Mr. Connaughton Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]Mr[A][G][A][G][A][D]
[A]Connaughton my mem[D]ory's lon[G]g,
though [D]the years have [A]flown
Though [Bm]the years [G]have gone.[A]
Was your [G]wife's name
[D]Marjorie or [A]Mary?[D]
[Bm]Were you from [A]Cork or Tipper
[G]ary?
[Bm][G][A][G][A][D]

[Verse 2]
[D]Mr [A]Connaughton when
[D]we lived under[G]neath
Oh [D]you said it was [A]a lucky man had a
[Bm]gap between his [A]teeth
[G]And for [D]a while I h[A]ad a gap t[D]oo
But it [Bm]closed when my [A]big teeth
came [G]through.[A][G][A][D]
Oh it closed when my
big teeth [A]came through.

[Verse 3]
Mr Connaughton you seemed [D]to laugh
such a lot
[G]And tha[D]t would make us [A]smile
too, as of[Bm]ten as n[A]ot
Did you [G]have [D]a friend who
was [A]a soldier[D]?
Well [Bm]I'm gonna join the [A]army
[D]when I'm [G]older.
[A][G][A]

[Verse 4]
[D]
Well I know you paid [A]a fiver for that
[D]old [G]motorbike
And they said [D]it wouldn't run,
[A]but I tho[Bm]ught tha[A]t it might.
I was [G]nearly [D]asleep when
[A]it spluttered into [D]life
And I [Bm]clenched my fist [A]and smiled
a secret [G]smile of delight
Was [Bm]your first name [A]Kevin
or Mike?
[G][A]

[Verse 5]
[D]
I remember when [A]you built
us [D]a soap-box cart
[G]cart
With the [D]wheels off [A]a pram,
and a [Bm]plank out in the [A]yard,
And you [G]gave us a bit [D]of string
but [A]we steered it with [D]our feet.
Oh [Bm]boy it was the be[A]st one on [G]the street,
[Bm]And you said "Je[G]sus,
that's [A]the best one on the street".
[G][A]

[Verse 6]
[D]
I remember when [A]your little [D]girl was [G]born
You brought [D]her downstair
[A]s to [G]show us [A]all,
And [G]we were [D]allowed [A]to kiss [D]her
[Bm]And I wished she w[A]as my [G]sister.
[A][G][A][D]

[Verse 7]
[D]Mr [A]Con[D]naughton, you moved
[G]away
With your [D]wife and your [A]baby,
[Bm]but we s[A]tayed
[G]Till finally [D]we got re-housed t[A]oo
[D]too
And I [Bm]never [A]will for[G]get you
[A][G][A][D]

[Verse 8]
[A]Mr Connaughton my [D]memory's [G]long
though [D]the years have [A]flown
Though the [G]years [A]have gone
Was your [G]wife's name [D]Marjorie or Mary?
[G]Were you from Cor[A]k or
Tipper[G]ary?

[Outro 1]
[G][A][G][A][D]