The Foggy Dew chords by The Chieftains

• Difficulty: Intermediate

starts freely, with a Drone on B

Verse 1:
B5
As down the glen one Easter morn

To a city fair rode I

There armed lines of marching men

In squadrons passed me by

Chorus:
   D
No pipe did hum
  Em   D    Bm
No battle drum did sound its loud tattoo
                 A
But the Angelus Bells o'er the Liffey swells
   Bm
Rang out in the foggy dew

Instrumental in time:

Bm - Bm

Verse:
    Bm       Em  F#m
Right proudly high in Dublin town
   Bm     G    Bm Em Bm
Hung they out a flag of war
    Bm    G       Em F#m D
'Twas better to die 'neath that Irish sky
   Bm     Em F#m Bm
Than at Sulva or Sud-El-Bar

Chorus:
   D         G A  D
And from the plains of Royal Meath
    D    G    Bm A/B Bm
Strong men came hurrying through
     Bm    G        Em F#m  Bm
While Brittania's Huns with their long range guns
    Bm       Em F#m Bm
Sailed in through the foggy dew

Instrumental:
Bm   Bm   Em    F#m
D    G   Bm A/B Bm

Verse:
    Bm       Em  F#m
Their bravest fell and the requiem bell
   Bm     G    Bm Em Bm
Rang mournfully and clear
   Bm    Bm    Em  F#m
For those who died that Eastertide in the
 Bm    G F#m Bm
Springing of the year

Chorus:
   D             A  D
While the world did gaze with deep amaze
     Bm   G    Bm A/B Bm
At those fearless men but few
   Bm         A     F#m
Who bore the fight that freedom's light
    Bm        G F#m Bm
Might shine through the foggy dew

Instrumental: x2
Bm   Bm   Em    F#m
D    G   Bm A/B Bm
ch inst:
D    D   A    D
Bm   Em   Bm A/B Bm
Bm   Bm   Em    F#m
Bm   Em F#m Bm (let ring)

freely:
Verse:
  Bm drone        Em  F#m
And back through the glen, I rode again
    Bm     Em    Bm
And my heart with grief was sore
    Em        D
For Versed then with valiant men
    Bm
Whom I never shall see n'more

Chorus:
   D        Em   D
But to and fro in my dreams I go
    Bm     G    Bm
And I kneel and pray for you

For slavery fled, O glorious dead

When you fell in the foggy dew