Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
E minorEm Em/DEm/D Cmaj7Cmaj7 A minorAm
Bbdim7Bbdim7 G+G C9C9 B7sus4B7sus4 B7B7
E minorEm B7B7 E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 B7B7 E minorEm B7B7
Have you ever heard the story of how Ireland got it's name?
E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 E minorEm B7B7 E minorEm
I'll tell you so you'll understand from whence old Ireland came
E minorEm A minorAm B7B7 E minorEm B7B7
No wonder that we're proud of that dear land across the sea
E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm
For here's the way me dear old mother told the tale to me
G13G13 G7G7 C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 E7E7 FF A7A7 DmDm Dm/C
Sure, a little bit of heaven fell from out the sky one day
G7/B G7G7 F/GF/G Cmaj7Cmaj7 E minorEm
And nestled in the ocean in a spot so far away
Gdim7Gdim7 DmDm A7A7 DmDm
And when the angels found it, sure it looked so sweet and fair
B7B7 B7sus4B7sus4 B7B7 E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm
They said suppose we leave it, for it looks so peaceful there
G13G13 G7G7 C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 E7E7 FF A7A7 DmDm Dm/C
So they sprinkled it with star dust just to make the shamrocks grow
G7/B G7G7 F/GF/G Cmaj7Cmaj7 E minorEm
'Tis the only place you'll find them no matter where you go
C majorC C7C7 Dm7Dm7 A/C#A/C# Dm7Dm7 FF
Then they dotted it with silver, to make it's lakes so grand
B7-9 C majorC Cdim7Cdim7 C majorC FF Fdim7Fdim7 Dm7Dm7 G+G C majorC A minorAm G+G
And when they had it fin ished sure they called it Ire
A minorAm Am/GAm/G F#m7-5 B7B7
land
E minorEm B7B7 E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 E minorEm B7B7
'Tis a dear old land of fairies and of wond'rous wishing wells
E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 E minorEm B7B7 E minorEm
And nowhere else on God's green earth have they such lakes and dells
E minorEm A minorAm B7B7 E minorEm B7B7
No wonder that the angels loved it's shamrock bordered shore
E minorEm Cmaj7Cmaj7 E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm
'Tis a little bit of heaven, and I love it more and more
G13G13 G7G7 C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 E7E7 FF A7A7 DmDm Dm/C
Sure, a little bit of heaven fell from out the sky one day
G7/B G7G7 F/GF/G Cmaj7Cmaj7 E minorEm
And nestled in the ocean in a spot so far away
Gdim7Gdim7 DmDm A7A7 DmDm
And when the angels found it, sure it looked so sweet and fair
B7B7 B7sus4B7sus4 B7B7 E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm
They said suppose we leave it, for it looks so peaceful there
G13G13 G7G7 C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 E7E7 FF A7A7 DmDm Dm/C
So they sprinkled it with star dust just to make the shamrocks grow
G7G7 G7-9 Cmaj7Cmaj7 E minorEm
'Tis the only place you'll find them no matter where you go
C majorC C7C7 Dm7Dm7 A/C#A/C# Dm7Dm7 FF
Then they dotted it with silver, to make it's lakes so grand
B7-9 C majorC Cdim7Cdim7 C majorC FF Fdim7Fdim7 Dm7Dm7 G+G C majorC A minorAm G+G
And when they had it fin ished sure they called it Ire
C majorC Ab/C C majorC
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