Chords for Don Stiffe with Cherish The Ladies - Shanagolden
Tempo:
107.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bm] [C] [G]
[A] [G] [C]
[G] [Am] [D] [G]
[C] [G] Oh, the cold winds [Em] from the mountains [G] are [C] calling [G] soft to me.
[D] The smell of [G] scented heather [C] [G] brings bitter memories.
[C] [D] The wild and [G] lonely gulls up in the summer [D]
sky,
[Am] flies high [C] o'er Shanna Golden [G] where [D] [Am] my young Willie and [D] I.
[G] I met him in [Em] the wintertime [C] when the snow was on [G] the ground.
The Irish [D] [G] hills were peaceful [C]
[G] and love was all [D] around.
Scarcely twenty [G]-one years old, a young man in his [D] prime,
we [Am] were married, my [D] darling [C] Willie, [G]
[Am] by the eve of Christmas.
[D] [C]
[G] Do you remember, darling, [C] when we walked the [G] moonlit road?
[D] I held you in [G] my arms and I would never let you [D] go.
Our hands, they [G] were entwined, my love, by the silvery pale [D] moonlight,
by the [Am] fields of Shanna [C] Golden [Am] on a lonely [D] Sunday.
[G]
[D] [G]
[C]
[G] [D]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D] [G] [Am]
[C] [G] [Am]
[D] [Em] [D]
[G] Then came the call to our love [C] and the hills of [G] Orr said,
[D] Down from the [G] silent mountain,
[C] [G] the Saxon [D] stranger came.
I held you in [G] my arms and your young heart was [D] wild with fear,
[Am] by the fields of [C] Shanna Golden
[G] [Am] in the springtime [D] of the years.
[G] [D] [G] And you fought them, darling Willie, [C] all through the [G] summer days.
[D] I heard the rifles [G] firing in the mountains far [D] away.
I held you in [G] my arms and your blood ran free [D] and bright.
And you [Am] died in [C] Shanna Golden [Am] on a lonely [D] summer's night.
[G] And that was long ago, my love, your [C] son grows [G] fine.
[D] The hills [G] there are at peace [C] again, [G] the Saxon stranger [D] gone.
I'll place the red [G] rose on your grave by the silvery pale [D] moonlight,
by [Am] the fields of [C] Shanna Golden
[G] [Am] on a lonely [D] [G] summer's day.
[A] [G] [C]
[G] [Am] [D] [G]
[C] [G] Oh, the cold winds [Em] from the mountains [G] are [C] calling [G] soft to me.
[D] The smell of [G] scented heather [C] [G] brings bitter memories.
[C] [D] The wild and [G] lonely gulls up in the summer [D]
sky,
[Am] flies high [C] o'er Shanna Golden [G] where [D] [Am] my young Willie and [D] I.
[G] I met him in [Em] the wintertime [C] when the snow was on [G] the ground.
The Irish [D] [G] hills were peaceful [C]
[G] and love was all [D] around.
Scarcely twenty [G]-one years old, a young man in his [D] prime,
we [Am] were married, my [D] darling [C] Willie, [G]
[Am] by the eve of Christmas.
[D] [C]
[G] Do you remember, darling, [C] when we walked the [G] moonlit road?
[D] I held you in [G] my arms and I would never let you [D] go.
Our hands, they [G] were entwined, my love, by the silvery pale [D] moonlight,
by the [Am] fields of Shanna [C] Golden [Am] on a lonely [D] Sunday.
[G]
[D] [G]
[C]
[G] [D]
[G]
[D]
[G]
[D] [G] [Am]
[C] [G] [Am]
[D] [Em] [D]
[G] Then came the call to our love [C] and the hills of [G] Orr said,
[D] Down from the [G] silent mountain,
[C] [G] the Saxon [D] stranger came.
I held you in [G] my arms and your young heart was [D] wild with fear,
[Am] by the fields of [C] Shanna Golden
[G] [Am] in the springtime [D] of the years.
[G] [D] [G] And you fought them, darling Willie, [C] all through the [G] summer days.
[D] I heard the rifles [G] firing in the mountains far [D] away.
I held you in [G] my arms and your blood ran free [D] and bright.
And you [Am] died in [C] Shanna Golden [Am] on a lonely [D] summer's night.
[G] And that was long ago, my love, your [C] son grows [G] fine.
[D] The hills [G] there are at peace [C] again, [G] the Saxon stranger [D] gone.
I'll place the red [G] rose on your grave by the silvery pale [D] moonlight,
by [Am] the fields of [C] Shanna Golden
[G] [Am] on a lonely [D] [G] summer's day.
Key:
G
D
C
Am
Em
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C
[Bm] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ [G] Oh, the cold winds [Em] from the mountains [G] are [C] calling [G] soft to me.
[D] The smell of [G] scented heather [C] _ [G] brings bitter _ memories.
[C] _ [D] _ The wild and [G] lonely _ gulls up in the summer [D] _
sky,
[Am] flies high [C] o'er Shanna _ Golden [G] where [D] [Am] my young Willie and [D] I.
_ [G] I met him in [Em] the _ wintertime [C] when the snow was on [G] the ground. _
The Irish [D] [G] hills were peaceful [C] _
[G] and love was all _ [D] around.
_ Scarcely twenty [G]-one years old, a young man in his [D] prime, _
we [Am] were married, my [D] darling [C] Willie, _ [G]
[Am] by the eve of Christmas.
[D] _ _ _ [C] _
[G] Do you remember, darling, _ [C] when we walked the [G] moonlit road? _
[D] I held you in [G] my arms and I would never let you [D] go.
Our hands, they [G] were entwined, my love, by the silvery pale [D] moonlight, _
by the [Am] fields of Shanna [C] Golden [Am] on a lonely _ [D] Sunday.
_ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] Then came the call to our love [C] and the hills of [G] Orr said, _
[D] Down from the [G] silent mountain, _
[C] [G] the Saxon [D] stranger came.
I held you in [G] my arms and your young heart was [D] wild with fear,
[Am] by the fields of [C] Shanna Golden _
[G] [Am] in the springtime [D] of the years.
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] And you fought them, darling Willie, _ [C] all through the [G] summer days.
_ [D] I heard the rifles [G] firing _ in the mountains far [D] away.
_ I held you in [G] my arms and your blood ran free [D] and bright.
_ And you [Am] died in [C] Shanna Golden _ [Am] on a lonely _ [D] summer's night. _ _ _ _ _
[G] And that was long ago, my love, your [C] son grows [G] fine. _ _ _
[D] The hills [G] there are at peace [C] again, [G] the Saxon stranger [D] gone. _
I'll place the red [G] rose on your grave by the silvery pale [D] moonlight, _
by [Am] the fields of [C] Shanna Golden _
[G] [Am] on a lonely [D] _ [G] _ summer's day. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ [G] Oh, the cold winds [Em] from the mountains [G] are [C] calling [G] soft to me.
[D] The smell of [G] scented heather [C] _ [G] brings bitter _ memories.
[C] _ [D] _ The wild and [G] lonely _ gulls up in the summer [D] _
sky,
[Am] flies high [C] o'er Shanna _ Golden [G] where [D] [Am] my young Willie and [D] I.
_ [G] I met him in [Em] the _ wintertime [C] when the snow was on [G] the ground. _
The Irish [D] [G] hills were peaceful [C] _
[G] and love was all _ [D] around.
_ Scarcely twenty [G]-one years old, a young man in his [D] prime, _
we [Am] were married, my [D] darling [C] Willie, _ [G]
[Am] by the eve of Christmas.
[D] _ _ _ [C] _
[G] Do you remember, darling, _ [C] when we walked the [G] moonlit road? _
[D] I held you in [G] my arms and I would never let you [D] go.
Our hands, they [G] were entwined, my love, by the silvery pale [D] moonlight, _
by the [Am] fields of Shanna [C] Golden [Am] on a lonely _ [D] Sunday.
_ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] Then came the call to our love [C] and the hills of [G] Orr said, _
[D] Down from the [G] silent mountain, _
[C] [G] the Saxon [D] stranger came.
I held you in [G] my arms and your young heart was [D] wild with fear,
[Am] by the fields of [C] Shanna Golden _
[G] [Am] in the springtime [D] of the years.
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] And you fought them, darling Willie, _ [C] all through the [G] summer days.
_ [D] I heard the rifles [G] firing _ in the mountains far [D] away.
_ I held you in [G] my arms and your blood ran free [D] and bright.
_ And you [Am] died in [C] Shanna Golden _ [Am] on a lonely _ [D] summer's night. _ _ _ _ _
[G] And that was long ago, my love, your [C] son grows [G] fine. _ _ _
[D] The hills [G] there are at peace [C] again, [G] the Saxon stranger [D] gone. _
I'll place the red [G] rose on your grave by the silvery pale [D] moonlight, _
by [Am] the fields of [C] Shanna Golden _
[G] [Am] on a lonely [D] _ [G] _ summer's day. _ _ _ _ _ _ _