Chords for Damien Dempsey - The West's Awake

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_ _ _ _ _ _ When all beside _ _ _ of the _ jug [A] he
_ _ [E] Doeth so [B] sleep, _ _ _ [E]
doeth so _ sleep _ _
Alas and _ well may [A]'r [Em] in me
_ When _ Connaught _ [B] flies in [Em] _ _
_ _ slumbardy
[E] Or _ lake and plain, _ [A] smile fair and [Em] free
_ [F#m] Bid rocks our _ [E] garden _ _ _
_ [B] chivalry
_ [C#] Sing [E] _
all [A] and [B] learn [C#] liberty _ _
[E] From _ _ [F#m] crashing _ _ [B] wind and [Em] lashing _ _ sea
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] A [A] _ _ [E] _ _
chainless wave _ and [A] lovely _ _ land
[B] _ _ Freedom, _ _ _ _ _ [Em] nationhood, _ _ _ demand
_ [E] Be sure the _ great God [A] never _ _ planned
[Em] _ [B] For slumbering _ _ slaves [Em] a home so _ grand
And long a [E] _ brave [A] and _ hearty race
_ _ [F#m] _ _
Honoured and _ _ [B] sentinel _ the _ place
[E] Sing _ on [A] that [B] even sons [C#] _ disgrace
_ [E] _ Could quite [F#m] destroy _
_ [B] _ their [E] glorious _ [A] _
_ [E] _ trace
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [E] And often _ _ in _ [A] O _ 'Connor's land
[Em] To _ [B]
triumph _ _ dash'd [E] each _ Connaught clan
And _ fleet as the _ _ hour the [A] _
Normans ran
[E] To _ [B]
Carchdale _ pass _ [E] and _ _ Ardrahan
_ And later _ _ times [A] saw David _ brave
_ [F#m] And _ glory _ guards, [B] glory _ guards _ [E] brave
On _ either [A] _ [B] _ land [C#] to save
[E] _ _ Out of [F#m] Rome's _ _ [B] slopes and [Em] shadows _ _ _ _ where
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Doeth when _ all [A] of the _ jokey
_ [Em] _ _ Doeth [B] so _ sleep, _ _ _ [Em] doeth so _ sleep
_ [E] _ Alas and _ well may [A]'r in _ _ [Em] me
When _ [B] Connaught _ flies [Em] in _ _ _ _ slumbardy
[E] But hark o' _ voice [A] like _ thunder's _ bay
[F#m] The _ west's [B] [Em] away, _ the [E] _
west's [B] _ away
[E] So _ long [A] all of [B] England [C#] _ _
[E] quake
_ We'll watch [F#m] till die [B] _ for [Em] _ Arran's [A]
sake
[G#m] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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