Mr. Connaughton by Ralph McTell [Intro] H7 H7 H7 Mr Connaughton my memory’s long            E            H7             C#m        H7 though the years have flown though the years have gone. Was your wife’s name Marjorie or Mary?      C#m      H7           A Were you from Cork or Tipperary? [Zwischenspiel] H7 H7 Mr Connaughton when we lived underneath        E             H7              C#m             H7 Oh you said it was a lucky man had a gap between his teeth And for a while I had a gap too        C#m            H7             A But it closed when my big teeth came through. Oh it closed when my big teeth came through.    Mr Connaughton you seemed to laugh such a lot     E                  H7            C#m      H7 And that would make us smile too as often as not Did you have a friend who was a soldier?          C#m            H7            A Well I’m gonna join the army when I’m older. [Zwischenspiel] H7 H7 Well I know you paid a fiver for that old motorbike          E                H7        C#m              H7 And they said it wouldn’t run but I thought that it might. I was nearly asleep when it spluttered into life       C#m                  H7              A And I clenched my fist and smiled a secret smile of delight Was your first name Kevin or Mike?    I remember when you built us a soap-box cart          E            H7          C#m              H7 With the wheels off a pram and a plank out in the yard And you gave us a bit of string but we steered it with our feet.    C#m            H7              A Oh boy it was the best one on the street And you said "Jesus that’s the best one on the street".     I remember when your little girl was born     E               H7        C#m     H7 You brought her downstairs to show us all And we were allowed to kiss her       C#m        H7     A And I wished she was my sister. [Zwischenspiel] H7 H7 Mr Connaughton you moved away           E             H7    C#m    H7 With your wife and your baby but we stayed Till finally we got re-housed too       C#m   H7      A And I never will forget you [Zwischenspiel] H7 H7 Mr Connaughton my memory’s long            E            H7             C#m        H7 though the years have flown though the years have gone. Was your wife’s name Marjorie or Mary?      C#m      H7           A Were you from Cork or Tipperary? [Outro] H7 H7 H7