{"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":2694666,"song":"The Sky Over Ireland","artist":"Mick Dunne","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11525181-the-sky-over-ireland-chords-by-mick-dunne/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2694666?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLast night the gig was over in the centre of the town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAn old man called me over I could see his drunken frown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe asked how long I'd been here if I ever would return[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe asked me all about myself and the place that I came from[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThen he took my hand in his and gentle were his words[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I could see the truth in his eyes[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]N.C       [ch]Em[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said I haven't seen the sky over Ireland for over fifty years[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI haven't heard my mother call my name since I came here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nEven when she passed away they didn't let me know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith no one left to go back to, this is now my home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said I haven't seen the sky over Ireland for over fifty years[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe said it through his tears[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe told me of his youth and of a girl that he once loved[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd how they ran away together many years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nShe had a son already, to his family this brought shame[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut he loved them as his own and gave them both his name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut his fondness for the whiskey grew and sent them on their way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow he dwells upon the past and the life he threw away[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Short Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said I haven't seen the sky over Ireland for over fifty years[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe said it through his tears[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe finished off his drink and brought the empty to the bar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI watched the people sneer and call him names behind his back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe said 'Don't ever judge me until you've worn my shoes'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe room went deathly quiet and he knew that I knew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd as he said goodnight he planted one thought in my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\"There but for the grace of God go I\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said I haven't seen the sky over Ireland for over fifty years[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI haven't heard my mother call my name since I came here[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nEven when she passed away they didn't let me know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWith no one left to go back to, this is now my home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                                              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said I haven't seen the sky over Ireland for over fifty years[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nHe said it through his tears[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOoh Through his tears[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOoh Through his tears[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOoh Through his tears[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Short Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Em","Bm","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"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]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}