Chords for Mrs. McGrath (Live at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, 2006)
Tempo:
116.35 bpm
Chords used:
Fm
Eb
Ab
Bb
Cm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Fm]
One, one, two.
[Ab] [Eb]
.
.
[Fm]
[Ab] .
[Eb]
[Fm]
Mrs.
McGrath, the [Ab] sergeant said,
Would you [Eb] like a soldier of your son Ted?
With a scarlet coat and a big cock [Bb] tat,
Mrs.
[Fm] McGrath, would you like that?
With your two rifle little [Ab] DA,
Two [Eb] rifle rifle rifle.
With your two rifle [Bb] little DA,
Two [Fm] rifle rifle rifle.
Now Mrs.
McGrath lived on the [Ab] shore,
And after [Eb] seven years or more,
She spied a ship coming to the bay,
With her [Fm] son from far away.
Oh Captain dear, where have you [Ab] been?
You've been [Eb] sailing the Mediterranean.
Have you news of my son Ted?
Is he [Fm] living or is he dead?
With your two rifle little [Ab] DA,
Two rifle [Eb] rifle rifle.
With your two rifle little DA,
Two [Fm] rifle rifle rifle.
Then came [F] Ted without any legs,
[Ab] And in their [Eb] place two wooden pegs.
She kissed him a dozen times or two,
And said, my [Fm] God Ted, is it you?
Now were you drunk or were you [Ab] blind
When you left your [Eb] two fine legs behind?
Or was it walking upon the sea
That wore your [Fm] two fine legs away?
With your two rifle little [Ab] DA,
Two [Eb] rifle rifle rifle.
With your two rifle little DA,
Two rifle [Fm] rifle rifle.
With your two rifle little [Ab] DA,
Two [Eb] rifle rifle rifle.
With your two rifle little DA,
Two [Fm] rifle rifle rifle.
Now I wasn't drunk and I wasn't [Ab] blind when I left my two [Eb] fine legs behind.
A cannonball on the 5th of [Bb] May tore [Fm] my two fine legs away.
My teddy boy, the widow [Ab] cried, your two fine [Eb] legs were your mother's pride.
Stumps of a tree won't do it all, why didn't you run [Fm] from the cannonball?
Too high for Italy, [Ab] too [Eb] high, too high, too
[Fm] high.
[Ab] [Eb]
All
[Fm] [Cm] foreign
[Eb] [Bb]
[Cm]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Fm]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Fm]
wars I do [Ab] proclaim live [Eb] on blood and a mother's pain.
I'd rather have my son as he used to be than the king of [Fm] America and his whole navy.
Too high for Italy, [Ab] too [Eb] high, too high, too high.
[Fm]
Too high for Italy, [Ab] too high, [Eb] too high, too high.
Too high for Italy, too [Fm] high, too high, too high.
[Ab] [Eb]
[Fm]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Fm]
[Cm] [Eb]
[Bb]
[Cm]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Cm]
[Fm]
[G] [Fm]
One, one, two.
[Ab] [Eb]
.
.
[Fm]
[Ab] .
[Eb]
[Fm]
Mrs.
McGrath, the [Ab] sergeant said,
Would you [Eb] like a soldier of your son Ted?
With a scarlet coat and a big cock [Bb] tat,
Mrs.
[Fm] McGrath, would you like that?
With your two rifle little [Ab] DA,
Two [Eb] rifle rifle rifle.
With your two rifle [Bb] little DA,
Two [Fm] rifle rifle rifle.
Now Mrs.
McGrath lived on the [Ab] shore,
And after [Eb] seven years or more,
She spied a ship coming to the bay,
With her [Fm] son from far away.
Oh Captain dear, where have you [Ab] been?
You've been [Eb] sailing the Mediterranean.
Have you news of my son Ted?
Is he [Fm] living or is he dead?
With your two rifle little [Ab] DA,
Two rifle [Eb] rifle rifle.
With your two rifle little DA,
Two [Fm] rifle rifle rifle.
Then came [F] Ted without any legs,
[Ab] And in their [Eb] place two wooden pegs.
She kissed him a dozen times or two,
And said, my [Fm] God Ted, is it you?
Now were you drunk or were you [Ab] blind
When you left your [Eb] two fine legs behind?
Or was it walking upon the sea
That wore your [Fm] two fine legs away?
With your two rifle little [Ab] DA,
Two [Eb] rifle rifle rifle.
With your two rifle little DA,
Two rifle [Fm] rifle rifle.
With your two rifle little [Ab] DA,
Two [Eb] rifle rifle rifle.
With your two rifle little DA,
Two [Fm] rifle rifle rifle.
Now I wasn't drunk and I wasn't [Ab] blind when I left my two [Eb] fine legs behind.
A cannonball on the 5th of [Bb] May tore [Fm] my two fine legs away.
My teddy boy, the widow [Ab] cried, your two fine [Eb] legs were your mother's pride.
Stumps of a tree won't do it all, why didn't you run [Fm] from the cannonball?
Too high for Italy, [Ab] too [Eb] high, too high, too
[Fm] high.
[Ab] [Eb]
All
[Fm] [Cm] foreign
[Eb] [Bb]
[Cm]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Cm] [Fm]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Fm]
wars I do [Ab] proclaim live [Eb] on blood and a mother's pain.
I'd rather have my son as he used to be than the king of [Fm] America and his whole navy.
Too high for Italy, [Ab] too [Eb] high, too high, too high.
[Fm]
Too high for Italy, [Ab] too high, [Eb] too high, too high.
