The Green Fields Of America
The Green Fields Of America

The Green Fields Of America easy guitar chords by The Chieftains

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    • Verse 1
    Farewell 
    to the 
    groves 
    of 
    shillelagh 

    and the shamrock 

    Farewell 
    to the 
    girls 
    of old 

    Ireland 
    all 
    'round 

    And may 
    their hearts 
    be 
    as merry 

    as ever 
    they 
    could wish 
    for 

    As far 
    away 
    o'er the 
    ocean 
    I'm 
    bound 

    Verse 2
    My 
    father 
    is 
    old 
    and 

    my mother's 
    right 
    feeble 

    To 
    leave 
    their 
    own country, 

    it would 
    grieve their 
    heart 
    sore 

    Oh, 
    the tears 
    down 
    their 
    cheeks, 

    in 
    great 
    flood
    s 
    they are 
    rolling 

    To think 
    that 
    I 
    must die 
    upon 

    some 
    far 
    and 
    foreign 
    shore 

    But what matter 
    to 
    me, 
    Verse 3

    where my 
    bones 
    they 
    may 
    lie 
    buried 

    If in 
    peace 
    an
    d 
    contentment 

    I 
    can 
    spend 
    my 
    life 

    The 
    green 
    fields 
    of 
    Amerikay, 

    they 
    daily 
    are call
    ing 

    It's there 
    I'll 
    find 
    an 
    end 
    to 

    my 
    misery 
    and strife 

    Verse 4
    So pack 
    up your 
    sea stores 
    now, 

    consider 
    it no 
    longer

    Ten 
    dollars 
    a 
    week 
    isn't 
    very 
    bad pay 

    With 
    no taxes 
    or 
    tithe 
    there 
    to 

    devour 
    up 
    your 
    wages 

    Across 
    on 
    the 
    green 
    field
    s of 
    Amerikay 

    The 
    Verse 5
    lint dams 
    are 
    gone 
    and the loom

    s are 
    ly
    ing 
    idle 

    Gone are 
    the 
    winders 
    of 

    baskets 
    and 
    creels 

    And away 
    o'er 
    the 
    ocean, 

    go journeyman 
    cow
    boys 

    And fid
    dlers 
    who play 
    out 
    the 

    old 
    mountain 
    reels 

    Verse 6
    Ah, but I 
    mind 
    the 
    time 
    when old 

    Ireland 
    was 
    flour
    ishing 

    An
    d most 
    of 
    her 
    tradesmen 

    did 
    work 
    for 
    good pay 

    Ah, 
    but since 
    our 
    manufactur
    ers 
    have 

    crossed 
    the 
    At
    lantic 

    Well, it's now 
    that 
    I 

    must follow 
    onto 
    Amerikay 

    Verse 7
    And 
    now to 
    con
    clude 
    and 
    to finish 
    my 
    ditty 

    If 
    e'er a friendless 
    Ir
    ishman 

    should 
    happen 
    my 
    way 

    With 
    the best 
    in the 
    house, 

    I 
    will 
    greet 
    him 
    and 
    welcome 
    him 

    At 
    home 
    on 
    the green 
    field
    s 
    of Amerikay 

    Verse 8
    So 
    pack up 
    your sea 
    stores 
    now, 

    consider 
    it 
    no longer 

    Ten 
    dollars 
    a 
    week 
    isn't 
    very 
    bad 
    pay 

    With 
    no 
    taxes 
    or 
    tithe 
    there 
    to 

    devour 
    up 
    your 
    wages 

    Across 
    on 
    the green 
    field
    s of 
    Amerikay 

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