Irish Ways chords by Sinéad O'Connor
Verse 1
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Once upon a time there were
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Irish ways and Irish laws
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Villages of Irish blood
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Waking to the morning
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Waking to the morning
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Then the Vikings
Verse 2
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came around
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Turned us up and turned us down
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Started building boats
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andtowns
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They tried to change our living
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Tried to change our living
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Cromwell and his sol diers came
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Started centuries of shame
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But they could not make us turn
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We're a river flowing
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We're a river flowing
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Again, again the soldiers
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came
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Burnt our houses, stole our grain
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Shot the farmers in their fields
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Working for livings
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Working for a living
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800 years we
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have been down
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The secret of the water sound
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Has kept the spirit of a man
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Above the pain descending
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Above the pain des cending
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Verse 6
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Today, the struggle carries on
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I wonder, "Will I live so long
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To see the gates being opened up
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To all people and their freedom?"
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All people and their freedom
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Once upon a time there was
Verse 7
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Irish ways and Irish laws
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Villages of Irish blood
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Waking to the morning
Waking to the morning
Irish Ways
Sinéad O'Connor
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