Too high for Italy, too [Fm] high, too high, too high.
[Ab] [Eb]
[Fm]
[Ab] [Eb]
[Fm]
[Cm] [Eb]
[Bb]
[Cm]
[Eb] [Bb]
[Cm]
[Fm]
[G] [Fm]
Key:
Fm
Eb
Ab
Bb
Cm
Fm
Eb
Ab
[Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ One, _ _ one, two. _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
.
.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] . _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Mrs.
McGrath, the [Ab] sergeant said,
Would you [Eb] like a soldier of your son Ted?
With a scarlet coat and a big cock [Bb] tat,
Mrs.
[Fm] McGrath, would you like that?
With your two rifle little [Ab] DA,
Two [Eb] rifle rifle rifle.
With your two rifle [Bb] little DA,
Two [Fm] rifle rifle rifle.
Now Mrs.
McGrath lived on the [Ab] shore,
And after [Eb] seven years or more,
She spied a ship coming to the bay,
With her [Fm] son from far away.
_ Oh Captain dear, where have you [Ab] been?
You've been [Eb] sailing the Mediterranean.
_ _ Have you news of my son Ted?
Is he [Fm] living or is he dead?
With your two rifle little [Ab] DA,
Two rifle [Eb] rifle rifle.
_ With your two rifle little DA,
Two [Fm] rifle rifle rifle. _ _ _
_ _ _ Then came [F] Ted without any legs,
[Ab] And in their [Eb] place two wooden pegs.
She kissed him a dozen times or two,
And said, my [Fm] God Ted, is it you? _
Now were you drunk or were you [Ab] blind
When you left your [Eb] two fine legs behind?
Or was it walking upon the sea
That wore your [Fm] two fine legs away?
With your two rifle little [Ab] DA,
Two [Eb] rifle rifle rifle. _
With your two rifle little DA,
Two rifle [Fm] rifle rifle.
_ With your two rifle little [Ab] DA,
Two [Eb] rifle rifle rifle.
_ With your two rifle little DA,
Two [Fm] rifle rifle rifle.
_ _ _ _ _ Now I wasn't drunk and I wasn't [Ab] blind when I left my two [Eb] fine legs behind.
A cannonball on the 5th of [Bb] May tore [Fm] my two fine legs away.
My teddy boy, the widow [Ab] cried, your two fine [Eb] legs were your mother's pride.
_ Stumps of a tree won't do it all, why didn't you run [Fm] from the cannonball?
_ Too high for Italy, [Ab] too [Eb] high, too high, too _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ high. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ All _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] foreign _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ wars I do [Ab] proclaim live [Eb] on blood and a mother's pain.
I'd rather have my son as he used to be than the king of [Fm] America and his whole navy.
_ _ _ _ Too high for Italy, [Ab] too [Eb] high, too high, _ too high.
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ Too high for Italy, [Ab] too high, [Eb] too high, too high.
_ Too high for Italy, too [Fm] high, too high, too high. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ One, _ _ one, two. _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
.
.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] . _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Mrs.
McGrath, the [Ab] sergeant said,
Would you [Eb] like a soldier of your son Ted?
With a scarlet coat and a big cock [Bb] tat,
Mrs.
[Fm] McGrath, would you like that?
With your two rifle little [Ab] DA,
Two [Eb] rifle rifle rifle.
With your two rifle [Bb] little DA,
Two [Fm] rifle rifle rifle.
Now Mrs.
McGrath lived on the [Ab] shore,
And after [Eb] seven years or more,
She spied a ship coming to the bay,
With her [Fm] son from far away.
_ Oh Captain dear, where have you [Ab] been?
You've been [Eb] sailing the Mediterranean.
_ _ Have you news of my son Ted?
Is he [Fm] living or is he dead?
With your two rifle little [Ab] DA,
Two rifle [Eb] rifle rifle.
_ With your two rifle little DA,
Two [Fm] rifle rifle rifle. _ _ _
_ _ _ Then came [F] Ted without any legs,
[Ab] And in their [Eb] place two wooden pegs.
She kissed him a dozen times or two,
And said, my [Fm] God Ted, is it you? _
Now were you drunk or were you [Ab] blind
When you left your [Eb] two fine legs behind?
Or was it walking upon the sea
That wore your [Fm] two fine legs away?
With your two rifle little [Ab] DA,
Two [Eb] rifle rifle rifle. _
With your two rifle little DA,
Two rifle [Fm] rifle rifle.
_ With your two rifle little [Ab] DA,
Two [Eb] rifle rifle rifle.
_ With your two rifle little DA,
Two [Fm] rifle rifle rifle.
_ _ _ _ _ Now I wasn't drunk and I wasn't [Ab] blind when I left my two [Eb] fine legs behind.
A cannonball on the 5th of [Bb] May tore [Fm] my two fine legs away.
My teddy boy, the widow [Ab] cried, your two fine [Eb] legs were your mother's pride.
_ Stumps of a tree won't do it all, why didn't you run [Fm] from the cannonball?
_ Too high for Italy, [Ab] too [Eb] high, too high, too _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ high. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ All _ _
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] foreign _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ wars I do [Ab] proclaim live [Eb] on blood and a mother's pain.
I'd rather have my son as he used to be than the king of [Fm] America and his whole navy.
_ _ _ _ Too high for Italy, [Ab] too [Eb] high, too high, _ too high.
_ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ Too high for Italy, [Ab] too high, [Eb] too high, too high.
_ Too high for Italy, too [Fm] high, too high, too high. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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