Vikings - My Mother Told Me chords by Television Music

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Old Norse, Verse 1:
A minorAm       FF
Þat mælti mín móðir,
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at mér skyldi kaupa
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fley ok fagrar árar,
A minorAm   G+G    A minorAm
fara á brott með víkingum,
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standa upp í stafni,
G+G      A minorAm
stýra dýrum knerri,
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halda svá til hafnar
A minorAm   E minorEm   A minorAm
hǫggva mann ok annan,
A minorAm   E minorEm   A minorAm
hǫggva mann ok annan.

Old Norse, Verse 2:
A minorAm          FF
Þél höggr stórt fyr stáli
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stafnkvígs á veg jafnan
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út með éla meitli
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andærr jötunn vandar,
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en svalbúinn selju
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sverfr eirar vanr þeiri
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Gestils ölpt með gustum
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gandr of stál fyr brandi.
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gandr of stál fyr brandi.


English, Verse 1:
A minorAm    FF
My mother told me
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someday I would buy
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galley with good oars
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sail to distant shores
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stand up on the prow
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noble barque I steer
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steady course to the haven
A minorAm E minorEm  A minorAm
hew many foe-men
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hew many foe-men