Key: G# minor
Intro 1
Em
D
G
Am
C
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C
Em
D
G
Am
C
G
Bm
C
G
It
Verse 1
being
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Em
D
C
in the springtime and the small birds they were singing
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Em
D
C
Down by yon shady harbour
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C
I carelessly did stray
Em
D
C
The thrushes they were warbling,
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C
the violets they were charming
G
Em
To view fond lovers talking,
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Em
C
a while I did delay
Verse 2
G
C
G
my dear don't leave me
Em
D
C
all for another season
Em
D
C
Though fortune does be pleasing
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C
I'll go along with you
Em
D
C
I'll forsake friends and relations
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C
an d bid this Irish Nation
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Em
And to the bonny Bann banks
C
D
forever I'll bid adieu
Verse 3
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C
G
He said, my dear don't grieve
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D
C
or yet annoy my patience
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D
C
You know I love you dearly the
G
Am
C
more I'm go ing away
Em
D
C
I'm going to a foreign nation
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G
To comfort us here
Em
C
after all in America
Em
D
Interlude 1
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C
Bm
C
Em
D
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Am
C
G
C
Verse 4
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Then
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D
C
after a short while a fortune does be pleasing
Em
D
C
“Twill cause them for to smile
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C
at our late going away
Em
D
C
We'll be happy as Queen Victoria,
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C
all in her greatest glory
G
Em
We'll be drinking wine and porter,
Verse 5
Em
D
G
If you were in your bed lying
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C
and thinking on dying
Em
D
C
The sight of the lovely Bann banks
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C
your sorrow you'd give o'er
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Em
D
C
Or if were down one hour,
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C
down in yon shady bower
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Em
C
D
Em
D
G
Pleasure would surround you, you'd think on death no
Am
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Am
G
Bm
C
Em
D
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Am
C
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Am
G
more
Verse 6
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Then fare you well, sweet Craigie Hill,
Em
D
C
where often times I've roved
Em
D
C
I never thought my childhood
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C
days I'd part you any more
Em
D
C
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Now we're sailing on the ocean for
Bm
G
C
honour and promotion
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Em
And the bonny boats are sailing,
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Em
D
way down by Doorin shore
Outro 1
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Am
C
Bm
C
Em
D
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Am
C
Bm
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Em
D
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Am
C
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