Eileen chords by
Slim Whitman

N/A

Key: A major

Intro 1

Verse 1
G G 
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In a town on the sea,
C C 
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By the castle dune,
D D 
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The fairest of all
G G 
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Was the maiden Eileen.
The bloom on her cheek
C C 
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was as fresh as the dew
D D 
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And her heart to a young
G G 
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fisher laddie was true
Am Am 
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C C 
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At  morn he would sail
G G 
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with the sun and the tide
And he would return
E E 
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A A 
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D D 
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to his promised young bride
G G 
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And there on the shore,
C C 
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she could hear it so plain
D D 
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His voice in the wind,
G G 
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C C 
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G G 
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Am Am 
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D D 
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G G 
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singing soft this refrain
C C 
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They were to be wed on a Sunday in May,
D D 
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And faith was a joy in
G G 
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To see Eileen so gay
The morning before
C C 
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He set sail with the tide
D D 
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But he never returned
G G 
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To his promised young bride
Am Am 
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G G 
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C C 
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Oh  no, nevermore
G G 
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Was her heart young and warm
E E 
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A A 
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D D 
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Her lover, he died, yes, he died in a storm
G G 
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But down by the shore
C C 
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she could still hear so plain
D D 
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His voice in the wind
G G 
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C C 
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sings of this refrain
G G 
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Eileen, Eileen,
Am Am 
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D D 
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G G 
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C C 
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D D 
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G G 
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wait for me, wait my Eileen
C C 
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They say that her heart, it was broken into
D D 
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The lovely Eileen,
C C 
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G G 
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so young and so true
And down by the shore,
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they loved her the best
D D 
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By the rock where she waited,
G G 
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they laid her to rest
Am Am 
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G G 
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C C 
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Oh, many's the years
G G 
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that have passed since that day
E E 
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But maidens who wait
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D D 
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for their lovers there say
G G 
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That still on the shore
C C 
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they can hear it so plain
D D 
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His ghost in the wind
G G 
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sang and saw this refrain
Am Am 
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G G 
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C C 
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G G 
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I   need, I need
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D D 
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Wait for me, wait my honey

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