Chords for Blacksod Bay - Kevin Prendergast

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_ It [B] was Boston City [E] gave me [A] _ birth [E] so many _
[A] _ years [E] _ ago.
_ _ [A] My _ forebears came [E] from _ Ireland, _ from Paris in Mayo.
[C#m] _ _
_ The [A] _ place the _ _ [E] boarded ship to leave, I _ often heard [C#m] them say. _
_ It [B] was love that saw me [E] and her [A] _ breath [E] beside [A] the _ [E] Blacksod Bay.
_ _ [B] And now that I [E] have come [A] once more [E] to dear [A] old _ [E] Derriss Shore,
_ _ [A] To view _ _ _ [E] ancestral _ _ _ homestead in the _ parish of [C#m] Limor, _
_ To [A] see _ myself the [E] place they left upon that _ [C#m] summer's _ day,
_ And [B] love they saw [E] in her [A] breath _ [E] beside [A] the _ [E] Blacksod Bay.
_ _ [B] I landed _ down [E] in _ [A] Bingham's town [E] where I [A] met people _ [E] _ grand.
_ I [A] _ told them what [E] had brought me back to dear old _ [C#m] Ireland. _ _
_ _ [A] They showed me where [E] my _ people lived _ before they went [C#m] _ _
away.
_ [B] Near _ lovely saw [E] in her [A] _ breath [E] beside [A] the _ [F#m] [E] Blacksod Bay.
_ _ [B] I _ _
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[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] stood _ _ enchanted [E] by [A] the scenes [E] that soon [A] did reach [E] my _ eyes.
_ [A] This lovely [F#m] land [A] [E] my people left when they were _ [C#m] forced to fly. _
_ _ [A] The fields saw [F#m] green, [E] the skies saw blue _ upon that _ [C#m] summer's day.
_ _ [B] And love they saw [E] in her _
[A] breath _ [E] beside [A] the _ [E] Blacksod Bay.
_ Now [B] I'm going _ back [E] to Boston [A] town, [E] but not [A] there to _ [E] abide. _
_ _ [A] I'll take my _ [E] wife and _ family _ across _ the ocean [C#m] _ wide.
_ _ [A] The evening _ of [E] my life I'll spend when I'll come back to [C#m] _ _
stay.
_ [B] Near love they saw in [E] her _
[F#m] [A] breath _ [E] beside [A] the _ _ [E] Blacksod Bay.
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