Chords with lyrics
J.P. Cormier - Gilgarry's Glen
CAPO: 5th Fret
INTRO: C majorC A minorAm G+G C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC A minorAm G+G C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF
'Twas a man from the Island of Skye, they say
C majorC G+G G*
Came to the harsh land of this glen
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF
With his hands and his heart and the sweat of his brow
C majorC G+G C majorC G* C majorC
Well, he made the land good again
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF
Through his children the seeds of the music were passed
C majorC G+G G*
And the secrets of tilling the land
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF
And the ocean nearby held a kinship so deep
C majorC G+G C majorC G* C majorC
Giving food up into their hands
CHORUS:
G+G FF C majorC G+G
And the folks in the cities have passed us by
FF C majorC D MajorD G+G
They don't know how they got there and don't care why___
C majorC G+G C majorC FF
But there's a place we recall all the hardships back then
C majorC G+G C majorC
Down here in Gilgarry's Glen
INSTRUMENTAL: A minorAm G+G C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC A minorAm G+G C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF
Generations passed by and the coal companies came
C majorC G+G G*
And the younger men all moved away
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF
Progress, they said, couldn't wait on the dead
C majorC G+G C majorC
And they wound up in early graves
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF
Soon the highways were finished and the trestles stood high
C majorC G+G G*
As America took up the slack
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF
And there's many a Scot down in old Boston town
C majorC G+G C majorC
Wishing that he could only get back
CHORUS:
G+G FF C majorC G+G
And the folks in the cities have passed us by
FF C majorC D MajorD G+G
They don't know how they got there and don't care why___
C majorC G+G C majorC FF
But there's a place we recall all the hardships back then
C majorC G+G C majorC
Down here in Gilgarry's Glen
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF
Nowadays life is simpler, the land now is still
C majorC G+G G*
Now and then a few tourists stop by
A minorAm G+G C majorC FF
And they're charmed by the fiddlers whose tunes tell the tale
C majorC G+G C majorC
Of that man from the Island of Skye
CHORUS:
G+G FF C majorC G+G
And the folks in the cities have passed us by
FF C majorC D MajorD G+G
They don't know how they got there and don't care why___
C majorC G+G C majorC FF
But there's a place we recall all the good times back then
C majorC G+G C majorC
Down here in Gilgarry's Glen
G+G C majorC FF
Yes, if life came by twice, we'd all do it again
C majorC G+G C majorC
Down here in Gilgarry's Glen
OUTRO: C majorC FF C majorC G+G G+G C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC FF C majorC G+G C majorC etc., etc.