transatlantic chords by Aoife O'Donovan

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Verse 1
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F 
C 
You fell asleep with
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C 
your head down
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C 
I  fell asleep saying please
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C 
The banjos and fiddles
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C 
played breakdowns
Dm 
And we slept like babies

Verse 2
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C 
Am 
C 
Out in the bar room you sang songs
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C 
Songs from an other time
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C 
Am 
And when you got the
C 
words wrong
Dm 
I woke up and sang your lines

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Verse 3

You take the high road - and

I'll take the low road

I'll get there before you

We'll make it to Scotland

Or have we forgotten what we're going

there for?

Verse 4

You fell in love with your hands out

Your hands made a peace sign

So I fell apart when you pulled out

We ought to try to try

Verse 5

Everything's broken around me

The heather dies when I pass

The sky looks like a foundry

Where my heart is metal cast

Verse 6
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Am 
F 
You take the high road - and
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F 
I'll take the low road
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G 
I'll get there before you
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F 
We'll make it to Scotland
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F 
C 
Or have we forgotten what we're
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going there for?
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C 
Dm 
C 

Verse 7
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I'll swim 'cross the coldest sea
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Eb 
In a transatlantic rev erie
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Cm 
G 
Just to see your face when I wash up
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On  the barren shores of Skye
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Then to the lowlands   we'll fly
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Cm 
G 
Take my hand, walk side by side
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Side by side

Interlude 1

Jamie,

Verse 8

try me

Pour me another I'm dry

Hold on to whatever will be

And we'll raise our glasses high

Verse 9
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Am 
F 
You take the high road - and
C 
F 
I'll take the low road
C 
G 
I'll get there before you
Em 
Am 
F 
We'll make it to Scotland
C 
F 
Or have we forgotten what
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G 
we're going there for?