Chords for Daniel O'Donnell - These Are My Mountains

I'll [G] write this. _ _
[D] _ Everybody sing now. _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _
[D] _ For fame and for [A] _ _ _ [D] fortune _
_ _ [G] I've wandered [D] the earth _ _ _
_ [G] But now I've come [D] _ back to _
_ The land [Em] of my birth
_ _ _ [A] _
I brought back [D] my _ _ _ treasures _
_ But only [G] to _ find
_ _ [Em] _
_ [G] They're less than [D] the _ _ [Bm] pleasures
_ [Em] _
I [A] first left
Are you [D] ready to sing?
Everybody.
[Em] _ [D] _
_ For the dark [A] night
_ _ [D] And this is my claim
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
The braids of my childhood
_ [G] The braids of [D] my _ childhood
Will know _ _ _ _ me [Em] _
again
No land will ever [A] claim me
_ No land will ever [D] _ claim me _
Though far I [G] did _ [Bm] roam
_ _ [Em] _
_ [G] For these are [Bm] my lands
_ _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] And I'm [D] going home
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ The stream by [A] the road [D] _ _ sings
_ [G] At my [D] going _ _ by _ _
_ [G] The lark [D]
overhead _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Wings a [Em] welcoming cry
_ _ _ [A] _
The lake where the [D]
crowd _ _ _ _ _
_ Once more I [G] will _ _ sing
_ [Em] _
For [G] it's there that my
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [A] It's there I [D] must
Once more [G] let's hear you sing
_ [D] _
For these are [A] my mounds
[D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] And this is [D] my glen
Happy new year _
[G] The braids of [D] my _ childhood _ _ _
Will know me [Em]
again
_ _ _ [A] No _ _ land will [D] ever claim _ me _
Though [Am] far [G] I did _ _ roam
_ [Em] _
_ [G] For these are [D]
my [Bm] _ mountains
[Em] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [G] Taking away your honor
[D] And I'm partying [Bm] ladies and gentlemen
[Em] Mr.
Ronnie Kennedy
[A] _ _ _ [D]
Giant [G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ _ faces will [A] _
_ [D] greet me _ _ [G] And welcome
_ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] And oh how [D] they'll greet _ me _
_ _ Back [Em] home again
_ _ _ [A] _
Tonight _ round [D] the _ _ _ fireside _
_ Old songs [G] will be sung
_ [Em] As _ _ [G] _ _ [D] I'll be _ _ [G] hearing
[Em] _
_ _ [A] Mine one [D]
last time [G] everybody
_ _ [D] _
_ For these are [A] my
Raised to [D] lift us high
And this is my glen
[G] _ _ _ [D] _
The braids of my childhood
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [D]
Will _ _ _ _ _ _ _ know me [Em] again
No land will _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] ever claim me _ _
Though far I [G] did roam
_ _ [Em] _ _
For [G] these are [Bm] my _ mountains
_ _ [Em] _ _
[A] And I'm [D] waiting [G] home
_ _ [D] _ _ _
[G] For these are [D] my mounds
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ [F#m] _ [Em] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
Thank you very much
_ [F] _ _