Chords for Al O'Donnell - Streets of Derry
Tempo:
86.5 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
B
Bm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm]
[E] [F#]
[A] [D] [B]
[Bm] [E]
Now after [A] morning there comes an [E] evening
[A] And after [B] evening another [A] day
And [Bm] after [B] false love there [E] comes a true [A] love
[D] I'll have you [A] listen now to what [E] I say
My love he [A] is as fair a young [E] man
[A] As fair as [B] any the sun [A] shone on
But how [E] to save him I do not know
[A] [D] For now he's [A] got a sentence to [B] be hung
[E]
As he was [A] marching through the streets of [E] Derry
[Bm] [A] I'm sure he marched [A] upright manfully
He [Bm] marched more [E] like a commanding [A] officer
[D] Than a man [A] to die upon the gallows
[B] [E] [E]
What keeps my [A] love she so long [E] a-coming
[A] Oh what detains [B] her so long [A] from me
[Bm] Perhaps she [E] thinks that it's a shame or [A]
scandal
For a man to die upon the [B] gallows
[E]
He looked around [A] and he saw her [E] coming
[A] As she rode [B] swifter than [A] the wind
[Bm] She said [E] I'll show them that they cannot hang [A] you
[D] And I'll [A] crown my love a [B] bunch of brooms
[A] [B] [Bm]
[E]
[E] [F#]
[A] [D] [B]
[Bm] [E]
Now after [A] morning there comes an [E] evening
[A] And after [B] evening another [A] day
And [Bm] after [B] false love there [E] comes a true [A] love
[D] I'll have you [A] listen now to what [E] I say
My love he [A] is as fair a young [E] man
[A] As fair as [B] any the sun [A] shone on
But how [E] to save him I do not know
[A] [D] For now he's [A] got a sentence to [B] be hung
[E]
As he was [A] marching through the streets of [E] Derry
[Bm] [A] I'm sure he marched [A] upright manfully
He [Bm] marched more [E] like a commanding [A] officer
[D] Than a man [A] to die upon the gallows
[B] [E] [E]
What keeps my [A] love she so long [E] a-coming
[A] Oh what detains [B] her so long [A] from me
[Bm] Perhaps she [E] thinks that it's a shame or [A]
scandal
For a man to die upon the [B] gallows
[E]
He looked around [A] and he saw her [E] coming
[A] As she rode [B] swifter than [A] the wind
[Bm] She said [E] I'll show them that they cannot hang [A] you
[D] And I'll [A] crown my love a [B] bunch of brooms
[A] [B] [Bm]
[E]
Key:
A
E
B
Bm
D
A
E
B
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ Now after [A] morning there comes an [E] evening
_ _ [A] And after [B] evening another [A] day _
And [Bm] after [B] false love there [E] comes a true [A] _ love
[D] I'll have you [A] listen now to what [E] I say _ _ _ _
My love he [A] is as fair a young [E] _ man
[A] As fair as [B] any the sun [A] shone on
But how [E] to save him I do not know
[A] _ [D] For now he's [A] got a sentence to [B] be hung
[E] _ _ _ _ _
As he was [A] marching through the streets of [E] Derry
[Bm] _ _ [A] I'm sure he marched [A] upright manfully
_ _ He [Bm] marched more [E] like a commanding [A] officer
_ [D] Than a man [A] to die upon the gallows
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [E] _
_ What keeps my [A] love she so long [E] a-coming
_ [A] Oh what detains [B] her so long [A] from me _
[Bm] Perhaps she [E] thinks that it's a shame or [A]
scandal
For a man to die upon the [B] gallows
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ He looked around [A] and he saw her _ [E] coming
_ [A] As she rode [B] swifter than [A] the wind _
[Bm] She said [E] I'll show them that they cannot hang [A] you
[D] And I'll [A] crown my love a [B] bunch of brooms
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ Now after [A] morning there comes an [E] evening
_ _ [A] And after [B] evening another [A] day _
And [Bm] after [B] false love there [E] comes a true [A] _ love
[D] I'll have you [A] listen now to what [E] I say _ _ _ _
My love he [A] is as fair a young [E] _ man
[A] As fair as [B] any the sun [A] shone on
But how [E] to save him I do not know
[A] _ [D] For now he's [A] got a sentence to [B] be hung
[E] _ _ _ _ _
As he was [A] marching through the streets of [E] Derry
[Bm] _ _ [A] I'm sure he marched [A] upright manfully
_ _ He [Bm] marched more [E] like a commanding [A] officer
_ [D] Than a man [A] to die upon the gallows
[B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [E] _
_ What keeps my [A] love she so long [E] a-coming
_ [A] Oh what detains [B] her so long [A] from me _
[Bm] Perhaps she [E] thinks that it's a shame or [A]
scandal
For a man to die upon the [B] gallows
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ He looked around [A] and he saw her _ [E] coming
_ [A] As she rode [B] swifter than [A] the wind _
[Bm] She said [E] I'll show them that they cannot hang [A] you
[D] And I'll [A] crown my love a [B] bunch of brooms
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _