Chords for Ireland music ~ The Maid on the Shore
Tempo:
186.15 bpm
Chords used:
F#m
Bm
G
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Bm]
[Em] [F#m]
[Bm]
[Em] [F#m]
[Bm] There was a fair [D] maiden, [A] she lived [Bm] all alone She lived [A] all alone [Gm] on the [F#m] shore
Could [Em]
[F#m] she quite be [G]
too calm [F#m] and sweet, my heart?
[Bm] But to wander alone on the shore, [A] shore, [Bm] shore To wander [A]
alone [Bm] on the shore
There was a brave captain [F#m] who sailed a [Bm] boat On the weather [F#m] being steady [G]
and [F#m] feral
I [Em] [F#m] asked him, sir, this [G] dear cabin [F#m] of mine [G] If I [Bm] can't have that maiden on the shore, [A] shore, shore
[Bm]
If I can't [A] have that maiden [G]
on the shore
[Bm] After many persuasions they brought her one more
He [A] seated her down [G] on his chair,
[F#m] oh
He bid her down [G] to lie [F#] on the [E] low
[Bm] Farewell to all sorrow and care,
[A] oh [Bm] Farewell [A] to all sorrow [G] and pain, oh
[D]
[A] [G]
[D] [A]
[Bm] [G]
[D]
[A] [D]
[F#m]
[G] [D]
[Bm] One singing song this fair maiden cried
[Em] This captain [F#m] was a wee [G]
[F#m] boy, oh
[Em] She sang it [F#m] so sweetly, [G] so softly, [F#m]
[E] completely
[Bm] She sang, Captain, sailors to sleep, [A] oh [Bm]
Captain, [A] sailors [G]
to sleep, oh
[F#m] [Em] She robbed them of jewels, she robbed them of wealth
She robbed [F#m] the love-casted [G] boy's [Bm] head, [F#m] oh [Em] Captain, [F#m] brought sore [G]
chill [F#m] down the nose
[Bm] She rowed away back to the shore, [F#m] shore, shore [Bm] She rowed [A] away back to [G] the shore, oh
[Bm] Oh, the men, they were mad, the men, they were sad
They were deeply [A] so down [G]
[F#m]
[Em] to see her [F#m] go away with [G] her
She's [F#m] so [A#m] gay, [Bm]
rings and her things and her fine [A] [G]
[D] [Em]
[G] hair, oh
Oh,
[B]
[Em] [Bm] [Em]
[F#m]
[B]
[Em]
[F#m]
[B] don't be so sad and [Bm] sunk down in despair
I should [A] have loved [G]
[F#m] you more, [D]
oh
[F#m] I [Em] sang [F#m] it so sweet, [G] but I robbed [F#] you of wealth
[Bm] Well, again I'm a maid on the shore, [A] shore, shore
[G]
Again [A] I'm a maid [G] on the shore
[A] [G]
[D] [A] [G] [Bm]
[G]
[D] [A] [G]
[D] [A]
[D]
[F#m]
[G] [D] [A]
[Bm]
[Em]
[F#m] [Bm]
[Em]
[Bm]
[F#m] [Bm]
[G]
[D] [Em]
[F#m]
[Bm]
[Em] [F#m]
[Bm]
[Em] [F#m]
[Bm] There was a fair [D] maiden, [A] she lived [Bm] all alone She lived [A] all alone [Gm] on the [F#m] shore
Could [Em]
[F#m] she quite be [G]
too calm [F#m] and sweet, my heart?
[Bm] But to wander alone on the shore, [A] shore, [Bm] shore To wander [A]
alone [Bm] on the shore
There was a brave captain [F#m] who sailed a [Bm] boat On the weather [F#m] being steady [G]
and [F#m] feral
I [Em] [F#m] asked him, sir, this [G] dear cabin [F#m] of mine [G] If I [Bm] can't have that maiden on the shore, [A] shore, shore
[Bm]
If I can't [A] have that maiden [G]
on the shore
[Bm] After many persuasions they brought her one more
He [A] seated her down [G] on his chair,
[F#m] oh
He bid her down [G] to lie [F#] on the [E] low
[Bm] Farewell to all sorrow and care,
[A] oh [Bm] Farewell [A] to all sorrow [G] and pain, oh
[D]
[A] [G]
[D] [A]
[Bm] [G]
[D]
[A] [D]
[F#m]
[G] [D]
[Bm] One singing song this fair maiden cried
[Em] This captain [F#m] was a wee [G]
[F#m] boy, oh
[Em] She sang it [F#m] so sweetly, [G] so softly, [F#m]
[E] completely
[Bm] She sang, Captain, sailors to sleep, [A] oh [Bm]
Captain, [A] sailors [G]
to sleep, oh
[F#m] [Em] She robbed them of jewels, she robbed them of wealth
She robbed [F#m] the love-casted [G] boy's [Bm] head, [F#m] oh [Em] Captain, [F#m] brought sore [G]
chill [F#m] down the nose
[Bm] She rowed away back to the shore, [F#m] shore, shore [Bm] She rowed [A] away back to [G] the shore, oh
[Bm] Oh, the men, they were mad, the men, they were sad
They were deeply [A] so down [G]
[F#m]
[Em] to see her [F#m] go away with [G] her
She's [F#m] so [A#m] gay, [Bm]
rings and her things and her fine [A] [G]
[D] [Em]
[G] hair, oh
Oh,
[B]
[Em] [Bm] [Em]
[F#m]
[B]
[Em]
[F#m]
[B] don't be so sad and [Bm] sunk down in despair
I should [A] have loved [G]
[F#m] you more, [D]
oh
[F#m] I [Em] sang [F#m] it so sweet, [G] but I robbed [F#] you of wealth
[Bm] Well, again I'm a maid on the shore, [A] shore, shore
[G]
Again [A] I'm a maid [G] on the shore
[A] [G]
[D] [A] [G] [Bm]
[G]
[D] [A] [G]
[D] [A]
[D]
[F#m]
[G] [D] [A]
[Bm]
[Em]
[F#m] [Bm]
[Em]
[Bm]
[F#m] [Bm]
[G]
[D] [Em]
[F#m]
[Bm]
Key:
F#m
Bm
G
A
Em
F#m
Bm
G
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ There was a fair [D] maiden, [A] she lived [Bm] all alone _ She _ lived [A] all alone [Gm] on the [F#m] shore
_ _ Could _ [Em] _
_ [F#m] she quite be [G]
too calm [F#m] and sweet, my heart?
[Bm] But to wander _ alone on the shore, [A] shore, [Bm] shore To wander [A]
alone [Bm] on the shore
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ There was a brave captain [F#m] who sailed a [Bm] boat _ _ _ On the weather [F#m] being steady [G]
and _ _ [F#m] feral _
I [Em] _ _ [F#m] asked him, sir, this [G] dear cabin [F#m] of mine _ [G] If I [Bm] can't have that maiden on the shore, [A] shore, shore
[Bm]
If I can't [A] have that maiden [G]
on the shore _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ After many _ persuasions they brought her one more
_ _ He [A] seated her down [G] on his chair, _
[F#m] oh
_ He bid her down [G] to lie [F#] on the [E] _ low
_ _ [Bm] _ Farewell to all sorrow and care, _
[A] oh _ [Bm] Farewell [A] to all sorrow [G] and pain, _ oh _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Bm] One singing _ song this fair maiden _ cried
_ [Em] This captain [F#m] was a wee [G] _
_ [F#m] boy, _ oh
_ [Em] She sang it [F#m] so sweetly, [G] so softly, [F#m] _
[E] completely
_ _ [Bm] She sang, Captain, _ sailors to sleep, [A] _ oh [Bm] _
Captain, [A] _ sailors [G]
to sleep, _ _ _ oh _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] [Em] She robbed them of jewels, she robbed them of _ wealth _ _ _
