Key: B major•
Verse 1
B
F#
B
Farewell to the groves of shillelagh
and the shamrock
F#
B
Farewell to the girls of old
Ireland all 'round
F#
D#m
B
F#
B
As far away o'er the ocean I'm bound
Verse 2
D
B
To leave their own country,
A
F#
B
it would grieve their heart sore
F#
B
Oh, the tears down their cheeks,
E
B
F#
E
B
in great floods they are rolling
E
D#m
B
some far and foreign shore
Verse 3
B
where my bones they may lie buried
F#
B
E
B
If in peace an d contentment
E
B
I can spend my life
F#
B
F#
The green fields of Amerikay,
B
F#
E
B
they daily are calling
D#m
E
F#
It's there I'll find an end to
Verse 4
F#
B
So pack up your sea stores now,
F#
E
B
With no taxes or tithe there to
F#
E
B
devour up your wages
E
F#
B
Across on the green fields of Amerikay
F#
The
Verse 5
lint dams are gone and the loom
B
F#
E
B
s are ly ing idle
B
E
B
go journeyman cowboys
F#
B
F#
B
And fiddlers who play out the
old mountain reels
Verse 6
did work for good pay
F#
B
Ah, but since our manufacturers have
E
B
crossed the At lantic
Well, it's now that I
F#
B
must follow onto Amerikay
Verse 7
F#
B
And now to conclude and to finish my ditty
E
F#
If e'er a friendless Irishman
B
E
B
should happen my way
D#m
B
F#
B
At home on the green fields of Amerikay
Verse 8
B
F#
B
Ten dollars a week isn't very bad pay
F#
E
B
With no taxes or tithe there to
F#
E
B
devour up your wages
E
B
F#
B
B
Across on the green fields of Amerikay
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