Skibbereen Chords by Waxies Dargle

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Oh, _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
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_ _ Father _ [D] dear, _ well [A] I've often _ heard _ _ [Am] you _ [G] speak of _ Aaron's _ Isle. _
_ _ Her [Am] lofty _ [E] scenes, her valleys [B] green, [Em] _ _
_ her [Gm] mountains [Dm] rude and [D] white.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _
They say it [B] _ [C] is a [Am] lovely [G] land, _ [A] _ wherein _ [D] a prince might [E] dwell.
_ _ Oh, _ _ [C] _
why did you [D] _ _ [G] _ _
abandon _ _ _ _ [Em] it?
_ [C] The [D] _ reason _ tell [F#m] me tell. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] Oh, [Dm] son I _ _ loved _ [A] my native _ land _ [C] _ _ with [D] _ _ energy [G] _ [A] and pride.
_ _ [D] Till the blight came _ [C] _ over [Am] all my _ [G] crops, _ [A] my sheep, [D] [F] my cattle [E] died. _ _
_ My _ _ [Am] rent [D] and _ [Em] taxes were too [G] high, _
_ [Am] I could not them _ [Em] redeem. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] And [D] that's the cruel [E] _ [B] _ _ [F#] reason [C] _ _ [Em]
that [Dm] I left Ilskill.
[F#m] _
Oh, _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ and well [D] do I _ _ _ [Am] remember, _ _ son, _ _ that [D] _
bleak December.
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_ _ _ When the [C] sheriff _ and the landlord [Am] came _ to [D] drive us all away.
[E] _ _ _ _ They [Am] _
set my _ [Em] cottage [A] roof on fire _ _ with _ [C] corset [D] English rain.
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_ _ And [G] that's another _ _ _ [Em] reason _ _ _ [C] that I _ [D] left [A] Ilskill. _
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_ _ [D] Oh, your mother too, _ _ [G] God rest her _ _ soul, _ [D] lay on the snow.
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_ _ _ She'd fainted _ [Em] in her _ _ _ [G]
anguish, _ [Am] saw the _ _ _ _ desolation round.
[Em] _ _ She _
_ _ [Am] _ never rose [G#]
but [Am] passed [Em] away _ [A] _
from life [Dm] to [Am] mortal [Em] _
dream. _ _ _ _ _ _
And found [D] a quiet _ _
[A] _ grave my _ boy [C] _ _
in [D] _ dear old _ _ Skibber.
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_ _ _ [D] Oh, father dear, _ _ well the [Am] day might come _ when in [Gm] answer [D] to the [A] call. _ _ _ _
[Dm] Each _ [C] Irishman [Am] with feeling strong [G] _ _ [Dm] will [Am] rally one [D] and all.
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And I'll be [Am] the man to lead the [Em] band _ _ [Am] beneath the flag [Dm] of [E] green. _ _
_ _ And [D] loud [E] and high, _ [Am] well you'll hear the [E] _
cry, _ [C] _ _ _ [D] revenge for _ Skibbering.
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