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Molly Malone

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GIn EmDublin's fair city,
wher Ame the Dgirls are so pretty,
I Gfirst Bmset my Ameyes Don sweet Molly Malone,
G 'Em
As she wheeled her wheel-barrow,
Thr Amough stre Dets broad and narrow,
G ( Bm?) G D G
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!"
Chorus
G"Alive, Emalive, oh,
AmAlive, Dalive, oh",
G ( Bm?) G D G
Crying "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh".
Verse 2
She was a fishmonger,
And sure 'twas no wonder,
For so were her father and mother
before,
And they each wheeled their barrow,
Through streets broad and narrow,
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive,
oh!"
[CHORUS]
Verse 3
She died of a fever,
And no one could save her,
And that was the end my sweet Molly
Malone.
Now her ghost wheels her barrow,
Through streets broad and narrow,
Crying, "Cockles and mussels, alive, alive,
oh!"
[CHORUS]

Chords in this song

Verse
G Em Am D/ G Bm Am D/ Am D
Chorus
G Em Am D

G

NUT E A D G B e 2 1 3
NUT E A D G B e 2 1 3

The red NUT marks the start of the neck, by the tuning pegs; frets count away from it. The thickest string is the low E (the letters show each string). × = don't play it, ○ = play it open. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little.

G D A E
G D A E

Mandolin, tuned G D A E (the letters under the strings). Each string is a pair played together. ○ = open string; the dots are where your fingers go.

Em

NUT E A D G B e 2 3
NUT E A D G B e 2 3

The red NUT marks the start of the neck, by the tuning pegs; frets count away from it. The thickest string is the low E (the letters show each string). × = don't play it, ○ = play it open. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little.

G D A E
G D A E

Mandolin, tuned G D A E (the letters under the strings). Each string is a pair played together. ○ = open string; the dots are where your fingers go.

Am

NUT E A D G B e × 2 3 1
NUT E A D G B e × 2 3 1

The red NUT marks the start of the neck, by the tuning pegs; frets count away from it. The thickest string is the low E (the letters show each string). × = don't play it, ○ = play it open. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little.

G D A E
G D A E

Mandolin, tuned G D A E (the letters under the strings). Each string is a pair played together. ○ = open string; the dots are where your fingers go.

D

NUT E A D G B e × × 1 3 2
NUT E A D G B e × × 1 3 2

The red NUT marks the start of the neck, by the tuning pegs; frets count away from it. The thickest string is the low E (the letters show each string). × = don't play it, ○ = play it open. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little.

G D A E
G D A E

Mandolin, tuned G D A E (the letters under the strings). Each string is a pair played together. ○ = open string; the dots are where your fingers go.

Bm

NUT E A D G B e × 1 3 4 2
NUT E A D G B e × 1 3 4 2

The red NUT marks the start of the neck, by the tuning pegs; frets count away from it. The thickest string is the low E (the letters show each string). × = don't play it, ○ = play it open. Numbers are fingers: 1 index, 2 middle, 3 ring, 4 little.

G D A E
G D A E

Mandolin, tuned G D A E (the letters under the strings). Each string is a pair played together. ○ = open string; the dots are where your fingers go.