E|-0-|
B|-1-|
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D|-0-|
A|-2-|
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Or alternatively:
E|-0-|
B|-3-|
G|-0-|
D|-0-|
A|-2-|
E|-0-|
You can play the following variations of the chords instead on verses 1 and 2, or
just play the full chords if you like!
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A|---| |---| |---| |---| |-3-|
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Intro
CGAmGC
VERSE 1
CGAmGFGC
On the quiet banks of the Liffey and lakes, Dublin wrote her name.
CGAmGF
On the broad backs of men, we never met with their pens and their stones,
GC
they did the same,
CGAmGF
In the hours passed in the pubs, all the glasses were full and they were
GC
wet to the sleeve.
CGAmGFGC
And the eyes were so clear on the girl I met there,I swore I’d never leave.
CHORUS
FG
And the young men who longed for these shores in a song,
CC/BAm
All they wanted was a home,
FGCC/BAm
And I wanted one too with a girl eyes as blue as the light of dawn,
FGC
Patiently, she waits there for me to come home.
VERSE 2
CGAmGFG
Was a bleary-eyed night, drunk from the lights and the sounds of a city
C
awake,
CGAmGFG
And she stood in the crowd, her face as a shroud, leaving nothing for my eye
C
to take.
CGAmGF
But a warmth was so clear, it betrayed her as nearly she glowed like those
GC
lights on the bridge,
CGAmGFG
And a pain in my side, as I was drawn to her pride like the rise of the wind
C
to the ridge.
CHORUS
FG
And the young men who longed for these shores in a song,
CC/BAm
All they wanted was a home,
FGCC/BAm
And I wanted one too with a girl eyes as blue as the light of dawn,
FGC
Patiently, she waits there for me to come home.
INSTRUMENTAL - PA Y CHORUS CHORDS
VERSE 3 (stum full chords)
CGAmGF
These waters have run red, these beaches have bled from the wounds at the
GC
dark heart of man,
CGAmGF
Daughters grown sharp, tongues like knives to the heart or a charm for the
GC
curse of the land,
CGAmGF
With prayers in their eyes, how well they've disguised that it's love
GC
they're giving away.
CGAmGFG
But you might believe when your hard heart says leave but this one implores
C
you to stay.
CHORUS
FG
And the young men who longed for these girls with our songs,
CC/BAm
All we wanted was a home.
FGCC/BAm
She wants one too with someone heart as true as this prison made of stone,
FGC
Patiently, she waits there for me to come home,
FGC
Patiently, I wait to be free and be home.