Chords
Irish Ways And Irish Laws

Key: E

Introduction:

Em                 D                 Em                    Bm  
Once    upon a    time there    was
Em            Bm                    Em              D  
  Irish ways and Irish laws,
Em            D              Em            Bm  
  Villages of Irish    blood
Em                      D                      Em  Bm  
  Waking to the    morning,
Em                 D                         Em  
Waking to the    morning.
  .
  Em                 D                 Em              Bm  
Then the Vikings came around,
Em            Bm                         Em                    D  
Turned us up and turned us down,
Em                 D                 Em                            Bm  
Started building boats and towns,
Em                                 D                         Em  Bm  
And tried to change our living,
Em                            D                              Em  
They tried to change our living.
  Em                 D                 Em                    Bm  
Cromwell and his soldiers came,
Em                 Bm              Em              D  
Started centuries of shame,
Em                 D                 Em                      Bm  
But they could not make us turn,
Em                 D                 Em  Bm  
We are a river flowing,
Em                 D                    Em  
We are a river flowing.
Em                 D                 Em                    Bm  
Again, again the soldiers came,
Em                 Bm                         Em                 D  
Burnt our houses, stole our grain.
Em                 D                 Em                 Bm  
Shot the farmers in the fields
Em                 D            Em  Bm  
Working for a living,
Em                 D                 Em  
Working for a living.
Em                 D                 Em              Bm  
800 years we have been down,
Em                 Bm                 Em            D  
The secret of the water sound
Em                 D                 Em              Bm  
Has kept the spirit of a man
Em                 D                 Em         Bm  
Above the pain descending,
Em                 D                      Em  
Above the pain descending.
Em                 D                 Em                    Bm  
Today the struggle carries on,
Em              Bm                      Em                    D  
I wonder will I live so long
Em                 D                 Em                      Bm  
To see the gates been opened up
Em                 D                         Em    Bm  
To people and their freedom,
Em                 D                                 Em  
To people and their freedom.
This is my interpretation of this song and not a cover version.