The Tale Of Cú Chulainn chords by Miracle Of Sound

Intro:
Dm C Am Dm
Dm C Am G

Dm F G Dm
Bb C Am Dm

Verse:
    Dm         C
In the sodden snow of the Irish hills
  Am       Dm
Was born a Tuatha's child
              C
With a fighting heart and immortal skill
   Am        G
And a spirit fiery and wild

     Dm       Bb
Through a prophecy he was bound and doomed
   G          Dm
To a short and a glorious life
    Bb       C
And he bore the name Setanta till
 Am       Dm
A famous fateful night

Pre-chorus:
     Bb
With his hurley in his hands
  C
His name would cross the land

Instrumental:
Dm Dm G C G
Dm Dm F C Em (x2)

Dm F Bb C
Dm F Bb C
Dm F Bb C
Bb F Am Dm (x2)

Verse:
     Dm        C
Well his Uncle Connor who wore the crown
  Am      Dm
Of Ulster on his head
              C
In the home of Culainn the smith sat down
  Am         G
For mead and mutton and bread

    Dm          Bb
At the door lay the Cú, the faithful hound
 G         Dm
A huge and terrible beast
    Bb       C
When a thief or enemy trod his ground
   Am        Dm
Their bones bеcame his feast

    Dm        C
Well Sеtanta joined them late at night
    Am        Dm
And the hound it leapt to shred
             C
But he raised his hurley, pucked the ball
   Am            G
Right through the poor beast's head

  Dm          Bb
He spoke remorse as the smith he cried
    G         Dm
For his lost and murdered hound
    Bb       C
'I will be your Cú now from this night
   Am        Dm
Till another you have found'

Pre-chorus:
   Bb
So he lay outside the door
    C
One eye watching on the moors

Chorus:
    Dm   F
And the name Cú Chulainn
  C         Dm
Was sung out loud that night
   Bb        F      A
In a tale of rage and ruin and of might

    Dm   F
And the name Cú Chulainn
  C      Dm
So furious and wild
   Bb        F
To remain in myth and memory
 A       Dm
A 🏷Legend of the isle

Instrumental:
Dm C Bb C
Bb A     (x2)

Post-Chorus:
Dm      C     Bb     C
Cosantóir tragóideach, fuil dhiaga Lú (tragic guardian, divine blood of Lugh)
Bb     A
Finscéal an Chú(🏷Legend of the hound)

Dm      C     Bb     C
Cosantóir tragóideach, fuil dhiaga Lú (tragic guardian, divine blood of Lugh)
Bb           A
Currach lán le fiúnach, finscéal an Chú (boat filled with fury, 🏷Legend of the hound)

Dm      C     Bb     C
Cosantóir tragóideach, fuil dhiaga Lú (tragic guardian, divine blood of Lugh)
Bb     A
Finscéal an Chú(🏷Legend of the hound)

Dm      C     Bb     C
Cosantóir tragóideach, fuil dhiaga Lú (tragic guardian, divine blood of Lugh)
Bb           A
Curadh lán le fiúnach, finscéal an Chú (warrior filled with fury, 🏷Legend of the hound)

Instrumental:
Dm Dm G C G
Dm Dm F C Em (x2)

Verse:
  Dm           C
He trained on the Isle of Sky and Shadow
Am        Dm
Bore an abandoned son
              C
And met his battle brother Ferdiad
Am        G
Many a tale they spun

    Dm             Bb
Well he fought with the strength of many men
 G           Dm
A beast who bloodied the fields
   Bb        C
In a bloodlust battle frenzy
  Am          Dm
His skin would shift and peel

  Dm         C
His son would find him as a man
  Am         Dm
But would not tell his name
           C
So he took a spear to his own child
  Am        G
And doomed himself to shame

     Dm         Bb
When the canny Queen Méabh attacked his land
  G         Dm
To steal the bull of brown
  Bb      C
She sent out Ferdiad to fight
  Am          Dm
Cú Chualainn struck him down

Pre-chorus:
     Bb
Blood of son and brother fell
  C
He wailed and cried farewell

Chorus:
    Dm   F
And the name Cú Chulainn
  C         Dm
Was sung out loud that night
   Bb        F      A
In a tale of rage and ruin and of might

    Dm   F
And the name Cú Chulainn
  C      Dm
So furious and wild
   Bb        F
To remain in myth and memory
 A       Dm
A 🏷Legend of the isle

Instrumental:
Dm F Bb C
Dm F Bb C
Dm F Bb C
Bb F Am Dm (x2)

Dm C Bb C
Bb A     (x2)

Post-Chorus:
Dm      C     Bb     C
Cosantóir tragóideach, fuil dhiaga Lú (tragic guardian, divine blood of Lugh)
Bb     A
Finscéal an Chú(🏷Legend of the hound)

Dm      C     Bb     C
Cosantóir tragóideach, fuil dhiaga Lú (tragic guardian, divine blood of Lugh)
Bb           A
Currach lán le fiúnach, finscéal an Chú (boat filled with fury, 🏷Legend of the hound)

Instrumental:
Dm C Bb C Dm
Dm C Bb A

Bridge:
     Dm       C
When the father of fair Emer
 Bb    C      Dm
Refused to give her to wed
  Dm        C
Cú Chulainn tore his castle down
  Bb          A
And left the whole place dead

   Dm        C
They loved eachother, man and wife
  Bb    C   Dm
Despite his many affairs
    Dm        C
Then he met the Morrigan, turned her down
  Bb         A
And earned her vengeful glare

  Dm        C
She weakened him and broke his strength
   Bb  C   Dm
With trickery and lies
  Dm       C
By feeding him the flesh of dogs
   Bb         A
Three crones were her disguise

  Dm        C
The Queen and Lugaid saw their chance
  Bb    C   Dm
To fight the Cú and win
    Dm       C
When he battled next 3 spears were thrown
  Bb          A
And one tore through his skin

   Dm        C
So he tied himself to a mighty stone
    Bb    C    Dm
By his guts and belt he hung
  Dm        C
And so he still stood on his feet
     Bb           A
Till the last breath it left his lungs

Pre-chorus:
   Bb
And a light shone out so grand
     C
Till the raven came to land

Chorus:
    Dm   F
And the name Cú Chulainn
  C         Dm
Was sung out loud that night
   Bb        F      A
In a tale of rage and ruin and of might

    Dm   F
And the name Cú Chulainn
  C      Dm
So furious and wild
   Bb        F
To remain in myth and memory
 A       Dm
A 🏷Legend of the isle

Instrumental:
Dm Dm G C G

Dm Dm F C    Em   Dm
    Scaoil amach on ceol! (let loose the music!)

  Dm G C G
Dm Dm F C Em

Outro:
Dm C Am Dm
Dm C Am G

Dm F G Dm
Bb C Am Dm   (x2)