St. Brendan's Fair Isle chords by The Irish Rovers
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Intro 1
(D major) (A major) (B minor) (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major) (A major)
Verse 1
When (D major) I
was a lad on the (G major) Emerald (D major) Isle
I heard (G major) many stor (D major) ies
both lovely and (B minor) wild
(D major) About the great dragons and
mon (G major) sters that be (D major)
That swallow (G major) (D major) the ships when
they sail on the sea
(B minor)
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Verse 2
Though (G major) I was an artist with canvas and paint
I sailed with St. Brendan
and his jolly (D major) saints
We told (G major) the good people
goodbye for a while
We sailed (D major) for St. Brendan's (A major) fair (D major) isle,
fair (G major) isle
We sailed (D major) for St. Brendan's (A major) fair (D major) isle
Verse 3
We'd been (D major) on the ocean for (G major) 94 days (D major)
When we came (G major) to a spot (D major) where
the sea was ablaze (B minor)
Those (D major) demons from Hades
were dan (G major) cing with glee (D major)
And (G major) burning the sailors (D major)
alive on the sea
(B minor)
Verse 4
St. (G major) Brendan he walked on
the blistering waves
He threw those demons right
back to their caves (D major)
And (G major) all of the saints wore a heavenly smile
We (D major) sailed.
Interlude 1
(A major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 5
One night (D major) while the brethren
were lying (G major) asleep (D major)
A great (G major) dragon came (D major) up
from under the deep (B minor)
He thundered (D major) and light'nend and
(G major) made a great din (D major)
He awakened (G major) St. Brendan (D major) and
all of his men
(B minor)
Verse 6
The dragon (G major) came on with
his mouth open wide
We threw in a cross and
the great dragon (D major) died
We skinned (G major) him and cooked
him and feasted a while
Interlude 2
We sailed.
(D major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (B minor) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (B minor) (G major)
(D major) (G major)
(D major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 7
At last (D major) we came onto that beautiful land
We all went ashore and we
walked on the sand (B minor)
We took (D major) our longbows and
we killed (G major) a zebu (D major)
We roasted (G major) it (D major) up and had hot barbecue
(B minor)
Verse 8
And (G major) after a while we were singing this song
We noticed the island was moving along (D major)
We (G major) ate and we drank and
we rolled in great style
Interlude 3
We sailed.
(D major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 9
St. Brendan (A major) (D major) (A major) (D major) said "Boys,
this is much (G major) to my (D major) wish
"To (G major) ride on the back (D major) of
the world's biggest fish (B minor)
"Hold (D major) on to the line that is
pullin' (G major) the ship (D major)
"We'll need (G major) it some day (D major) if
this fish takes a dip."
(B minor)
Verse 10
(D major) We sailed (G major) every ocean
(D major) , we (G major) sailed every sea
We sailed every spot that a sailor could be (D major)
In (G major) 44 days we sailed 10 million
miles (D major) (A major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (B minor) (G major)
We (D major) (A major) (D major) (G major) sailed.
Outro 1
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(D major)
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St. Brendan's Fair Isle
The Irish Rovers
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