Key: G
Introduction:
G FEm D F Em G
verse 1
G C F C G C
I wound around, down through Friday Town,
F G
Where the road winds like a serpent on the ground,
F C F C
I climbed the hill, free-wheeled past the gate,
F C F C G
Of the graveyard of the Heroes of the State.
F A#m C
Cahernaheena and Cave Hill,
F C
Ballintleva and B?thar na Coill,
F
Cloonascragh, Carragh,
C D G D G
Mossfort, Beaghmore.
F D G
Round every turn the soul is passed,
D F D C
Into the next world from the last,
F G C G C Em
From somewhere we'll never be again.
verse 2
G C F C G C
I see the street left behind by two young men,
F G
One returns, one's never seen again,
F C F C
At the house, you can hear the minstrels sing,
F C F C G
Melodies borne across the fields on fairy wings,
F A#m C
Cahernaheena and Cave Hill,
F C
Ballintleva and B?thar na Coill,
F
Cloonascragh, Carragh,
C D G D G
Mossfort, Beaghmore.
F D G
Round every turn the soul is passed,
D F D C
Into the next world from the last,
F G C G C Em
From somewhere we'll never be again.
Solo
G F Em D F Em G
Verse
F A#m C
Cahernaheena and Cave Hill,
F C
Ballintleva and B?thar na Coill,
F
Cloonascragh, Carragh,
C D G D G
Mossfort, Beaghmore.
G F D G
I'm surrounded by the old,
Em F
Stories left untold,
Some things change,
Em C
Some things will remain.
Outro
F C F C F Em G C F C D G F