A Song For Ireland chords by Jim McCann

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Verse 1
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 (D major) Walking all the day
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 (A major) Near  (G major) tall towers  (D major) 
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where  (E minor) falcons build  (A major) their  (D major) nests
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Silver -winged they fly  (A major) 
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They  (G major) know a  (D major) call of  (E minor) freedom
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in  (A major) their  (D major) breasts
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Saw  (G major) a blackhead again (A major) st the sky
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With twis (D major) ted rocks,
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 (B minor) they run  (D major) down to  (E major) the sea  (A major) 
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Liv (G major) ing on your  (D major) western shore
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Saw summer sunsets ask  (E minor) for  (A major) more
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Stood  (G major) by your At (D major) lantic sea  (A major) 
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And  (E minor) sang a  (D major) song for  (G major) Ire (A major) land
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 (D major) Talking all the  (A major) day
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With  (G major) true friends  (D major) who  (E minor) 
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try  (A major) and make you  (D major) stay
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Telling jokes and  (A major) news,
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an (G major) d  singing songs  (D major) to
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pass  (E minor) the  (A major) time  (D major) 
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Watch  (G major) the Galway sal (A major) mon run,
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like  (D major) silver dancing,  (B minor) 
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 (D major) darting in  (E major) the sun (A major) 
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Liv (G major) ing on your  (D major) western shore,
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saw summer sunsets,  (E minor) asked for  (A major) more
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Stood  (G major) by your At (D major) lantic sea,  (A major) 
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 (E minor) and sang a  (D major) song for  (G major) Ire (A major) land  (D major) 
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Drinking all the  (A major) day
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In  (G major) old pubs  (D major) where  (E minor) fiddlers
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loved  (A major) to play  (D major) 
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Someone touched a  (A major) bow
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And  (G major) played a  (D major) reel
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that  (E minor) seemed so  (A major) grand and  (D major) gay
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Stood  (G major) on Dingle Beach  (A major) 
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and cast in  (D major) wild foam
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 (B minor) and  (D major) found Atlantic  (E major) bass
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 (A major) Living  (G major) on your  (D major) western shore,
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saw summer sunsets,  (E minor) asked for  (A major) more
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Stood  (G major) by your At (D major) lantic sea  (A major) 
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And  (E minor) sang a  (D major) song for  (G major) Ire (A major) land
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 (D major) Dreaming in the  (A major) night
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By  (G major) sea land  (D major) where
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no  (E minor) one has  (A major) to fight  (D major) 
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But waking in the  (A major) dawn,
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I  (G major) see you  (D major) crying in  (E minor) 
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the  (A major) morning light  (D major) 
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Flying  (G major) where the  (A major) falcons fly,
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they twist  (D major) and  (B minor) turn in  (D major) 
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the red  (E major) and blue sky  (A major) 
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Liv (G major) ing on your  (D major) western shore,
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Saw summer sunsets,  (E minor) asked for  (A major) more.
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 (G major) Stood by your At (D major) lantic sea,  (A major) 
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And  (E minor) sang a  (D major) song for  (G major) Ireland.  (A major) 
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 (D major) you