Sunrise Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]I was born in [F]Lon[Dm]donderry[G]
[Em]I was bo[C]rn in De[F]rry Ci[Dm]ty too[G]
Oh [Em]what [Am]a special [F]child
To [G]see such things and [F]still to smile
I [C]know that [F]there was [C]something wrong
[F]But I k[C]ept my h[F]ead down[C]
[F]and carried on
[Em][G]

[Verse 2]
[C]I grew up in E[Dm]nniskil [F]len
[C]I grew up [F]in [C]Ini[Dm]s Cei[G]thl[Bm]eann too
[Em]Oh what [Am]a clever [Dm]boy
To [G]watch your hometown [F]be destroyed
I [Em]know [C]that I c[F]ould not [G]stay[C] long[F]
So [Em]I kep[C]t [Em]my hea[F]d down[G]
[F]and carried [Em]on[G]

[Verse 3]
Who [C]cares where national bor[Dm]ders [G]lie?
[C]Who cares whose laws
you're governed [F]by?[C]
[Dm]Who [Am]cares[G] what name
you call a [Am]town?
[G]Who'll care when you're six [F]feet [C]beneath [Em]the[Dm][Em]
[F]gro[C]und[Dm]?[Em][F][C][Dm][Em][F][C][Dm][Em][F]

[Verse 4]
[C]From [F]the corner [G]of [F]my eye
A [C]hint of [F]blue in [G]the black [F]sky
A [C]ray of [F]hope, a [G]beam of [F]light
An [C]end [F]to thirty [G]years of nig[F]ht
The [C]church bells [F]ring, the [G]children [Em]sing[F]
What [C]is [F]this strange and [G]beautiful [Em]thing?
[F]It's the[C] sunris[F]e
[G]Can you[Em] see the[F] su[C]nrise?[F]
[G]I can[Em] see [F]the [C]sun ri[F]se[G][Em]
[F]It's the[C] sun ris[F]ing
[G][Em][F][F]