{"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":1452580,"song":"Skibbereen","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11258812-skibbereen-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1452580?type=chord","rating":4.64078,"votes":28,"content":"[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh father dear, well I've often heard you speak of Erin´s Isle[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHer lofty scenes, her valleys green, her mountains rude and wild[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey say it is a lovely land wherein a prince might d´well[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh why did you abondon it? The reason to me tell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh son, I loved my native land with energy and pride[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTill a blight came over all my crops, my sheep, my cattle died[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy rent and taxes were to high, I could not them redeem[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd that's the cruel reason that I'd left old Skibbereen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh and well do I remember, son, that bleak December day[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen the sheriff and the landlord came to drive us all away[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey set my cottage roof on fire with cursed English spleen[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd that's another reason that I'd left old Skibbereen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh Your mother too, God rest her soul, lay on the snowy ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe'd fainted in her anguish saw the desolation 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe never rose but passed away from life to immortal dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd found a quiet grave, me boy, in dear old Skibbereen[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOh father dear, well the day might come when in answer to the call[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nEach Irish men would feeling strong will rally one and all[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll be the man to lead the band beneath the flag of green[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd loud and high well you'll hear the cry, Revenge for Skibbereen![/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","G","F","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}