{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1053299,"song":"Song For Ireland","artist":"The Dubliners","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11233070-song-for-ireland-chords-by-the-dubliners/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1053299?type=chord","rating":4.83104,"votes":76,"content":"Song For Ireland chords\r\n\r\nCapo II ***\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWalking all the day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nby tall towers where falcons build their nests[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn silver wings they fly,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthey know the call of freedom in their breasts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSaw Black Head against the sky,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]**         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwhere twisted rocks may run down to the sea[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nLiving on your Western shore,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nsaw summer sun sets, I asked for more,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI stood by your Atlantic Sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]*\r\nand I sang a song for Ireland[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDrinking all the day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nin old pubs where fiddlers love to play[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSaw one touch the bow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nhe played a reel which seemed so grand and gay[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI stood on Dingle Beach and cast,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nin wild foam we found Atlantic bass,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLiving on your Western shore,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nsaw summer sun sets, I asked for more,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI stood by your Atlantic Sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand I sang a song for Ireland[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLaughing all the day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nwith true friends who try to make you stay[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTelling jokes and news,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand singing songs to while the time away,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe watched the Galway salmon run,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nlike silver dancing, darting in the sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLiving on your Western shore,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nsaw summer sun sets, I asked for more,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI stood by your Atlantic Sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand I sang a song for Ireland[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDreaming in the night,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI saw a land where no one had to fight[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd waking in your dawn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI saw you crying in the morning light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSleeping where the falcons fly,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]F#m[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthey twist and turn all in your air-blue sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLiving on your Western shore,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nsaw summer sun sets, I asked for more,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI stood by your Atlantic Sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Asus4[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand I sang a song for Ire         land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n**  some folks perfer Em over D here\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]  = [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch] = [ch]Abm[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   = [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   = [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]   = [ch]B[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   = [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]  = [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   = [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCapo IV\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]  = [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch] = [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   = [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   = [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]   = [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   = [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]  = [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   = [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nOpen (These chords are not in the original key)\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]  = [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch] = [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   = [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   = [ch]A[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch]   = [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   = [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]  = [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   = [ch]G[/ch]\r","plain_text":"Song For Ireland chords\n\nCapo II ***\n[Intro]\n\nBm F#m G D A\nG A\nD\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nF Bb F C Dm\nF Bb\n\nF Bb F C Bb\nF Bb Bb C\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\nBm F#m G D A\nG A\nD\n\n**  some folks perfer Em over D here\nBm  = C#m\nF#m = Abm\nG   = A\nD   = E\nA   = B\nF   = G\nBb  = C\nC   = D\nCapo IV\nBm  = Am\nF#m = Em\nG   = F\nD   = C\nA   = G\nF   = Eb\nBb  = Ab\nC   = Bb\nOpen (These chords are not in the original key)\nBm  = F#m\nF#m = C#m\nG   = D\nD   = A\nA   = E\nF   = C\nBb  = F\nC   = 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