Chords for Christy Moore - Spancil Hill | live Vicar Street Dublin 2020
Tempo:
108.5 bpm
Chords used:
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C
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Sponsored Hill was written by a young man called Michael [Ab] Considine, who emigrated from East Clare in 1850, and he went to California.
And at the age of 23, [Gm] he died down in the mines in California, but [Abm] not before he sent this beautiful song [F] back home to Sponsored Hill.
[Ab] So this is Michael Considine.
[B] [N]
[Am] [A] Last night I [G] had a dream, of pleasant days [Am] of life.
[A] In my headbands I'm rambling, [C] to Ireland's [G] I'll decline.
[A] I [Am] stepped on board of a vision, [C] and I followed where [G] it went.
[A] And I shortly [G] came to anchor, up across [Am] Sponsored Hill.
And delighted by [G] the novelty, and enchanted [Am] by the sea.
Where in my early byhood, [D]
[C] so often I [G] had been.
[A] I [Am] thought I heard a murmur, [C] oh a tank, and I [G] hear it still.
[A] It's the [Am] little [G] stream of water, that draws down [Am] Sponsored Hill.
To a mute, a [G] palisade that's here, and a meadow down on [A] the [Am] ground.
Where all my school companions, [C] initially [G]
gathered round.
When [Am] we were home returning, [D] [C] oh the jest, the fright, [G] the dwindle.
To [Am] mark the [G] milest music, of the cross of [Am] Sponsored Hill.
It being on the [G] twenty-third of June, the day before [Am] the fair.
When Ireland's sons and [C] daughters, oh the crowds [G] assembled there.
[Am] And the old, the old, the brave and the bold, called a [C] ken, to sport and [G] to ken.
[Am] There were curious [G] combinations, of the fair of [Am] Sponsored Hill.
Then I went to see the [G] old neighbours, and hear what they [Am] might say.
The old ones were all dead and gone, [C] and the young ones [G] turned and grey.
[A] But [Am] when the tailor correctly, [C] is it for them, was [G]
Amber still.
[D] Sure he [Am] used to mend [G] me britches, when they let you in [Am] Sponsored Hill.
Then I played [E] the [G] flying vixen, who far worse than all [Am] in love.
She's white as sun in a [A] lily, [G] oh she's [C] gentle as [G] a dove.
She [Am] threw her arms all around me, [C] oh said Johnny I [G] love you still.
[A] Oh she's like the [G] ranger's daughter, she's the bride of [Am] Sponsored Hill.
I've read, I've [G] studied just her, I was in [D] the face [Am] of the odd.
She said Johnny you're [Bm] [F] only joking, [Am] [D] [C] I was the nearest at [G] the time before.
But [A] the cock grew in [Am] the morning, [C] oh it grew more mellowed [G] and shrill.
And [A] I woke, [D] and down [G] the corner, lay my ears [D] on [A] Sponsored Hill.
[Am] [A] [N]
And at the age of 23, [Gm] he died down in the mines in California, but [Abm] not before he sent this beautiful song [F] back home to Sponsored Hill.
[Ab] So this is Michael Considine.
[B] [N]
[Am] [A] Last night I [G] had a dream, of pleasant days [Am] of life.
[A] In my headbands I'm rambling, [C] to Ireland's [G] I'll decline.
[A] I [Am] stepped on board of a vision, [C] and I followed where [G] it went.
[A] And I shortly [G] came to anchor, up across [Am] Sponsored Hill.
And delighted by [G] the novelty, and enchanted [Am] by the sea.
Where in my early byhood, [D]
[C] so often I [G] had been.
[A] I [Am] thought I heard a murmur, [C] oh a tank, and I [G] hear it still.
[A] It's the [Am] little [G] stream of water, that draws down [Am] Sponsored Hill.
To a mute, a [G] palisade that's here, and a meadow down on [A] the [Am] ground.
Where all my school companions, [C] initially [G]
gathered round.
When [Am] we were home returning, [D] [C] oh the jest, the fright, [G] the dwindle.
To [Am] mark the [G] milest music, of the cross of [Am] Sponsored Hill.
It being on the [G] twenty-third of June, the day before [Am] the fair.
When Ireland's sons and [C] daughters, oh the crowds [G] assembled there.
[Am] And the old, the old, the brave and the bold, called a [C] ken, to sport and [G] to ken.
[Am] There were curious [G] combinations, of the fair of [Am] Sponsored Hill.
Then I went to see the [G] old neighbours, and hear what they [Am] might say.
The old ones were all dead and gone, [C] and the young ones [G] turned and grey.
[A] But [Am] when the tailor correctly, [C] is it for them, was [G]
Amber still.
[D] Sure he [Am] used to mend [G] me britches, when they let you in [Am] Sponsored Hill.
Then I played [E] the [G] flying vixen, who far worse than all [Am] in love.
She's white as sun in a [A] lily, [G] oh she's [C] gentle as [G] a dove.
She [Am] threw her arms all around me, [C] oh said Johnny I [G] love you still.
[A] Oh she's like the [G] ranger's daughter, she's the bride of [Am] Sponsored Hill.
I've read, I've [G] studied just her, I was in [D] the face [Am] of the odd.
She said Johnny you're [Bm] [F] only joking, [Am] [D] [C] I was the nearest at [G] the time before.
But [A] the cock grew in [Am] the morning, [C] oh it grew more mellowed [G] and shrill.
And [A] I woke, [D] and down [G] the corner, lay my ears [D] on [A] Sponsored Hill.
[Am] [A] [N]
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Sponsored Hill was written by a young man called Michael [Ab] Considine, who emigrated from East Clare in 1850, and he went to California.
And at the age of 23, [Gm] he died down in the mines in California, but [Abm] not before he sent this beautiful song [F] back home to Sponsored Hill.
[Ab] So this is Michael Considine.
[B] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [A] Last night I [G] had a dream, of pleasant days [Am] of life.
[A] In my headbands I'm rambling, [C] to _ Ireland's [G] I'll decline. _
[A] I [Am] stepped on board of a vision, [C] and I followed where [G] it went. _ _
[A] And I shortly [G] came to anchor, up across [Am] Sponsored Hill.
And delighted by [G] the novelty, and enchanted [Am] by the sea. _ _
Where in my early byhood, [D]
[C] so often I [G] had been. _
[A] I [Am] thought I heard a murmur, [C] oh a tank, and I [G] hear it still. _
[A] It's the [Am] little [G] stream of water, that draws down [Am] Sponsored Hill. _ _
_ _ _ To a mute, a [G] palisade that's here, and a meadow down on [A] the [Am] ground.
_ Where all my school _ companions, _ [C] initially _ [G]
gathered round.
_ When [Am] we were home returning, _ [D] [C] oh the jest, the fright, [G] the dwindle.
To [Am] _ mark the [G] milest music, _ of the cross of [Am] Sponsored Hill. _ _ _ _ _
It being on the [G] twenty-third of June, the day before [Am] the fair. _
When _ Ireland's sons and [C] daughters, oh the crowds _ [G] assembled there. _
[Am] And the old, the old, the brave and the bold, called a [C] ken, to sport and [G] to ken. _
[Am] There were curious _ [G] combinations, _ of the fair of [Am] Sponsored Hill. _ _
_ _ _ Then I went to see the [G] old neighbours, and hear what they [Am] might say.
The old ones were all dead and gone, [C] and the young ones [G] turned and grey.
_ [A] But [Am] when the tailor correctly, _ [C] is it for them, was [G]
Amber still.
_ [D] Sure he [Am] used to mend [G] me britches, when they let you in [Am] Sponsored Hill.
_ _ _ _ Then I played [E] the [G] flying vixen, who far worse than all [Am] in love. _
She's white as sun in a [A] lily, [G] oh she's [C] gentle as [G] a dove. _
She [Am] threw her arms all around me, [C] oh said Johnny I [G] love you still. _
[A] Oh she's like the _ [G] ranger's daughter, _ she's the bride of _ [Am] Sponsored Hill. _
_ _ _ _ I've read, I've [G] studied just her, I was in [D] the face [Am] of the odd.
_ She said Johnny you're [Bm] [F] only joking, [Am] _ [D] [C] I was the nearest at [G] the time before.
_ But [A] the cock grew in [Am] the morning, [C] oh it grew more mellowed [G] and shrill.
And [A] I woke, [D] and down [G] the corner, lay my ears [D] on _ [A] Sponsored Hill.
[Am] _ _ [A] _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And at the age of 23, [Gm] he died down in the mines in California, but [Abm] not before he sent this beautiful song [F] back home to Sponsored Hill.
[Ab] So this is Michael Considine.
[B] _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [A] Last night I [G] had a dream, of pleasant days [Am] of life.
[A] In my headbands I'm rambling, [C] to _ Ireland's [G] I'll decline. _
[A] I [Am] stepped on board of a vision, [C] and I followed where [G] it went. _ _
[A] And I shortly [G] came to anchor, up across [Am] Sponsored Hill.
And delighted by [G] the novelty, and enchanted [Am] by the sea. _ _
Where in my early byhood, [D]
[C] so often I [G] had been. _
[A] I [Am] thought I heard a murmur, [C] oh a tank, and I [G] hear it still. _
[A] It's the [Am] little [G] stream of water, that draws down [Am] Sponsored Hill. _ _
_ _ _ To a mute, a [G] palisade that's here, and a meadow down on [A] the [Am] ground.
_ Where all my school _ companions, _ [C] initially _ [G]
gathered round.
_ When [Am] we were home returning, _ [D] [C] oh the jest, the fright, [G] the dwindle.
To [Am] _ mark the [G] milest music, _ of the cross of [Am] Sponsored Hill. _ _ _ _ _
It being on the [G] twenty-third of June, the day before [Am] the fair. _
When _ Ireland's sons and [C] daughters, oh the crowds _ [G] assembled there. _
[Am] And the old, the old, the brave and the bold, called a [C] ken, to sport and [G] to ken. _
[Am] There were curious _ [G] combinations, _ of the fair of [Am] Sponsored Hill. _ _
_ _ _ Then I went to see the [G] old neighbours, and hear what they [Am] might say.
The old ones were all dead and gone, [C] and the young ones [G] turned and grey.
_ [A] But [Am] when the tailor correctly, _ [C] is it for them, was [G]
Amber still.
_ [D] Sure he [Am] used to mend [G] me britches, when they let you in [Am] Sponsored Hill.
_ _ _ _ Then I played [E] the [G] flying vixen, who far worse than all [Am] in love. _
She's white as sun in a [A] lily, [G] oh she's [C] gentle as [G] a dove. _
She [Am] threw her arms all around me, [C] oh said Johnny I [G] love you still. _
[A] Oh she's like the _ [G] ranger's daughter, _ she's the bride of _ [Am] Sponsored Hill. _
_ _ _ _ I've read, I've [G] studied just her, I was in [D] the face [Am] of the odd.
_ She said Johnny you're [Bm] [F] only joking, [Am] _ [D] [C] I was the nearest at [G] the time before.
_ But [A] the cock grew in [Am] the morning, [C] oh it grew more mellowed [G] and shrill.
And [A] I woke, [D] and down [G] the corner, lay my ears [D] on _ [A] Sponsored Hill.
[Am] _ _ [A] _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _