Song for Ireland chords by Cu Chulainn
Verse 1
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F#m
D
A
D
Asus4
Walking all the day
G
F#m
By tall towers
D
E
A
D
where falcons build their nests
A
Silver winged they fly
G
D
A
D
They know the call of freedom in their breast
G
A
Asus4
I saw a black head against the sky
A
D
With twisted rocks that
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Em
E
A
run down to the sea
G
D
Living on your western shore
A
Saw summer sunsets pass for more
Asus4
A
D
G
I stood by your
D
Atlantic sea
Asus4
G
D
A
And I sang the song for Ireland
D
A
Talking all the day
Asus4
A
G
D
E
With old friends who tried
Em
A
D
to make you stay
A
Telling jokes and news
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D
And singing songs to
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Em
A
D
pass the time away
G
Asus4
I watched the Galway salmon run
D
A
E
A
Like silver dancing, darting in the sun
G
D
Living on your western shore
Saw summer sunsets, asked for more
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G
D
Asus4
I stood by your Atlantic sea
A
G
D
A
And I sang a song for Ireland
D
A
G
D
Drinking all the day in old pubs
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D
where fiddlers loved to play.
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G
D
Someone touched a bow, he played a reel,
E
A
it sounded so grand and gay.
D
G
I stood on Dingle Beach
A
D
and cast in wild foam,
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A
we caught Atlantic bass.
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D
Living on your western shore,
Asus4
saw summer sunsets, asked for more.
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G
D
A
I stood by your Atlantic sea,
Asus4
A
G
D
A
an d I sang a song for Ireland.
D
Asus4
Dreaming in the night,
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G
D
E
A
D
I saw a land where no one had to fight.
A
Asus4
But waking in your dawn,
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G
D
E
A
D
I saw you crying in the morning light
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A
Crying where the falcons fly,
Asus4
D
they twist and turn
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A
All in your clear blue sky
G
D
Living on your western shore
Saw summer sunsets, asked for more
Asus4
A
G
D
I stood by your Atlantic sea
Asus4
D
G
D
And I sang a song for
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D
G
D
A
D
either one
You
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