Molly Malone Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	5th fret

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[Verse One]
   G             Em              Am           D7
In Dublin's fair city, where the girls are so pretty,
  G            Em            A       D
I first set my eyes on sweet Molly Malone.
       G                Em                  Am                D7
As she wheeled her wheelbarrow, through the streets broad and narrow,
       G       C   G
Crying cockles and mussels,
C G       D    G
A-live, A-live oh.
 
 
[Chorus]
  G           Em
A-live, alive O,
  Am          D7
A-live, alive O,
       G       C   Bm
Crying cockles and mussels,
C G      D    G
A-live, alive oh.
 
 
[Verse Two]
    G         Em          Am           D7
She was a fishmonger, and sure twas no wonder,
    G           Em         A        D
For so were her Father and Mother before.
    G                  Em                  Am                D7
And they wheeled their barrow, through the streets broad and narrow,
       G       C   G
Crying Cockles and Mussels,
C G       D    G
A-live, a-live oh.
 
 
[Chorus]
  G           Em
A-live, alive O,
  Am          D7
A-live, alive O,
       G       C   Bm
Crying cockles and mussels,
C G      D    G
A-live, alive oh.
 
 
[Verse Three]
    G         Em              Am           D7
She died of a fever, and sure no one could save her,
    G            Em           A       D
And that was the end of sweet Molly Malone.
    G                    Em                  Am                D7
Now her ghost wheels her barrow, through the streets broad and narrow,
       G       C   G
Crying Cockles and Mussels
C G       D    G
A-live, A-live oh.
 
 
[Chorus]
  G           Em
A-live, alive O,
  Am          D7
A-live, alive O,
       G       C   Bm
Crying cockles and mussels,
C G      D    G
A-live, alive oh.
 
  G           Em
A-live, alive O,
  Am          D7
A-live, alive O,
       G       C   Bm
Crying cockles and mussels,
C G      D    G
A-live, alive oh.
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when I play this with the song it doesn't sound right. What is the tuning of the song?

Replace the A# with Gm and see if you like it. It's how I learned it singing growing up.

The A major chord just doesn't sound right to me. Am sounds better to my ears. Am I missing something?