin' for her
Knock at the door, they're
ringin' the bell
Say, [D]"Hello, me true love
[G]are you well?"
Out she comes [C]white as snow

[Verse 12]
[G]
Rings on her fingers,
[D]bells on her toes
[G]Ol' Jenny Murray [C]says she'll die
If she [G]doesn't get
the fellow with the roving eye

[Verse 13]
I'll tell me ma, when I go home
The [D]boys won't leave
the [G]girls alone
Pulled me hair, stolen me comb
But [D]that's alright till [G]I get home

[Verse 14]
She is handsome, [C]she is pretty
She [G]is the belle of [D]Dublin city
[G]She is a- courting [C]one, two, three
[G]Pray, want you tell me who is she?
[D]

[Outro 1]
[G][D][G]
[C][G][D][G][C][G][D][G]
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