Yeats Grave

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[Intro]
Am G6 Em
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B|--1-----1---0-----0------0---------------|
G|-----2---------0------0-----0--0-----0---|
D|--2-----2---0-----0------2--------2------| x2
A|----------------------2-----2--2-----2---|
E|-----------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
Am G6 Em Am
Silenced by death in the grave, ah ah ah ah
Am G6 Em Am
W B Yeats couldn't save, ah ah ah ah
Am G6
Why did you stand here
G6 Em
Were you sickened in time
Em Am
But I know by now
Am G6 Em
Why did you sit here, ah ah ah
[Chorus]
Em Am G6
In the grave
G6 Em
In the grave, grave, grave
Am G6
In the grave
Em
In the grave, grave, grave
(W. B. Yeats "Second" Spoken)
Am
Why should I blame her,
G6
that she filled my days
Em
With misery or that she would of late
Am G6
Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways
Em Am
Or hurled the little streets upon the great
G6
Had they but courage
Em
Equal to desire
[Verse 2]
Am G6 Em Am
Sad that Maud Gonne couldn't stay, ah ah ah ah
Am G6 Em Am
But she had MacBride anyway, ah ah ah ah
Am
and you sit here with me
G6
on the Isle Innisfree
Em
and your writing down anything
Am
But I know by now
G6 Em
Why did you sit here, ah ah ah
[Chorus]
Em Am G6
In the grave
G6 Em
In the grave, grave, grave
Am G6
In the grave
Em
In the grave, grave, grave
(spoken)
Am G6
Why should I blame her,
Em Am
Had they but courage equal to desire

Yeats Grave chords and lyrics

Free chords for Yeats Grave by The Cranberries. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Intro]
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
(W. B. Yeats "Second" Spoken)
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
(spoken)

Yeats Grave Chords by The Cranberries

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