John Lennon - The Luck Of The Irish: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "The Luck Of The Irish" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
G C G If you had the luck of the Irish Bm D You'd be sorry and wish you were dead G C G You should have the luck of the Irish Bm D7 G And you'd wish you was English instead! G C G A thousand years of torture and hunger Bm D7 Drove the people away from their land G C G A land full of beauty and wonder Bm D7 G C G C G Was raped by the British brigands - goddamn, goddamn If you could keep voices like flowers There'd be shamrock all over the world If you could drink dreams like Irish streams Then the world would be high as the mountain of morn In the 'Pool they told us the story How the English divided the land Of the pain and the death and the glory And the poets of auld Éireland If we could make chains with the morning dew The world would be like Galway Bay Let's walk over rainbows like leprechauns The world would be one big Blarney stone Why the hell are the English there anyway As they kill with God on their side Blame it all on the kids the IRA As the bastards commit genocide (Aye, Genocide) If you had the luck of the Irish You'd be sorry and wish you were dead You should have the luck of the Irish And you'd wish you was English instead Yes you'd wish you was English instead You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsC  D  D7  G  Bm  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "The Luck Of The Irish" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "The Luck Of The Irish" by John Lennon.