Chords for Grace - Jim McCann, 1985
Tempo:
98.25 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
Eb
G
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
Well, it's not often you come across a new song, a good new song about an old subject.
This is a song written by two [Bb] brothers who are here tonight.
A while back, in the year 1916 in fact,
And [Eb] in the early hours of the morning, and even earlier [E] than that, quite a little [G] bit earlier than that,
girlfriend, Grace Gifford, in the chapel in Kilmainham [Bb] jail.
[Gm] And a lot of you might remember Joseph Mary [C] Plunkett, particularly for [Bb] his poem, His Blood Upon The Rose.
It's a [Gm] song called Grace, anyway.
[Gm] [F] [Bb]
This is a song written by two [Bb] brothers who are here tonight.
A while back, in the year 1916 in fact,
And [Eb] in the early hours of the morning, and even earlier [E] than that, quite a little [G] bit earlier than that,
girlfriend, Grace Gifford, in the chapel in Kilmainham [Bb] jail.
[Gm] And a lot of you might remember Joseph Mary [C] Plunkett, particularly for [Bb] his poem, His Blood Upon The Rose.
It's a [Gm] song called Grace, anyway.
[Gm] [F] [Bb]
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Well, it's not often you come across a new song, a good new song about an old subject.
This is a song written by two [Bb] brothers who are here tonight.
_ [G]
A while back, _ in the year 1916 in fact,
_ [G] Joseph Mary Plunkett was executed in Kilmainham jail.
_ _ And [Eb] in the early hours of the morning, and even earlier [E] than that, quite a little [G] bit earlier than that,
he was permitted [G] to marry his girlfriend, Grace Gifford, in the chapel in Kilmainham [Bb] jail.
This is a true story.
_ [Gm] And a lot of you might remember Joseph Mary [C] Plunkett, particularly for [Bb] _ his poem, His Blood Upon The Rose.
_ _ _ _ _ It's a [Gm] song called Grace, anyway.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
As we gather in the chapel here, [Eb]
in old Kilmainham jail,
I think about [Bb] these past [Gm] few weeks,
[Cm] Oh, will they say [F] we've failed [Bb] from our school days?
They have taught us we [Eb] must yearn for [F] liberty,
_ _ [Eb] Yet all I want [Bb] in this [Gm] dark place is [C] to have you [Bb] here with me. _ _ _
_ Oh, [F] Grace, just hold me in your [Eb] arms and let this [Bb] moment linger,
_ _ [Eb] They'll take me out [Bb] at dawn [Eb] and I [F] must die. _ _ _ _
_ With all my love I'll place this [Eb] wedding ring upon [Bb] your finger,
_ [Eb] There won't be time [Bb] to share [Gm] our love, [F] so we [Bb] must say goodbye.
_ Now _ _ I know it's hard for you, my love, [Eb] to ever _ [F] understand
_ [Eb] The love I bear [Bb] for these [Gm] brave men, [C] my [Cm] love for this [F] dear land.
_ [Bb] But when Polly called me to his side [Eb] down in the _ [F] GPO,
_ [Eb] I had to _ [Bb] leave my own [Gm] sick bed, [F] to him I [Bb] had to go. _ _ _
_ [F] Oh, Grace, just hold me in your [Eb] arms and let this [Bb] moment linger,
_ [Eb] They'll take me [Bb] out at dawn and I [F] will die. _ _ _ _
_ With all my love I'll place this wedding [Eb] _ ring upon your [Bb] finger,
_ [Eb] There won't be time [Bb] to share [Gm] our love, [F] so we must [Bb] say goodbye.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] Now as the dawn is breaking, [F] my heart is [G] breaking too,
_ [F] They march me out [C] [A] on this gray [Am] mall, my [G]
thoughts will be of you.
[C] And I'll write some words upon the wall [F] so everyone [G] may know
_ [F] I loved so much [C] that I [Am] could see [G] his blood upon [C] the wall. _ _ _
_ _ [G] Oh, Grace, just hold me in your [F] arms and let this [C] moment linger,
_ [F] They'll take me out [C] at dawn and I [G] will die.
_ [Am] _ [G] _
_ _ With all my love I'll place this wedding [F] ring upon [C] your finger,
_ _ [F] There won't be time to share our [Am] love, [G] so we must say [C] goodbye.
_ _ There _ _ _
[F] won't be time [C] to share [Am] our love, [G] so we must say [F] goodbye. _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
This is a song written by two [Bb] brothers who are here tonight.
_ [G]
A while back, _ in the year 1916 in fact,
_ [G] Joseph Mary Plunkett was executed in Kilmainham jail.
_ _ And [Eb] in the early hours of the morning, and even earlier [E] than that, quite a little [G] bit earlier than that,
he was permitted [G] to marry his girlfriend, Grace Gifford, in the chapel in Kilmainham [Bb] jail.
This is a true story.
_ [Gm] And a lot of you might remember Joseph Mary [C] Plunkett, particularly for [Bb] _ his poem, His Blood Upon The Rose.
_ _ _ _ _ It's a [Gm] song called Grace, anyway.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
As we gather in the chapel here, [Eb]
in old Kilmainham jail,
I think about [Bb] these past [Gm] few weeks,
[Cm] Oh, will they say [F] we've failed [Bb] from our school days?
They have taught us we [Eb] must yearn for [F] liberty,
_ _ [Eb] Yet all I want [Bb] in this [Gm] dark place is [C] to have you [Bb] here with me. _ _ _
_ Oh, [F] Grace, just hold me in your [Eb] arms and let this [Bb] moment linger,
_ _ [Eb] They'll take me out [Bb] at dawn [Eb] and I [F] must die. _ _ _ _
_ With all my love I'll place this [Eb] wedding ring upon [Bb] your finger,
_ [Eb] There won't be time [Bb] to share [Gm] our love, [F] so we [Bb] must say goodbye.
_ Now _ _ I know it's hard for you, my love, [Eb] to ever _ [F] understand
_ [Eb] The love I bear [Bb] for these [Gm] brave men, [C] my [Cm] love for this [F] dear land.
_ [Bb] But when Polly called me to his side [Eb] down in the _ [F] GPO,
_ [Eb] I had to _ [Bb] leave my own [Gm] sick bed, [F] to him I [Bb] had to go. _ _ _
_ [F] Oh, Grace, just hold me in your [Eb] arms and let this [Bb] moment linger,
_ [Eb] They'll take me [Bb] out at dawn and I [F] will die. _ _ _ _
_ With all my love I'll place this wedding [Eb] _ ring upon your [Bb] finger,
_ [Eb] There won't be time [Bb] to share [Gm] our love, [F] so we must [Bb] say goodbye.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] Now as the dawn is breaking, [F] my heart is [G] breaking too,
_ [F] They march me out [C] [A] on this gray [Am] mall, my [G]
thoughts will be of you.
[C] And I'll write some words upon the wall [F] so everyone [G] may know
_ [F] I loved so much [C] that I [Am] could see [G] his blood upon [C] the wall. _ _ _
_ _ [G] Oh, Grace, just hold me in your [F] arms and let this [C] moment linger,
_ [F] They'll take me out [C] at dawn and I [G] will die.
_ [Am] _ [G] _
_ _ With all my love I'll place this wedding [F] ring upon [C] your finger,
_ _ [F] There won't be time to share our [Am] love, [G] so we must say [C] goodbye.
_ _ There _ _ _
[F] won't be time [C] to share [Am] our love, [G] so we must say [F] goodbye. _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _