Chords for ESC 1967 17 - Ireland - Sean Dunphy - If I Could Choose

[Ab] If I could choose. _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ They envy me my hills of Clare, the white gulls calling in the soft sea air.
_ [Dm] _
So much to lose.
_ _ And yet [C] I'd leave the hills of Clare and live in a desert if I had you there.
_ _ What would I lose?
[Gm] _ _ _ _ If I could [F] choose. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ If [Dm] I could [F] choose _ a [Bb] place to walk [C] with you, I'd [F] choose _
[Dm] the longest [Gm] road.
_ [C] And it [F] would lead us [Dm] to [G] a house that [C] no one knew.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [C] _ _ Bellows [Am] by the [Dm] fire _ [G] _ and the [C]
turf smoke [Am] _ _ [F] rising higher _
_ [G] than the _ lark that _ [Dm] wings and always _ sings [C] of you.
What would I lose?
[Ab] _ _ _ _
[D] _ If I [F] could choose _ [Dm] a time to _ talk [C] with you, [F] I'd _ [Dm] choose the longest [Gm] day.
_ [C] And over [F] _
all [Dm] the hills [G] of Clare, I'd shout the [C] news.
_ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ [A] I _ [Dm] would tell [Gm] them how a day could _ last [F] forever. _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ And I'd [Gm] never _ _ [Bb] _ leave your [C] side if I could [F]
choose.
_ _ _ _ [Db] If _ _ I could [Gb] _ choose [Ebm]
a time to [B] _ talk with [Db] you, [Gb] I'd choose _ [Ebm] _ the longest [B] day.
_ [Db] And over [Gb] _
all [Ebm] the hills of [Ab] Clare, I'd shout [Db] the _ news.
[Fm] _
_ _ _ _ I _ would [Ebm] tell them [Abm] _ how a [Db]
day could last _ [Gb] forever.
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
And I'd [Abm] _ never _ _ leave [B] your _ side _ [Abm] _
if I [Gm] _ _ [Gb] could choose.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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