Skibbereen Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am]

[Verse 1]
Oh [Am]father dear I often hear
[C]you [Am]speak of Erin's Isle
Her lofty scenes, her valley's green,
[C]her[Am] mountains rude and wild
They say it is a lovely [C]land where
[Am]in a prince might dwell
Oh why did you abandon it
[C]the[Am] reason to me tell

[Verse 2]
[Am]Oh[C][Am][C][G][Am]
well do I remember
[C]that [Am]bleak December day
The landlord and the sheriff
came to drive us all away
He set my roof on fire,
when my rent I could not find
And that's the cruel reason [C]that I
[Am]left it all behind

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 3]
Your [Am]mother too, god [G]rest her [Em]soul,
she [Am]fell on snowy ground
She could not raise her body,
[Em]seeing [Am]desolation around
She never rose but slipped [G]away
[Em]from life [Am]to mortal dream
And found a quiet [Em]grave my boy in [Am]dear old

[Interlude 2]
skibbereen
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[Verse 4]
And you were [Am]only two [Em]years [Am]old
[C]and fee[Am]ble was your frame
I could not leave you with my friends,
[C]you bor[Am]e your father's name
I wrapped you in [Em]my co[Am]ttamore, in
[G]the [Am]dead of night unseen
I heaved a sigh, and bade [C]goodbye to
[Am]dear old skibbereen

[Interlude 3]
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[Verse 5]
Oh [Am]father the day may come
in answer to the call
Each irishmen with feeling
stern [C]will [Am]rally one and all
I'll be the man to lead the van
beneath our flag of green

[Outro 1]
And loud and high we'll raise a cry remember skibereen
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