{"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":1751181,"song":"Ireland","artist":"Ghost Mice","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11378184-ireland-chords-by-ghost-mice/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1751181?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Time for the final song! It also happens to be one of the most enjoyable ones to play because of how\r\nmuch you have to switch chords. I'd imagine that this is a lot easier to do on my accordion than it must \r\nbe using an actual guitar, but you folks are good. You'll figure it out. \r\n\r\nCHORDS USED:\r\n[ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt seemed like everything we heard and hoped might be true[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe got a ride right away and she took us to the dunes[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch] \r\nAnd we fell asleep to the sounds of a carnival[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom a village further down the beach[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe woke up the next morning on a bed of tiny flowers,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPacked the tent and went to get somethin' to eat[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe bought a cheap jar of peanut butter and a loaf of fresh white bread,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe made sandwiches on the beach; life doesn't get any better than this[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe walked in for free to the first castle that we found[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt was empty, it was late, it became our campground[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd we spotted a tent and we met another camper[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he told us his sad story--[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell he had been dumped by a girl that he loved, but he told us not to worry[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou can camp anywhere, no one's gonna care; why would they?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch] \r\n\"It's not like this at home,\" we told him, \"you know\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said your home's so far away[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe went west all the way 'til the land ran out[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe slept at an empty house in the middle of a tiny town[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe met a man at a crossroads who said it was his dream to someday come to Bloomington[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe thought it was funny because for you and me, it was our dream to be here in Ireland[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe was a big fan of John Melloncamp; [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nwe told him everything we knew about him[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe invited him to come and stay at our house; [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhen we got to our stop he didn't want us to get out[/tab]\r\n              [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nWe stayed the night at the house of a guy from Albany\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                        [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe was glad to meet Americans; he made us spaghetti[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we met a man who said he was a doctor and he took us on some of his house calls[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]  \r\nHe taught us the best way to get a donkey to come to you [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nis not to pay them any attention at all[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I crawled to the edge and peeked over my head and looked down to the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                                       [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was two thousand feet to the water below; it looked so blue, it looked so deep[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd don't ever let 'em tell you that it rains in Ireland[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell if they tell you that you can be sure they've never been[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause the sun is always shinin' and the hills are always green[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the people are always smilin' and offerin' you drinks[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] - [ch]Am[/ch] - [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe'd set up our tent on the cliffs right by the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAlmost every night and the waves rocked us to sleep[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nA postman from Wales and his friend from England[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBought us fries at the westernmost pub[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe sat with them and two others we'd met[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we all watched the postman get drunk[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd at first the Burren might seem like a waste land of broken stones[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                          [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLook in the cracks and you'll see there's a secret there that grows[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd Galway City really feels a lot like home[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWe went through Connemara and up to Sligo[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd at the Slieve League we couldn't see anything;[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe decided that we should turn back[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe mist was so thick that we couldn't find our feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the trail was called Deadman's Pass[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn one side it was three thousand feet down to the ocean[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe other was two thousand feet to the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd anyway our time was running out[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd we crossed the country in less than a day[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOur last ride to Dublin asked us the same things[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThey asked if we had any kin from Ireland;[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey were surprised when we said no[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen I said I didn't drink and hadn't tried Guinness yet[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey were the first ones to say, \"way to go\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd as our ferry was leaving the Emerald Isle behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were already making our plans to come back sometime[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd don't ever let 'em tell you that it rains in Ireland[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell if they tell you that you can be sure they've never been[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause the sun is always shinin' and the hills are always green[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd people are always smilin' and offerin' you drinks[/tab]","plain_text":"Time for the final song! It also happens to be one of the most enjoyable ones to play because of how\nmuch you have to switch chords. I'd imagine that this is a lot easier to do on my accordion than it must \nbe using an actual guitar, but you folks are good. You'll figure it out. \n\nCHORDS USED:\nF\nC\nG\nAm\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              C                                   F  Am\n\n\nWe stayed the night at the house of a guy from Albany\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG - Am - G","chords":["F","C","G","Am","A"],"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]}}}