Skibbereen chords by The Dubliners
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Verse 1
(E minor) Oh father dear, and I often hear
you (C major) speak of (E minor) Erin's isle
Her (C major) lofty scenes, her val (G major) leys green,
her mountains (E minor) rude and wild
(C major) They say it is a (G major) lovely land wherein a
prince might (E minor) dwell
Then, why (D major) did you (G major) abandon it?
Oh, the (E minor) reason to me, tell
Verse 2
My son, I loved my native land (C major)
with energy (E minor) an d pride
(C major) 'Til a blight came over (G major) all my crops
and my sheep and (E minor) cattle died
The (C major) rents and taxes (G major) were to pay and I could
not them (E minor) re deem
And that's (D major) the cruel (G major) reason I
(E minor) left old Skibbereen
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Verse 3
'Tis well do I remember the (C major)
bleak November (E minor) day
When the (C major) bailiff and the land
(G major) lord came to drive us all (E minor) away
(C major) They set the roof on (G major) fire with
their cursed English (E minor) spleen
And that's (D major) another (G major) reason
I left (E minor) old Skibbereen
Oh, your mother too, God rest her soul, (C major) lay on the snowy
Verse 4
(E minor)
ground
(C major) She fainted in her (G major) anguishing,
seeing the desolation (E minor) 'round
(C major) She never rose but (G major) passed away from
life to immortal (E minor) dreams
And that's (G major) another reason I
(E minor) left old Skibbereen
Verse 5
Oh, you were only two years old (C major)
and feeble was (E minor) your frame
I could (C major) not leave you with (G major) my friends
for you bore your father (E minor) 's name
I (C major) wrapped you in my (G major) cóta mór at the dead
of the night un (E minor) seen
And I heaved (D major) a sigh and I (G major) said goodbye
to dear (E minor) old Skibbereen
Verse 6
(E minor) Oh well, father dear,
and the day will come when in (C major) vengeance (E minor) we will call
All Irish (C major) men, both stout (G major) and tall,
will rally unto the call (E minor)
(C major) I'll be the man to (G major) lead the band
beneath the (E minor) flag of green
(D major) And loud and high, we'll (G major) raise the cry,
"Revenge (E minor) for (D major) Skibbereen!" (E minor)
Skibbereen
The Dubliners
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