The Leaving Wakes chords by
Cármina
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Key: F major

Verse 1
A A 
 
That was the winter when
G G 
 
A A 
 
everything froze
Many's the child was cold
and half -clothed
G G 
 
And the young ones grew weary
A A 
 
and some said they would go
G G 
 
For this land was no place
A A 
 
for their bones to grow old
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
And one went from Dublin
And one went from Clare
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
And one went from Limerick ,
but he left his girl there
Gm Gm 
 
They kissed and they kissed,
Gdim Gdim 
 
A A 
 
ran his fingers down her    hair
G G 
 
Sing if you should need me,
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
girl, I will be  there
Gm Gm 
 
And Liverpool's not such
A A 
 
a long way away
G G 
 
But she never saw him af
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
ter that day
Gm Gm 
 
And the blood of his children that cries out
A A 
 
For home was answered
Asus4 Asus4 
 
A A 
 
by miles of the sea's foam.

Interlude 1

Asus4

Verse 2
F#m F#m 
 
The larches were setting
A A 
 
the hillside aflame
D D 
 
That November morning
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
that the leaving day came
D D 
 
We stood on the shore
C#m C#m 
 
and we watched the waves break
D D 
 
And you told me you loved me
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
at  the leaving wave
D D 
 
We stood on the shore
C#m C#m 
 
and we watched the waves break
D D 
 
And you told me you'd love me
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
if  I'd leave in the rain
F#m F#m 
 
You put a ring  on my finger
A A 
 
and promised me more
D D 
 
Said you'd be back
Bm Bm 
 
with gold in great store
D D 
 
You said you were leaving
C#m C#m 
 
for both  of our sakes
D D 
 
But you broke my heart
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
at the living grave
D D 
 
You said you were leaving
C#m C#m 
 
for both  of our sakes
D D 
 
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
But you broke my heart at the
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
living grave
F#m F#m 
 
From Gilkey to Cobh
D D 
 
A A 
 
we drank whiskey all night
F#m F#m 
 
We laughed on the   journey,
C#m C#m 
 
we cried out inside
D D 
 
C#m C#m 
 
We'd be singing come all year
Bm Bm 
 
until the day breaks
E E 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
And bidding Godspeed at
A A 
 
the living grave
D D 
 
We'd be singing come all year
C#m C#m 
 
until   the day breaks
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Embedding God's speed at  the
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
living rake
G G 
 
D D 
 
F#m F#m 
 
You put flowers on the grave
A A 
 
where your parents lie
F#m F#m 
 
Read  out the stones
C#m C#m 
 
with a tear in    your eye
D D 
 
Just a line from an old song
C#m C#m 
 
can make  your heart break
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
And take you right back to  the living way
D D 
 
Just a line from an old song
C#m C#m 
 
A A 
 
C#m C#m 
 
can make  your heart break
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
And take you right back to  the living way
G G 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
The living way, the living way
G G 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
F#m F#m 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
E E 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
D D 
 
Bm Bm 
 
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