Chords for Norman and Nancy Blake, Boys of the Lough - Sweet Sunny South
Tempo:
154.7 bpm
Chords used:
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C
D
Am
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[Am] [G]
[C]
[D] [D] [G]
Take me home to the place where [C] I [Em] first saw the [G] light, to the sweet sunny South.
[D] Take me [C]
home [G] where the
[G] mockingbird sang me [C] to sleep in [G] the night.
Oh, why [Eb] was [D] I tempted [G] to roam?
And I think with regret of [C] that dear home [G] I left and the warm hearts that sheltered me [C] then.
[G] My wife and my children [C] of whom I'm [G] bereft, and I sigh for [A] the old place [G] again.
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Take me home to the place where [C] the orange [G] trees grow, to my cot in the [C] evergreen shade.
Where [G] the flowers by the river's [C] green [G] margin do grow.
They're sweet on [D] the banks where [G] we play.
And they say that the path to [C] our cottage has [G] grown green, and the place is quite lonely [C] around.
And [G] the faces and forms of the ones I [G] have loved now lie in [D] that dark mossy [G] ground.
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Take me home, let me see [C] what is left [G] that I knew.
Can it be that the old [C] house is gone?
The dear [G] friends of my childhood [E] indeed [G]
must be few, and I must [E] love it [G] all alone.
But still I'll return to [C] those scenes [G] of my birth where my children have played [C] round the door.
[G] And pull the white blossoms [C] that [G] garnish the earth that will echo [D] their footsteps [G] no more.
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Take me home to the place where [C] my little ones [G] sleep.
Oh, my son lies buried [C] close by.
Oh, the graves [D] of the [G] loved ones [C] I long there [G] to eat, and amongst them [D] to [Am] rest when [G] I die.
Take me home to the place where [C] the orange [G] trees grow, to my cot in the evergreen [C] shade.
Where [G] the flowers by the river's [C] green margin [G] do grow, and spread their [D] sweet scent through [G] the glade.
Take me home to the place where I [C] first [G] saw the light, to the sweet sunny South.
[C] Take me home.
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Take me home to the place where [C] I [Em] first saw the [G] light, to the sweet sunny South.
[D] Take me [C]
home [G] where the
[G] mockingbird sang me [C] to sleep in [G] the night.
Oh, why [Eb] was [D] I tempted [G] to roam?
And I think with regret of [C] that dear home [G] I left and the warm hearts that sheltered me [C] then.
[G] My wife and my children [C] of whom I'm [G] bereft, and I sigh for [A] the old place [G] again.
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Take me home to the place where [C] the orange [G] trees grow, to my cot in the [C] evergreen shade.
Where [G] the flowers by the river's [C] green [G] margin do grow.
They're sweet on [D] the banks where [G] we play.
And they say that the path to [C] our cottage has [G] grown green, and the place is quite lonely [C] around.
And [G] the faces and forms of the ones I [G] have loved now lie in [D] that dark mossy [G] ground.
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[D] [G]
Take me home, let me see [C] what is left [G] that I knew.
Can it be that the old [C] house is gone?
The dear [G] friends of my childhood [E] indeed [G]
must be few, and I must [E] love it [G] all alone.
But still I'll return to [C] those scenes [G] of my birth where my children have played [C] round the door.
[G] And pull the white blossoms [C] that [G] garnish the earth that will echo [D] their footsteps [G] no more.
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[D] [G]
Take me home to the place where [C] my little ones [G] sleep.
Oh, my son lies buried [C] close by.
Oh, the graves [D] of the [G] loved ones [C] I long there [G] to eat, and amongst them [D] to [Am] rest when [G] I die.
Take me home to the place where [C] the orange [G] trees grow, to my cot in the evergreen [C] shade.
Where [G] the flowers by the river's [C] green margin [G] do grow, and spread their [D] sweet scent through [G] the glade.
Take me home to the place where I [C] first [G] saw the light, to the sweet sunny South.
[C] Take me home.
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_ _ _ _ Take me home to the place where [C] I [Em] first saw the [G] light, to the sweet sunny South.
[D] Take me [C] _
home _ _ _ [G] where the _ _
[G] mockingbird sang me [C] to sleep in [G] the night.
Oh, why [Eb] was [D] I tempted [G] to roam?
_ _ _ And I think with regret of [C] that dear home [G] I left and the warm hearts that _ sheltered me [C] then. _
_ _ _ _ [G] My wife and my children [C] of whom I'm [G] _ bereft, and I sigh for [A] the old place [G] _ again.
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_ _ _ Take me home to the place where [C] the orange [G] trees grow, to my cot in the _ _ [C] evergreen shade. _
_ _ _ Where [G] the flowers by the _ river's [C] green [G] margin do grow.
_ They're sweet on [D] the banks where [G] we play. _
_ _ _ And they say that the path to [C] our cottage has [G] grown green, and the place is quite _ lonely [C] around. _
_ _ _ And [G] the faces and forms of the ones I [G] have loved now lie in [D] that dark mossy [G] ground.
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_ _ _ Take me home, let me see _ [C] what is left [G] that I knew.
Can it be that the old [C] house is gone?
_ _ The dear [G] _ friends of my childhood _ _ [E] indeed [G]
must be few, _ and I must [E] love it [G] all alone. _
_ _ _ But _ still I'll return to [C] those scenes [G] of my birth where my _ children have played [C] round the _ door.
_ _ _ [G] And pull the white blossoms [C] that [G] garnish the earth that will echo [D] their footsteps [G] no more.
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_ _ _ Take me home to the place where [C] my little _ ones [G] sleep.
Oh, my son lies buried [C] close _ by.
_ _ Oh, the graves [D] of the [G] loved ones [C] I long there [G] to eat, and amongst them [D] to [Am] rest when [G] I die.
_ _ _ Take me home to the place where [C] the orange [G] trees grow, to my cot in the _ evergreen [C] _ shade.
_ _ _ Where [G] the flowers by the _ river's [C] green margin [G] do grow, _ and spread their [D] sweet scent through [G] the glade.
_ _ _ Take me home to the place where I [C] first [G] saw the light, to the sweet sunny South.
[C] Take me home.
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_ _ _ _ Take me home to the place where [C] I [Em] first saw the [G] light, to the sweet sunny South.
[D] Take me [C] _
home _ _ _ [G] where the _ _
[G] mockingbird sang me [C] to sleep in [G] the night.
Oh, why [Eb] was [D] I tempted [G] to roam?
_ _ _ And I think with regret of [C] that dear home [G] I left and the warm hearts that _ sheltered me [C] then. _
_ _ _ _ [G] My wife and my children [C] of whom I'm [G] _ bereft, and I sigh for [A] the old place [G] _ again.
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_ _ _ Take me home to the place where [C] the orange [G] trees grow, to my cot in the _ _ [C] evergreen shade. _
_ _ _ Where [G] the flowers by the _ river's [C] green [G] margin do grow.
_ They're sweet on [D] the banks where [G] we play. _
_ _ _ And they say that the path to [C] our cottage has [G] grown green, and the place is quite _ lonely [C] around. _
_ _ _ And [G] the faces and forms of the ones I [G] have loved now lie in [D] that dark mossy [G] ground.
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_ _ _ Take me home, let me see _ [C] what is left [G] that I knew.
Can it be that the old [C] house is gone?
_ _ The dear [G] _ friends of my childhood _ _ [E] indeed [G]
must be few, _ and I must [E] love it [G] all alone. _
_ _ _ But _ still I'll return to [C] those scenes [G] of my birth where my _ children have played [C] round the _ door.
_ _ _ [G] And pull the white blossoms [C] that [G] garnish the earth that will echo [D] their footsteps [G] no more.
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_ _ _ Take me home to the place where [C] my little _ ones [G] sleep.
Oh, my son lies buried [C] close _ by.
_ _ Oh, the graves [D] of the [G] loved ones [C] I long there [G] to eat, and amongst them [D] to [Am] rest when [G] I die.
_ _ _ Take me home to the place where [C] the orange [G] trees grow, to my cot in the _ evergreen [C] _ shade.
_ _ _ Where [G] the flowers by the _ river's [C] green margin [G] do grow, _ and spread their [D] sweet scent through [G] the glade.
_ _ _ Take me home to the place where I [C] first [G] saw the light, to the sweet sunny South.
[C] Take me home.
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