{"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":2449271,"song":"Town Of Athlone","artist":"Karan Casey","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11501286-town-of-athlone-chords-by-karan-casey/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2449271?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn the town of Athlone there's a young woman walking[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd wrapped around her baby, a shawl, and she speaks[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOf the passing of rings to the uniformed soldiers[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe price of a ribbon, their fortune to speak[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, their fortune she speaks and she speaks of a river[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhose silvery barrows and moorlands beneath[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhere a gun battle raged and the hero for Ireland[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D7[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWould soon lie down dead, dead at her feet[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAt the feet of the virgin in the grotto of Annah[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe sings to her baby in the old styles bequeathed[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd she lilts and laments and enchants all in hearing[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith songs of her people and melodies sweet[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSweet silvery Nore River is rolling[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOver an Irish soldier's grave[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the vestry bells are tolling[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOver the ashes of his grave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nIn the freeborn land of the travelling people[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLies Nioclas Mullins, the pride of Cullbawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYet unmarked beside him, the bride of his union[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWho carried our music in a black gypsy shawl[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSweet silvery Nore River is rolling[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOver an Irish soldier's grave[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the vestry bells are tolling[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOver the ashes of his grave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSweet silvery Nore River is rolling[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOver an Irish soldier's grave[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the vestry bells are tolling[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOver the ashes of his grave[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOver the ashes of his grave[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOver the ashes of his grave[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm    C  Em  Am    C  Em\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nAm    Em  Dm    Am\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Am","C","Em","D7","G","D","Dm"],"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]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}