The Magdalene Laundries Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]When
Joanie was an unmarried girl,
[Em]just turned twenty -seven
When they [G]sent her to the sisters because
of the way men [Em]looked at her
[C]Branded as a
Jezebel, she knew she [Em]was
not bound for heaven
She had been [C]cast in
shame into the
[D]Magdalene [G]laund 'ries
Most girls went there pregnant,
[Em]some by their own fathers
[G]Bridget got her belly from the
parish [Em]priest
They're trying to [C]get
things as white as snow
All of those [Em]woe -begotten daughters
Into [C]steaming stains of the
[D]Magdalen [G]laundries
[C]Prostitutes and destitutes an
[Em]d temptresses like
Joanie
[C]Fallen women sentenced into
[Em]dreamless drudgery
[C]Why do they call this heartless place
[Em]Our
Lady of
[C]Charity?
These [G]bloodless brides of
Jesus,
If they could [Em]just once
glimpse their groom,
They'd [G]drop the stones concealed
behind the [Em]rosaries.
[C]They wilt the grass they walk upon
They leach the [Em]light out of a room
They'd like to [C]wash those girls
Down [D]the drains at the
Magdalen
[G]Laundry's
Peg
O 'Connell died today
She was a [Em]cheeky girl
They stuffed her in a hole
[G]Surely to
God you'd think at least
Some [Em]bells should ring
An[C]d
Joanie thinks she'll die there too
And that they'll [Em]tramp her in the dirt
Like [C]some lame bulb that
never will bloom
When the [Em]springtime comes
When the [C]springtime comes
When [Em]the springtime comes
When the [C]springtime comes
[Em][C][Em][C]
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