To Youth (My Sweet Roisin Dubh) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Tell me why[C] must a man be [G]of service
To his [C]lord and the god [G]seldom high
From the [C]grave spring
the name [G]of our fathers
But there's no [C]glint in a [Am]dead [G]man's [D]eye

[Verse 2]
[G]Tell [C]me why are our fields
filled [G]with hunger
And fruit[C]less the crop bitter [G]soil
So I [C]say my farewell to [G]a nation
As the leaf [C]waves [Am]goodbye
to [D]it's son[Dm]
[D]So it's [C]to youth

[Verse 3]
I sing you [G]this story
And [C]it's of youth I sing [G]it now
Like the train [C]that derails without [G]warning
I [Am]must leave what I left far [D]behind
So good[C]bye, [D]sweet [Dm]Roisin Dubh
[D]I say [G]goodbye[C]
[G][C][G][D]

[Verse 4]
[G]
Tell [C]me why must our peace
be [G]this puzzle
[C]That fractures the land, splin[G]ters war
The [Am]last nails [C]cite the shame in [G]our coffin
But in the [C]en d we [Am]must
all die [D]alone[Dm]
[D]So it's [C]to youth I sing you [G]this story

[Verse 5]
And [C]it's of youth I sing [G]it now
Like the train [C]that
[G]derails without warning
Some [Am]must leave what
they left far [D]behind[Dm]
[D]So [C]goodbye, [D]sweet Roisin Dubh
I say [G]good[C]bye[G]
[C][G][D][G]

[Verse 6]
And the bark [Dm]fell from tree
To [D]the ground [C]that [G]they'll bleed
On [D]the anguish that never
learned [G]to shout
With [D]the clash of [Dm]the drum
We'll [D]sur[C]render [G]the gun
And on this sad[Dm]ness we shall
no longer [G]speak

[Verse 7]
Until time [C]can live on our [G]all
forgotten songs
That's when [C]I and we will sing a[D]gain
So goodbye [G]to [C]my love,
[D]my sweet [G]Roisin Dubh
Goodbye now until [D]we meet
again
[G][C][D][G][D][Am][G]

[Verse 8]
Tell me [C]why must our grief [G]still be greiving
For a [C]language that never
[G]spoke it's loss
But this [C]tongue speak with fire
will tear [G]down the barb wire
And Rip the [C]belly from the [Am]waxy ghost
So it's [C]to youth

[Verse 9]
I sing you [G]this story
And [C]it's of youth I sing [G]it now
Like the train [C]that derails without [G]warning
We [Am]must leave what we left far [D]behind
So it's [C]to youth I sing you [G]this story

[Verse 10]
And [C]it's of youth I sing [G]it now
Like the train [C]that derails without [G]warning
We [Am]must leave what we left far [D]behind
So [C]goodbye, sweet [D]Roisin Dubh,
I say goodbye
[G][C][G]

[Verse 11]
[C]So goodbye, sweet [D]Roisin Dubh,
I say good[G]bye[C][G]
Until [C]we meet [G]again[C][G]
Until [C]we meet [G]again[D][C][G]
Until [C]we meet [G]again, she arrives to beautify

[Verse 12]
But slumber now must rest
Oh [G]my Roisin Dubh
[C]I'll forever love
The [G]youth [D]you once [G]possessed