Eyes Of Ireland

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Listen now boys, my grandmother said - 
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I'll tell you a story and then off to bed. 
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There once was a time, we lived of the land, 
Gm            Dm           C          Dm    C  Am  Dm  Dm  C  Am  Dm 
Harvest would come, and we all lent a hand. 


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But winds blew our lives, and scattered our seeds. 
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Changing the landscape, from flowers to weeds. 
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See in the graveyard the families gone. 
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The grandest of tombstones carry them on... 


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When you sail from the Harbour, 
          Bb   F       Dm       C  Am  Dm  Dm  C  Am  Dm 
It's your last eyes of Ireland.  


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We tended the fire, and faeries appeased 
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the flames never died until we had to leave. 
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And when we were gone, the house tumbled down 

and covered our footprints, we'd left on the ground. 

         Bb   F        Am7 
When you sail from the Harbour, 
          Bb   F       Dm       C  Am  Dm  Dm  C  Am  Dm 
It's your last eyes of Ireland. 

 C Dm Bb C Dm Bb Am 

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My eyes are now tired and no longer see. 
     Gm          Dm       C           Dm 
But visions of Ireland linger in me. 
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So carry your past in the rooms of your heart 
     Gm          Dm       C           Dm 
and you'll never be empty of love when you part... 

         Bb   F        Am7 
When you sail from the Harbour, 
          Bb   F       Dm       C  Am  Dm  Dm  C  Am  Dm 
It's your last eyes of Ireland.