The Molly Maguires    (Listen to sample)

 

   C                         G

Make way for the Molly Maguires,

               F                      G                        C

they're drinkers, they're liars but they're men.

                               G

Make way for the Molly Maguires,

           F                   G                     C       - E

you'll never see the likes of them again.

 

    Am ~                                C

1.        Down the mines no sunlight shines,

                                                   Am

    those pits they're as black as hell.

           C                           F

    In mud and slime they do their time,

           C            G       C

    it's Paddy's prison cell.

                    Am                         Em

    And they curse the day they travelled far,

              F                                 G

    and drown their tears with a jar. So.... + CHORUS

 

    Am ~                                    C

2.         Backs will break and muscles ache,

                                                     Am

    down there there's no time to dream

         C                   F

   of fields a'far, a woman's arm,

            C            G         C

    just dig that bloody seam.

                          Am                       Em

    Though they drain their bodies under ground,

              F                              G                                        E

    who dares to push them around. So...  + CHORUS + So...

 

+ CHORUS

 

(capo 5^th)                 

 

(The Dubliners)