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J.P. Cormier - Gilgarry's Glen




CAPO: 5th Fret



INTRO: Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramFF    Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramFF    Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC

        Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramFF
'Twas a man from the Island of Skye, they say
     Chord diagramC majorC                         Chord diagramG+G     G*
Came to the harsh land of this glen
         Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramFF
With his hands and his heart and the sweat of his brow
         Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC majorC     G*  Chord diagramC majorC
Well, he made the land good again
            Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramFF
Through his children the seeds of the music were passed
        Chord diagramC majorC                      Chord diagramG+G     G*
And the secrets of tilling the land
        Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramFF
And the ocean nearby held a kinship so deep
       Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC      G*  Chord diagramC majorC
Giving food up into their hands


CHORUS:
        Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G
And the folks in the cities have passed us by
                                       Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G
They don't know how they got there and don't care why___
              Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramFF
But there's a place we recall all the hardships back then
     Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC majorC
Down here in Gilgarry's Glen


INSTRUMENTAL: Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramFF    Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramA minorAm  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramFF    Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramC majorC


    Chord diagramA minorAm             Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramFF
Generations passed by and the coal companies came
        Chord diagramC majorC                      Chord diagramG+G     G*
And the younger men all moved away
Chord diagramA minorAm             Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramFF
Progress, they said, couldn't wait on the dead
         Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramC majorC
And they wound up in early graves

         Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramFF
Soon the highways were finished and the trestles stood high
    Chord diagramC majorC                  Chord diagramG+G      G*
As America took up the slack
            Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramFF
And there's many a Scot down in old Boston town
        Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC
Wishing that he could only get back
CHORUS:
        Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G
And the folks in the cities have passed us by
                                       Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G
They don't know how they got there and don't care why___
              Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramFF
But there's a place we recall all the hardships back then
     Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC majorC
Down here in Gilgarry's Glen


    Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramFF
Nowadays life is simpler, the land now is still
        Chord diagramC majorC                        Chord diagramG+G   G*
Now and then a few tourists stop by
            Chord diagramA minorAm             Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramC majorC              Chord diagramFF
And they're charmed by the fiddlers whose tunes tell the tale
        Chord diagramC majorC            Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC
Of that man from the Island of Skye


CHORUS:
        Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramG+G
And the folks in the cities have passed us by
                                       Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramG+G
They don't know how they got there and don't care why___
              Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramFF
But there's a place we recall all the good times back then
     Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC majorC
Down here in Gilgarry's Glen
                     Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramFF
Yes, if life came by twice, we'd all do it again
     Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC majorC
Down here in Gilgarry's Glen


OUTRO: Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramFF Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramFF Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramFF Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC majorC   etc., etc.

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