{"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":1739805,"song":"Irish Ways And Irish Laws","artist":"Christy Moore","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11373323-irish-ways-and-irish-laws-chords-by-christy-moore/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1739805?type=chord","rating":4.93845,"votes":24,"content":"Irish Ways and Irish Laws\r\nCovered by Christy Moore and Moving Hearts I think it dates back to 1982.\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nOnce  upon a  time there  was[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Irish ways and Irish laws,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Villages of Irish  blood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n Waking to the  morning,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWaking to the  morning.[/tab]\r\n\r\n .\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThen the Vikings came around,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTurned us up and turned us down,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nStarted building boats and towns,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd tried to change our living,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]              \r\nThey tried to change our living.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nCromwell and his soldiers came,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nStarted centuries of shame,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut they could not make us turn,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWe are a river flowing,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]        \r\nWe are a river flowing.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAgain, again the soldiers came,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBurnt our houses, stole our grain.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nShot the farmers in the fields[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWorking for a living,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]             \r\nWorking for a living.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n800 years we have been down,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe secret of the water sound[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHas kept the spirit of a man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAbove the pain descending,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]              \r\nAbove the pain descending.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nToday the struggle carries on,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI wonder will I live so long[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTo see the gates been opened up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTo people and their freedom,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]      \r\nTo people and their freedom. [/tab]\r\n\r\nThis is my interpretation of this song and not a cover version.","plain_text":"Irish Ways and Irish Laws\nCovered by Christy Moore and Moving Hearts I think it dates back to 1982.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n .\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis is my interpretation of this song and not a cover version.","chords":["Em","D","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}