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Flogging Molly
-To Youth(My Sweet Roisin Dubh)
Verse 1:
Tell me Cwhy must a man be of Gservice
To his Clord and the god seldom Ghigh
From the Cgrave spring the name of our Gfathers
But there's no Cglint in a Amdead man's Deye
Tell me Cwhy are our fields filled with Ghunger
And fCruitless the crop bitter Gsoil
So I Csay my farewell to a Gnation
As the Cleaf waves Amgoodbye to it's Dson
Chorus
So it's to Cyouth I sing you this Gstory
And it's of Cyouth I sing it Gnow
Like the Ctrain that derails without Gwarning
I must Amleave what I left far beDhind
So goodCbye, sweet RoisiDn Dubh
I say GgooCdbyGeC  G  C  G  
Verse 2:
Tell me Cwhy must our peace be this Gpuzzle
That Cfractures the land, splinters Gwar
The last Cnails cite the shame in our Gcoffin
But in the Cend we must Amall die Dalone
Chorus
So it's to Cyouth I sing you this Gstory
And it's of Cyouth I sing it Gnow
Like the Ctrain that derails without Gwarning
I must Amleave what I left far beDhind
So goodCbye, sweet RoisiDn Dubh
I say GgooCdbyGeC  G  C  G  
Bridge:
And the Dbark fell from tree
To the Cground that they'll Gbleed
On the Danguish that never learned to Gshout
With the Dclash of the drum
We'll Csurrender the Ggun
and on this Dsadness we shall no longer Gspeak
Until Ctime can live on our aGll forgotten songs
That's when CI and we will sing aDgain
So gooGdbye to my Clove, my Dsweet Roisin GDubh
GooGdbye now unCtil we meet aGgaiCnD  G  G  C  G  
Tell me Cwhy must our grief still be Ggreiving
For a Clanguage that never spoke it's Gloss
But this Ctongue speak with fire will tear Gdown the barb wire
    N.C.
And Rip the belly from the waxy ghost
Chorus
So it's to Cyouth I sing you this Gstory
And it's of Cyouth I sing it Gnow
Like the Ctrain that derails without Gwarning
I must Amleave what I left far beDhind
So it's to Cyouth I sing you this Gstory
And it's of Cyouth I sing it Gnow
Like the Ctrain that derails without Gwarning
I must Amleave what I left far beDhind
So goodCbye, sweet RoisiDn Dubh
I say GgooCdbyGeC  
So gooCdbye, sweet RoisiDn Dubh
I say GgooCdbyGeC  
Until we meet aGgaiCnG  C  
Until we meet aGgaiCnG  C  
Until we meet...
Outro:
GThen she arrives to beautify
But slumber now must Drest
Oh my GRoisin Dubh
I'll fCorever love
The Gyouth you Donce poGssessed
That's it!!! Most of this song is mandolin driven. But sounds just fine on guitar as 
Hope you enjoy it! Comments would be very appreciated:)))

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To Youth My Sweet Roisin Dubh

by Flogging Molly

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Flogging Molly

-To Youth(My Sweet Roisin Dubh)

Verse 1:

C G

Tell me why must a man be of service

C G

To his lord and the god seldom high

C G

From the grave spring the name of our fathers

C Am D

But there's no glint in a dead man's eye

C G

Tell me why are our fields filled with hunger

C G

And fruitless the crop bitter soil

C G

So I say my farewell to a nation

C Am D

As the leaf waves goodbye to it's son

Chorus

C G

So it's to youth I sing you this story

C G

And it's of youth I sing it now

C G

Like the train that derails without warning

Am D

I must leave what I left far behind

C D

So goodbye, sweet Roisin Dubh

G C G C G C G

I say goodbye

Verse 2:

C G

Tell me why must our peace be this puzzle

C G

That fractures the land, splinters war

C G

The last nails cite the shame in our coffin

C Am D

But in the end we must all die alone

Chorus

C G

So it's to youth I sing you this story

C G

And it's of youth I sing it now

C G

Like the train that derails without warning

Am D

I must leave what I left far behind

C D

So goodbye, sweet Roisin Dubh

G C G C G C G

I say goodbye

Bridge:

And the bark fell from tree

C G

To the ground that they'll bleed

D G

On the anguish that never learned to shout

With the clash of the drum

C G

We'll surrender the gun

D G

and on this sadness we shall no longer speak

C G

Until time can live on our all forgotten songs

C D

That's when I and we will sing again

G C D G

So goodbye to my love, my sweet Roisin Dubh

G C G C D G G C G

Goodbye now until we meet again

C G

Tell me why must our grief still be greiving

C G

For a language that never spoke it's loss

C G

But this tongue speak with fire will tear down the barb wire

N..

And Rip the belly from the waxy ghost

Chorus

C G

So it's to youth I sing you this story

C G

And it's of youth I sing it now

C G

Like the train that derails without warning

Am D

I must leave what I left far behind

C G

So it's to youth I sing you this story

C G

And it's of youth I sing it now

C G

Like the train that derails without warning

Am D

I must leave what I left far behind

C D

So goodbye, sweet Roisin Dubh

G C G C

I say goodbye

C D

So goodbye, sweet Roisin Dubh

G C G C

I say goodbye

G C G C

Until we meet again

G C G C

Until we meet again

Until we meet...

Outro:

Then she arrives to beautify

But slumber now must rest

Oh my Roisin Dubh

I'll forever love

G D G

The youth you once possessed

That's it!!! Most of this song is mandolin driven. But sounds just fine on guitar as

Hope you enjoy it! Comments would be very appreciated:)))

About To Youth My Sweet Roisin Dubh Chords by Flogging Molly

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