Irish Ways chords and lyrics - SINÉAD O'CONNOR

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[Verse 1]
[Em]Once[C] upon a time there were[Em]
Irish [C]ways and Irish [Em]laws[Bm][Em]
[C]Villages of Irish [Em]blood[B][Em]
[Am]Waking [Em]to the morning
[F]Waking [Em]to th[Am]e morning
[Em]Then[F] the Vikin[C]gs

[Verse 2]
[Em]came around
[F]Turned us up and turned us down
[Em]Star[B] ted[Bm] bui[Em]lding boats[C]
and[Em]towns[Bm]
[F]They tried to change our liv[Em]ing
[Bm]Tried [C]to change [F]our liv[Am]ing[F]
[C]Cromwell and his [Am]sol diers c[Em]ame

[Verse 3]
[F]Started centuries of sha[Bm]me[Em]
[F]But they could not make us [B]turn[Em]
[C]We're a [F]river [Em]flowing
[Am]We're a [Em]rive[C]r flowing[Am]
[Em]Again, again[C] the soldier[Am]s

[Verse 4]
[Em]came
[C]Burnt our houses, stole [Bm]our grain
[Em]Shot the farme[F]rs in [C]their fiel[Em]ds[B]
[Am]Working [Em]for livings
Working for a [Am]living
[C]800 years we

[Verse 5]
[Am]have been [Em]down
The secret [Am]of the [C]water [B]sound[Bm]
[Em]Has kept the spirit of a[C] man[Bm][Em]
[C]Above the [Edim]pain des[F]cending[Em]
[F]Above the [Em]pain [Bm]des c[Am]ending
[Em]

[Verse 6]
Today, the [C]struggle [F]carries [Em]on
I won[F]der, "Will [C]I live [Bm]so long[B]
[Em]To see the g[F]ates being[C] opened up[Bm][Em]
To all [F]people and their [Em]freedom?"
[F]All people [Em]and t[Am]heir freedom
[C]Once upon a time there was

[Verse 7]
[Em]
[Am]Irish [Em]ways and [C]Irish [Em]laws
Villages [C]of Irish [Em]blood
[Am]Waking [Em]to the mornin[Em]g
Waking to the morning