{"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":1944729,"song":"Old St Luan","artist":"Washington Irving","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11434878-old-st-luan-chords-by-washington-irving/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1944729?type=chord","rating":0.09936,"votes":0,"content":"Washington Irving – Old St. Luan\r\n\r\nTook my best shot at the lyrics and tried to put the chords directy above the lyric to help you\r\nfigure out the timing. Cheers!\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   \r\n    [ch]B[/ch]   \r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   \r\n[ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe all pull ourselves over the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]B[/ch]\r\nUntil we can see our blessed home land[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBanished from peace and the monasteries’ keep[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]B[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTo build our new home in the white Scottish sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I will not lose the race to the island[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSo I cut off my finger and threw it ahead[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd now the blood has stained the white sea a foamin’[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nMaybe Old St Luan’s not right in the head[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh lord, Oh lord there’s red sea around me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI’ve been striking out for the shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh you part the waves gently around me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI cannot fall on my own no more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   \r\n    [ch]B[/ch]   \r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   \r\n[ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh please, lord please the sirens are wailing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nYou know I’d pluck out my eyes if they caused me to sin[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd the wine is all gone from the weeks we been sailing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]B[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWon’t you send me the reed(?) wash the salt from my skin[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut he was striking out ahead of me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd I would have no place to lay my head down[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe first human flesh on the shore rest[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]B[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd you lie still in the swell of the sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh lord, Oh lord there’s red sea around me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI’ve been striking out for the shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh you part the waves gently around me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI cannot fall on my own no more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYes lord, Yes lord there’s red sea around me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nI’ve been striking out for the shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh you part the waves gently around me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI cannot fall on my own no more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   \r\n    [ch]B[/ch]   \r\n[ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]   \r\n[ch]B[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"Washington Irving – Old St. Luan\n\nTook my best shot at the lyrics and tried to put the chords directy above the lyric to help you\nfigure out the timing. Cheers!\n\n[Intro]\nE   A   E   \n    B   \nE   A   E   \nB   A   E\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nE   A   E   \n    B   \nE   A   E   \nB   A   E\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nE   A   E   \n    B   \nE   A   E   \nB   A   E","chords":["E","A","B"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}