_ She robbed [F#m] the love-casted [G] boy's [Bm] head, _ [F#m] oh _ [Em] Captain, _ _ [F#m] brought sore [G]
chill [F#m] down the _ nose
_ [Bm] She rowed away back to the shore, [F#m] shore, shore [Bm] She rowed [A] away back to [G] the shore, _ _ oh _ _ _
[Bm] Oh, the men, they were mad, the men, they were _ sad
_ They were deeply [A] so down [G] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] to see her [F#m] go away with [G] her
She's [F#m] so [A#m] gay, _ _ _ [Bm]
rings and her things and her fine _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] hair, oh _ _
_ _ Oh, _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ don't be so sad and [Bm] sunk down in despair _ _ _
I should [A] have loved [G] _
_ [F#m] you more, _ [D]
oh
[F#m] I [Em] sang [F#m] it so sweet, [G] but I robbed [F#] you of wealth
_ _ [Bm] Well, again I'm a maid on the shore, [A] shore, shore
[G]
Again [A] I'm a maid [G] on the shore _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ There was a fair [D] maiden, [A] she lived [Bm] all alone _ She _ lived [A] all alone [Gm] on the [F#m] shore
_ _ Could _ [Em] _
_ [F#m] she quite be [G]
too calm [F#m] and sweet, my heart?
[Bm] But to wander _ alone on the shore, [A] shore, [Bm] shore To wander [A]
alone [Bm] on the shore
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ There was a brave captain [F#m] who sailed a [Bm] boat _ _ _ On the weather [F#m] being steady [G]
and _ _ [F#m] feral _
I [Em] _ _ [F#m] asked him, sir, this [G] dear cabin [F#m] of mine _ [G] If I [Bm] can't have that maiden on the shore, [A] shore, shore
[Bm]
If I can't [A] have that maiden [G]
on the shore _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ After many _ persuasions they brought her one more
_ _ He [A] seated her down [G] on his chair, _
[F#m] oh
_ He bid her down [G] to lie [F#] on the [E] _ low
_ _ [Bm] _ Farewell to all sorrow and care, _
[A] oh _ [Bm] Farewell [A] to all sorrow [G] and pain, _ oh _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Bm] One singing _ song this fair maiden _ cried
_ [Em] This captain [F#m] was a wee [G] _
_ [F#m] boy, _ oh
_ [Em] She sang it [F#m] so sweetly, [G] so softly, [F#m] _
[E] completely
_ _ [Bm] She sang, Captain, _ sailors to sleep, [A] _ oh [Bm] _
Captain, [A] _ sailors [G]
to sleep, _ _ _ oh _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] [Em] She robbed them of jewels, she robbed them of _ wealth _ _ _
_ She robbed [F#m] the love-casted [G] boy's [Bm] head, _ [F#m] oh _ [Em] Captain, _ _ [F#m] brought sore [G]
chill [F#m] down the _ nose
_ [Bm] She rowed away back to the shore, [F#m] shore, shore [Bm] She rowed [A] away back to [G] the shore, _ _ oh _ _ _
[Bm] Oh, the men, they were mad, the men, they were _ sad
_ They were deeply [A] so down [G] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] to see her [F#m] go away with [G] her
She's [F#m] so [A#m] gay, _ _ _ [Bm]
rings and her things and her fine _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [G] hair, oh _ _
_ _ Oh, _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ don't be so sad and [Bm] sunk down in despair _ _ _
I should [A] have loved [G] _
_ [F#m] you more, _ [D]
oh
[F#m] I [Em] sang [F#m] it so sweet, [G] but I robbed [F#] you of wealth
_ _ [Bm] Well, again I'm a maid on the shore, [A] shore, shore
[G]
Again [A] I'm a maid [G] on the shore _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
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_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _