The Shores Of Lough Bran chords by Cara Dillon

Chords with lyrics

Key: D MajorD

🎸 Intro:

D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD


🎸 Verse 1:

D MajorD     C majorC      G+G   C majorC
Sit you down, loyal comrades
C majorC        D MajorD
Sit you down for a while
          C majorC    G+G       D MajorD
Til I spend my last hours in Erin's green isle
          C majorC    G+G           D MajorD
Come fill up your glasses and we'll drink hand in hand
     C majorC     D MajorD G+G     C majorC        D MajorD
For tomorrow I'll be leaving the shores of Lough Bran

D MajorD C majorC G+G D MajorD

🎸 Verse 2:

D MajorD       C majorC    G+G
There's my father and mother
C majorC          D MajorD
you can now hear them sigh
            C majorC     G+G           D MajorD
With their tears all bewailing, it would moisten your eye
      C majorC      G+G    C majorC    D MajorD
But I will assist them, please God if I can
      C majorC     D MajorD G+G      C majorC        D MajorD
Far away from lovely Erin and the shores of Lough Bran


🎸 Verse 3:

D MajorD     C majorC    G+G
In the incoming morning
C majorC         D MajorD
I will bid you adieu
         C majorC      G+G       D MajorD
To Leitrim
Drumshanboe, and sweet Carrick too
      C majorC       G+G    C majorC    D MajorD
But no matter what fortune I might make far away
     C majorC        D MajorD G+G  C majorC      D MajorD
My thoughts shall be with you by night and by day

     C majorC         G+G    C majorC           D MajorD
My thoughts shall be with you while life's course it's planned
     C majorC      D-G     C majorC        D MajorD
Far away from lovely Erin and the shores of Lough Bran.


*** Based on Dave Curley and Lúnasa's version available on Youtube.