Grace - Jim McCann - The Original & The Best Version Chords

_ [G] A few years ago, I was offered a song which I found so moving,
I couldn't wait to get into a studio and record it.
It's all about a young woman called Grace Gifford,
who was the childhood sweetheart and for a very short period of time,
the wife of a poet called Joseph Mary Plunkett.
_ I see his blood upon the rose,
and in the stars the glory of his eyes. _
His body gleams amid eternal [C#m] snows,
[F] his tears [E] fall from the [G] skies.
_ _ Joseph Mary Plunkett was the youngest of the signatories
of the Proclamation of [F#] Independence in 1916. _
[G] _ At the age of 29, [F#] he was sentenced to death,
along [D#] with all the other [F#] rebels.
[F] He was shot here in Kilmainham Jail in Dublin
on the [E] 4th of May, 1916,
at about half past six in the morning.
A few hours before the execution,
Grace Gifford and a priest were brought in,
and in a bizarre ceremony, Joseph Plunkett married Grace.
_ They were allowed just 15 minutes together,
and that was the extent of their married life.
_ I met a lovely old lady called Miss Bridget Kelly,
who was actually present at the wedding.
_ She told me that during the young couple's final few minutes,
the only item of furniture in the cell was a small stool. _
_ Miss Kelly told me that Grace sat on the stool
while Joseph Plunkett knelt on the floor.
_ I find that image very touching. _
_ _ [G] Although this story is set amid the terrible events of 1916,
it is, in every [B] sense, a [C#] love song.
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_ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] _
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As we gather in the chapel _ [D#m] here
[E] In _ old Kilmainham [F#] _ Jail
I _ [E] think about _ [B] these past few weeks
[C#m] Oh, will they say _ [F#] we failed _ _
[B] From our school days
They have told us [D#m] we [E] must yearn for [F#] liberty _ _ _ _
[E] Yet all I want _ [B] in this dark place
Is [F#] to have you here [B] with me _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] Oh, _ Grace, just hold me in your arms
[E] And let this moment _ [B] linger _ _
[E] Then take me out [B] at dawn
And I [F#] will die _ _
_ _ _ _ _
With _ all my love I'll place this wedding _ [E] _ ring
Upon your [B] finger _ _ _
[E] There won't be time [B] to share our [G#m] love
[F#] For we must say [B] goodbye _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
Now I know it's _ hard for you, my [D#m] love,
[E] To ever _ _
_ [F#] understand _ _ _
[E] The love I bear [B] for these brave men
_ [C#m] My love for this [F#] dear land _
But [B] when Parry _ called me to his [D#m] side
_ [E] Down in the _
_ [F#] GPO _ _ _
[E] I had to _ leave [B] my own _ sickbed
[F#] To him I had [B] to go _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] Oh, Grace, just hold me in your _ arms
[E] And let this moment _ [B] linger _ _
[E] Then take me out at [B] dawn
And I [F#] will die _ _
_ _ _ _ _
With _ all my love I'll place this wedding _ [E] ring
_ Upon your [B] finger _ _ _
[E] There won't be time _ [B] to share our [G#m] love
[F#] For we must say [B] goodbye _ _ _
Now [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ as the dawn is _ [Em] breaking _
[F] My heart is breaking [G] too _ _
On [F] this May _ morn [C] as I walk out _
[Dm] My thoughts will be [G] of you _ _ _
[C] And I'll write some _ words upon the [Em] wall
[F] So _ everyone _ [G] will know _ _
[F] I loved so much [C] that I could see
[G] His blood upon [C] the _ rose _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G] Oh, Grace, _ just hold me in your _ arms
[F] And let this moment [C] linger _ _ _
[F] Then take me out at [C] dawn
And I will [G] _ die _ _
_ _ _ _ _
With _ all my love I'll place this wedding [F] ring
_ Upon your [C] finger _ _ _
[F] There won't be time _ [C] to share our [Am] love
[G] For we must say _ [C] goodbye _ _ _
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Oh, [F] there won't be time _ [C] to share our [Am] love _
[G] So we must say [F] _ goodbye _ _
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