At The Foot Of Knocknarea chords by Cathie Ryan

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
B minorBm  E MajorE A augmentedA B minorBm  A augmentedA
B minorBm  E MajorE A augmentedA B minorBm  A augmentedA

Verse:
    B minorBm         A augmentedA
At the foot of Knocknarea I pick up a stone
  G+G              F# minorF#m
To carry to the top with all my troubles
   B minorBm            A augmentedA
I'll lay it on Maeve's cairn, high upon that mound
G+G                 F#7F#7
Stone upon hard stone I'll lay it down
 D MajorD       A augmentedA       B minorBm       F# minorF#m
I have a man at home who wants more than I can give
   D MajorD         A augmentedA          G+G  F# minorF#m
And a child who needs at least that much and better

Chorus:
  B minorBm
My heart is pulled tight, Maeve
    A augmentedA
In this home that I have made
    G+G
At the foot of Knocknarea

Verse:
 B minorBm          A augmentedA
I hear a music play as great as any love
 G+G              F# minorF#m
I carry for my husband and my daughter
  B minorBm              A augmentedA
It calls me from their reach, I look back with no ease
G+G                  F#7F#7
Can they stay awhile alone and leave me be?
 D MajorD       A augmentedA     B minorBm      F# minorF#m
"No," says the voice that answers in my head
     D MajorD          A augmentedA       G+G F# minorF#m
It's the voice that has been droning on forever__

Chorus:
    B minorBm
It's my mother's music, Maeve
 A augmentedA
I sing with it always
   G+G
As I climb up Knocknarea

Bridge:
    D MajorD       A augmentedA  E minorEm       A augmentedA
And the wind, it does rage here on Knocknarea
    D MajorD       A augmentedA        B minorBm  F# minorF#m
It's a rage that I've learned all too well
    B minorBm
I will speak the truth from now
  A augmentedA
And show my young girl how
    G+G        E7E7
For her voice depends on mine

Verse:
    B minorBm         A augmentedA
At the foot of Knocknarea I pick up a stone
  G+G              F# minorF#m
To carry to the top with all my troubles
   B minorBm            A augmentedA
I'll lay it on Maeve's cairn, high upon that mound
G+G                 F#7F#7
Stone upon hard stone I'll lay it down
    B minorBm         A augmentedA
At the foot of Knocknarea I pick up a stone