Chords with lyrics
This song is one of the bonus tracks on 'Such Hot Blood' and it's just lovely!
Capo on 5
FYI, play C/BC/B in the following way:
E MajorE|-0-|
BB|-1-|
G+G|-0-|
D MajorD|-0-|
A augmentedA|-2-|
E MajorE|-0-|
Or alternatively:
E MajorE|-0-|
BB|-3-|
G+G|-0-|
D MajorD|-0-|
A augmentedA|-2-|
E MajorE|-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!
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G C majorC
E MajorE|-0-| |-0-| |---| |---| |---|
BB|-1-| |-3-| |-1-| |-0-| |---|
G+G|---| |---| |-2-| |-0-| |---|
D MajorD|---| |---| |---| |---| |-2-|
A augmentedA|---| |---| |---| |---| |-3-|
E MajorE|---| |---| |---| |---| |---|
Intro
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G C majorC
VERSE 1
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G FF G+G C majorC
On the quiet banks of the Liffey and lakes, Dublin wrote her name.
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G FF
On the broad backs of men, we never met with their pens and their stones,
G+G C majorC
they did the same,
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G FF
In the hours passed in the pubs, all the glasses were full and they were
G+G C majorC
wet to the sleeve.
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G FF G+G C majorC
And the eyes were so clear on the girl I met there,I swore I?d never leave.
CHORUS
FF G+G
And the young men who longed for these shores in a song,
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
All they wanted was a home,
FF G+G C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
And I wanted one too with a girl eyes as blue as the light of dawn,
FF G+G C majorC
Patiently, she waits there for me to come home.
VERSE 2
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G FF G+G
Was a bleary-eyed night, drunk from the lights and the sounds of a city
C majorC
awake,
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G FF G+G
And she stood in the crowd, her face as a shroud, leaving nothing for my eye
C majorC
to take.
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G FF
But a warmth was so clear, it betrayed her as nearly she glowed like those
G+G C majorC
lights on the bridge,
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G FF G+G
And a pain in my side, as I was drawn to her pride like the rise of the wind
C majorC
to the ridge.
CHORUS
FF G+G
And the young men who longed for these shores in a song,
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
All they wanted was a home,
FF G+G C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
And I wanted one too with a girl eyes as blue as the light of dawn,
FF G+G C majorC
Patiently, she waits there for me to come home.
INSTRUMENTAL - PLAY CHORUS CHORDS
VERSE 3 (stum full chords)
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G FF
These waters have run red, these beaches have bled from the wounds at the
G+G C majorC
dark heart of man,
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G FF
Daughters grown sharp, tongues like knives to the heart or a charm for the
G+G C majorC
curse of the land,
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G FF
With prayers in their eyes, how well they've disguised that it's love
G+G C majorC
they're giving away.
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G FF G+G
But you might believe when your hard heart says leave but this one implores
C majorC
you to stay.
CHORUS
FF G+G
And the young men who longed for these girls with our songs,
C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
All we wanted was a home.
FF G+G C majorC C/BC/B A minorAm
She wants one too with someone heart as true as this prison made of stone,
FF G+G C majorC
Patiently, she waits there for me to come home,
FF G+G C majorC
Patiently, I wait to be free and be home.
Thanks guys :) x