{"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":549281,"song":"Skellig","artist":"Loreena McKennitt","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11568499-skellig-chords-by-loreena-mckennitt/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/549281?type=chord","rating":4.65767,"votes":32,"content":"SKELLIG (The Book of Secrets - 1997)\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]   x4, [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nO light the candle, John[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe daylight has almost gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe birds have sung their last[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe bells call all to mass[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSit here by my side[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor the night is very long[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere's something I must tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBefore I pass along[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI joined the brotherhood[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy books were all to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI scribed the words of God[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd much of history[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMany a year was I[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPerched out upon the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe waves would wash my tears,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe wind, my memory[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd hear the ocean breathe[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nExhale upon the shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI knew the tempest's blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIts wrath I would endure[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd so the years went by[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWithin my rocky cell[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWith only a mouse or bird[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy friend; I loved them well[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd so it came to pass[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'd come here to Romani[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd many a year it took[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTill I arrived here with thee[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn dusty roads I walked[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd over mountains high[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThrough rivers running deep[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBeneath the endless sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBeneath these jasmine flowers[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAmidst these cypress trees[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI give you now my books[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd all their mysteries[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNow take the hourglass[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd turn it on its head[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFor when the sands are still[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Tis then you'll find me dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nO light the candle, John[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe daylight has almost gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe birds have sung their last[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe bells call all to mass[/tab]","plain_text":"SKELLIG (The Book of Secrets - 1997)\n\n[Intro]\nAm   G   F G Am   x4, Am","chords":["Am","G","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]}}}