Key: A
Am
C
See the bright new moon is rising,
F
C
G
Above the land of black and green
C
Hear the rebels voices calling,
F
C
G
C
I will not die 'till you bury me
C
F
C
The aunt upstairs in the bed she is calling,
F
C
G
Why has he forsaken me
C
F
C
Faded pictures in the hallway,
F
C
G
C
Which one of them brown ghosts is he
C
Bless the wind that shakes the barley,
F
C
G
Curse the spade and curse the plough
C
F
C
I've counted years and weeks and days,
F
C
G
C
And I wish to God I was with you now
C
F
Fare thee well me black-haired diamond,
C
G
Fare thee well me own Aisling
C
F
C
F
At night fond dreams of you still haunt me,
C
F
G
C
Far across the grey north sea
F
G
And the wind it blows from the North and South,
F
G
To the East And to the West
F
G
I will be like the wind my love,
F
Am
C
F
G
C
For I will know no rest 'till I return to thee
Am
1, 2, 3 telegraph poles,
F
G
Am
Standing on the cold black road
The night is fading into morning,
F
G
Am
Give us a drop of your sweet poitin
Am
The rain was lashing - the sun was rising,
F
G
Am
The wind was howling through the trees
The madness from the mountains crawling,
F
G
Am
When I saw you first my own Aisling
C
Bless the wind that shakes the barley,
F
C
G
Curse the spade and curse the plough
C
F
C
I've counted years and weeks and days,
F
C
G
C
And I wish to God I was with you now
C
F
Fare thee well me black-haired diamond,
C
G
Fare thee well me own Aisling
C
F
C
F
At night fond dreams of you still haunt me,
C
F
G
C
Far across the grey north sea
Lots of Love,