Title: Lorelei
Written by: the Pogues
Performed by: Mark Seymour


intr:	E   A   E   A

v1	E
	You told me tales of love and glory,

	A
	same old sad song, same old story

	E		 C#min
	sirens' same old lullaby

	G#		 B
	no-one knows but Lorelei

v2	E
	Castles out of fairy tales

	A
	timber shiver as they sail

	E		     C#min
	the lovesick man who caught her eye

	G#		 B	B
	no-one knows but Lorelei

	F#min		  F#min		B	    B
	River river have mercy take me down to the sea

	F#min		 F#min		  B		     B
	for if I perish on these rocks my love no more I'll see


(intr)

	I thought of you in far off places
	puzzled over lipstick traces
	so help me god I will not cry
	and then I think of Lorelei

	I travel far and wander wide
	a photograph of you beside me
	old man river's not too shy
	and he remembers Lorelei

	River river have mercy take me down to the sea
	for if I perish on these rocks my love no more I'll see

(v2 chords followed by intr)

	if I should float upon this stream
	and see you in my madman's dream
	I'll sink into your troubled eyes
	and then I'll think of Lorelei

	and if my ship that sails tomorrow
	should crash upon these rocks my sorrow
	I'll recall before I die
	it's you I'll see not Lorelei

	E   C#min
	E   C#min
	E   C#min
	B   E


transcribed from acoustic performance, 21 nov 1997.
by kelly wood, wood@hunterlink.net.au
lyrics about 95%
throw in a few C#min7 and Bsus4 etc to approximate the mark effect ;)