Key: G
Introduction: G C Am F C G
C Bb Am
I am high upon a mountain
C D
When morning comes around it
G F Am
Where I was all with my love
F G
Birds fly upon the way
verse 2
C Bb Am
There horses go a-riding
C D
Messengers bring tidings
G F Am
And every day they sail away
F G
Like the sun beneath the sea
F Em G
Search where no ships are sailing
C Am G
No sound of hearts breaking
C F C Dm7
Or down in deepest Africa
D7 G
No one will find him there
C F C
But down the sands of evening
Am D7
In days of my love leaving
G F Am
You will hear the dance rise all around
F G
The Isle of Malachy
Instrumental
G C Bb Am C D G F Am F G
verse 3
C Bb Am
Now waves of stars are breaking
C D
They lie on shores of evening
G F Am
They burn at my eyes dreaming
F G
Like fire on the sea
verse 4
C Bb Am
I will make a prayer forever
C D
I will go with light and thunder
G F Am
And tell each soul and stranger
F G
The tale and history
F Em G
Search where no ships are sailing
C Am G
No sound of hearts breaking
C F C Dm7
Or down in deepest Africa
D7 G
No one will find him there
C F C
But down the sands of evening
Am D7
In days of my love leaving
G F Am
You will see the fires all around
F G
The Isle of Malachy