Molly Malone Chords

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Difficulty:	absolute beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	C
Capo:	no capo

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[Verse 1]
   C             Am
In Dublin's fair city,
          Dm           G
where the girls are so pretty,
  C            Em            Dm      G
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone,
       C                 Am
As she wheeled her wheel-barrow,
        Dm                G
Through streets broad and narrow,
         C           Em        C       G     C
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!"
 
[Chorus]
  C            Am
"Alive, alive, oh,
 Dm           G
Alive, alive, oh",
        C           Em        C       G     C
Crying "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh".
 
[Verse 2]
    C         Am
She was a fishmonger,
    Dm            G
And sure 'twas no wonder,
    C           Em         Dm       G
For so were her father and mother before,
         C                  Am
And they each wheeled their barrow,
        Dm                G
Through streets broad and narrow,
         C           Em        C       G     C
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!"
 
[Chorus]
  C            Am
"Alive, alive, oh,
 Dm           G
Alive, alive, oh",
        C           Em        C       G     C
Crying "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh".
 
[Verse 3]
    C         Am
She died of a fever,
    Dm           G
And no one could save her,
    C            Em           Dm      G
And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone.
        C                Am
Now her ghost wheels her barrow,
         Dm               G
Through streets broad and narrow,
         C           Em        C       G     C
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!"
 
[Chorus]
  C            Am
"Alive, alive, oh,
 Dm           G
Alive, alive, oh",
        C           Em        C       G     C
Crying "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh".
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8 comments

everything is correct, i think if you transpose it +2 it sound even better... Great job :)

fyi, dubliner's version was okay 1/2 step down with capo 5 (standard capo 4) with these cords

Merci beaucoup!