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Noreen Bawn by Jimmy Buckley
Noreen Bawn
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:A
Capo:2nd fret
[Intro]
G C G C
[Verse 1]
G D G
There's a glen in old Tir Conaell,
G7 C E7
There's a cottage in the glen,
Am D G Em
Where dwelt an Irish colleen,
A7 Am7 D
who charmed the hearts of men,
G D G
She was winsome hale and hearty,
G7 C E7
shy and graceful as a fawn
Am D G Em
It was that widow's daughter,
Am D G Am7 D7
happy laughing Noreen Bawn.
[Verse 2]
G D G
Till one day there came a letter,
G7 C E7
with her passage paid to go,
Am D G Em
To the land where the Missouri,
A7 Am7 D
and the Mississippi flows,
G D G
So she bade farewell to Erin
G7 C E7
and next morning at the door,
Am D G Em
A poor broken hearted mother
Am D G D#
bid farewell to Noreen Bawn.
[Verse 3]
G# D# G#
Many years that widow waited,
G#7 C# F7
till one morning at the door,
A#m D# G# Fm
Stood a gorgeous looking lady,
A#7 A#m7 D#
costly were the clothes she wore,
G# D# G#
Saying mother oh, don't you know me,
G#7 C# F7
for I've only got a cold,
A#m D# G# Fm
But those scarlet spots upon her cheeks,
A#m D# G# E
the tragic story told.
[Verse 4]
A E A
Theres a graveyard in Tir Conaill,
A7 D F#7
where the blossoms sadly sway
Bm E A F#m
There's a broken hearted mother,
B Bm7 E7
kneeling o'er that lonely grave.
A E A
Oh Noreen, she is calling
A7 D F#7
Sure is lonesome since you've gone,
Bm E A F#m
T'were the curse of emigration,
Bm E A
laid you low my Noreen Bawn
[Outro]
Bm E A F#m
T'were the curse of emigration,
N.C. Bm
That laid you low
N.C. E N.C.
my Noreen
A D A D
Bawn
A
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