The Isle Of Eigg chords by Katherine Priddy

• Capo on 3rd
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Key: G

Intro:

G  Em  D  C  Em  D

Verse:
G                                 Em            D               C        Em
If you wander over west where the hills lie all clothed in deep green
Dadd9/F#      C              D            C  D  Em
Down to black seas where the seals slip unseen
           C          Em
And in the Arisaig of nowhere
          C              Em
There's a boat that will go there
      D           C
Bring whiskey for waves
            Dadd9/F#        G         Em D      C Em    D
And let the spray leave you clean

Verse:
G                                  Em            D            C        Em
There she rises out of mist to the sounds of the pipes on her shores

Dadd9/F#     C        D            C  D  Em
They sing of men in a land with no laws
           C               Em           C                  Em
And by the dawn, you'll be losing brain cells while you're boozing
                  D             C
They'll leave you wheeling like gulls
           D             G
But you'll come back for more


Chorus:
    Em                              C
The night's all but gone, but we're still holding on
   G                              D
My lips have turned blue, and her hair was blue too
     C                             Em
I've lost all my friends, blown my brains out to sea
    G                                D
Oh, Eigg, you have cracked it, but I think you've cracked me
    Em                         C
The music won't end 'til we're all 'round the bend
      G                         D
And I can't feel my face but in this sacred place
C                          Em
High rocks surrounding us, thick mist enshrouding us
    G                         D
Our own sacred isle where the world can't get hold of us


Verse:
    G                                     Em       D            C        Em
And as we stagger back to boats that will tear us away from her shores
Dadd9/F#   C            D            C  D  Em
Part of my heart in her harbor stays moored
               C            Em          C           Em
And though she breeds bad behavior, her beauty will save you
        Dadd9/F#    C
If it's freedom you need
        D            G   Em  D  C  Em  D  G
Let the isle be your cure