Key: G major•
Intro 1
G
D
G
D
C
D
Verse 1
G
C
'Tis far away I am
G
C
G
today from scenes I roamed a boy,
D
G
C
And long ago the hour I know
G
C
But time nor tide nor waters wide
G
C
G
For ever true it flies to you,
G
Verse 2
C
G
O! grey and bleak, by shore and creek,
C
G
the rugged rocks abound,
D
G
But sweet and green the grass between,
C
D
as grows on Irish ground,
G
C
So friendship fond, all wealth beyond,
G
C
G
Bless each poor home beside your foam,
Interlude 1
G
D
C
D
Verse 3
G
C
Had I youth's blood and hopeful
G
C
G
mood and heart of fire once more,
D
G
C
For all the gold the world might hold
G
C
I'd live content whate'er God sent
G
C
G
And lay my bones, 'neath churchyard stones, beside you,
Interlude 2
G
C
G
D
G
C
G
D
G
D
Bm
Am
D
G
D
Bm
Am
D
Verse 4
G
C
G
The blessing of a poor old man
C
G
be with you night and day,
D
G
C
The blessing of a lonely man
C
D
God upon my dying day,
G
C
G
My soul to soar for ever more above you,
G
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG D C Bm Am
G
D
C
Bm
Am
Capo: No capo
Transpose: 0
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