Only Our Rivers Run Free chords by Traditional Irish

Chords with lyrics

Written by Mickey McConnell in 1973 but has since been recorded by various artists

   C majorC      G+G     C majorC   C majorC
When apples still grow in November
   FF       C majorC        G+G   G+G
When blossoms still bloom from each tree
   FF        FF     C majorC    A minorAm
When leaves are still green in December
   G+G       G+G      A minorAm  A minorAm
It's then that our land will be free
 FF     FF       C majorC    A minorAm
I wander her hills and her valleys
  FF         FF     E minorEm  E minorEm
And still, through my sorrow, I see
 FF       FF     C majorC    A minorAm
A augmentedA land that has never know freedom
  G+G    G+G     A minorAm   A minorAm
And only her rivers run free

 C majorC      G+G      C majorC    C majorC
I drink to the death of her manhood
   FF     C majorC      G+G   G+G
Those men, who'd rather have died
    FF      FF       C majorC    A minorAm
Than to live in the cold chains of bondage
  G+G        G+G      A minorAm   A minorAm
To bring back their rights, were denied
  FF       FF      C majorC    A minorAm
Oh where are you now when we need you
   FF        FF       E minorEm  E minorEm
What burns where the flame used to be
    FF       FF       C majorC    A minorAm
Are you gone, like the snows of last winter
     G+G    G+G     A minorAm   A minorAm
And will only our rivers run free

  C majorC    G+G        C majorC    C majorC
How sweet is life, but we're crying
  FF     C majorC        G+G   G+G
How mellow the wine, but we're dry
  FF      FF       C majorC   A minorAm
How fragrant the rose, but it's dying
  G+G     G+G      A minorAm   A minorAm
How gentle the wind, but it sighs
   FF     FF        C majorC    A minorAm
What good is in youth when it's ageing
   FF     FF        E minorEm   E minorEm
What joy is in eyes that can't see
       FF     FF      C majorC    A minorAm
When there's sorrow in sunshine and flowers
     G+G    G+G     A minorAm   A minorAm
And still only our rivers run free