{"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":1806730,"song":"The Sea Around Us","artist":"Misc Traditional","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11398271-the-sea-around-us-chords-by-misc-traditional/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1806730?type=chord","rating":4.92271,"votes":10,"content":"The Sea Around Us – Traditional Irish\r\nTab’d by wompton\r\n(*gradh geal mo croide* - Old Irish Phrase that is something like \"Great love of my heart\")\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]                          \r\nThey say that the lakes of Killarney are fair[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]                    \r\nThat no stream like the Liffey can ever compare,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]                           \r\nIf it's water you want, you'll find nothing more rare[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThan the stuff they make down by the ocean.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS] \r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]      \r\nThe sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide*[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nLong may it roam between England and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]                               \r\nIt's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, thank God we're surrounded by water.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]                      \r\nTom Moore made his \"Waters\" meet fame and renown[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]        \r\nA great lover of anything dressed in a crown[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]                               \r\nIn brandy the bandy old Saxon he'd drown[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut throw ne'er a drop in the ocean.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS] \r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]      \r\nThe sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide*[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nLong may it roam between England and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]                               \r\nIt's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, thank God we're surrounded by water.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]                      \r\nThe Scots have their Whisky, the Welch have their speech[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]     \r\nAnd their poets are paid about tenpence a week[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]                             \r\nProvided no hard words on England they speak[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh Lord, what a price for devotion.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS] \r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]      \r\nThe sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide*[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nLong may it roam between England and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]                               \r\nIt's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, thank God we're surrounded by water.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]                        \r\nThe Danes came to Ireland with nothing to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]     \r\nBut dream of the plundered old Irish they slew,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]                                \r\n\"Yeh will in yer vikings\" said Brian Boru[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd threw them back into the ocean.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS] \r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]      \r\nThe sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide*[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nLong may it roam between England and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]                               \r\nIt's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, thank God we're surrounded by water.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[VERSE 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]                   \r\nTwo foreign old monarchs in battle did join[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]        \r\nEach wanting his head on the back of a coin[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]                         \r\nIf the Irish had sense they'd drowned both in the Boyne[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd partition thrown into the ocean.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS] \r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]      \r\nThe sea, oh the sea is the gradh geal mo croide*[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]  \r\nLong may it roam between England and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]                               \r\nIt's a sure guarantee that some hour we'll be free[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, thank God we're surrounded by water.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh, thank God we're surrounded by water.[/tab]","plain_text":"The Sea Around Us – Traditional Irish\nTab’d by wompton\n(*gradh geal mo croide* - Old Irish Phrase that is something like \"Great love of my heart\")\n\n[VERSE 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS] \n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS] \n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS] \n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS] \n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]","chords":["D","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}