Magdalen Laundry
Frances BlackVersion1
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Throught the eyes of an innocent child
Can't hide what is burning inside
The shame and the guilt of disgrace
They said she had fallen from grace
To the arms of a train engineer
Who escaped when the verdict was clear
And saw she was quietly installed
in the Magdalen Laundry
And oh you can find them there
Slaving each day in the heat and the steam
And oh every bloody stain
Will be carefully scrubbed
'Till it's white and it's clean
The Sisters got angry today
They took Bridie Power away
They said she had broken the rules
She swore that the priest
from the school...
If only they'd asked why she cried
They said they'd concluded she'd lied
The priest had his own alibi
In the Magdalen Laundry
A world set apart by magnolia walls
And it's hard to believe
That this happened at all
Pray the meek shall inhert this heart
The Sisters of Mercy still live
In the convent on top of the hill
The walls of the laundries came down
Exposing their sins to the town
The ghosts of the girls who had died
The souls of the ones who survived
Echo their protest inside
The Magdalen Laundry
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Readable chord sheet for Magdalen Laundry by Frances Black
Throught the eyes of an [Am]innocent child Can't hide what is [Fmaj7]burning inside The shame and the [Am]guilt of disgrace They said she had [Fmaj7]fallen from grace To the arms of a [Dm]train engineer Who escaped when the [Am]verdict was clear And saw she was [Em]quietly installed in the Magdalen [Am]Laundry And[Fmaj7] oh you can f[C]ind them there [Dm]Slaving each day in the [G]heat and the steam An[Fmaj7]d oh every [C]bloody stain Will be [Dm]carefully scrubbed 'Till it's white and it's [G]clean The Sisters got [Am]angry today They took Bridie [Fmaj7]Power away They said she had [Am]broken the rules She swore that the [Fmaj7]priest from the school... If only they'd [Dm]asked why she cried They said they'd con[Am]cluded she'd lied The priest had his [Em]own alibi In the Magdalen [Am]Laundry [Fmaj7]A world set apart by mag[C]nolia walls [G] [Fmaj7]And it's hard to believe That this [C]happened at all [G] [Fmaj7]Pray the meek shall [C]inhert this heart [G] The Sisters of [Am]Mercy still live In the convent on [Fmaj7]top of the hill The walls of the [Am]laundries came down Exposing their [Fmaj7]sins to the town The ghosts of the [Dm]girls who had died The souls of the [Am]ones who survived Echo their [Em]protest inside The Magdalen [Am]Laundry