Chords for Irish Descendants - The Dublin Reel

_ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ [B] _ [E] _
_ A maiden [C#m] fair, she had long [A] dark hair and her eyes like [B] the darkest coal,
[E] A taunting [C#m] smile, that mature [A] beguile and melt [B] the heart of soul.
[E] _ Dancing [G#m] lightly, [C#m] sprightly, she stole [A] his heart with a twirl that [E] girl he'll not [C#m] forget,
The night they [A] met in a dance called [E] the Dublin Reel.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ They walked [C#m] out to the starry [A] night and the crescent [B] moon had a glow,
[E] It felt so [C#m] right with hands held [A] tight as they looked on the town [B] below.
[E] _ [F#m] Chancing a [G#m] kiss, he [C#m] missed her cheek as [A] she pulled [E] away,
Displayed to the borehounds down from the fairy [A] mound as they danced to [E] the Dublin Reel.
[B] [C#m] They were [E] dancing all [B] night long, [E] _ dancing [A] till [E] the [B] break of [E] dawn.
[B] _ [C#m] They were [A] dancing [E] all night [B] long, [E] _ [A] dancing till [E] the break of dawn.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ [B] _ [E] _
The dark [C#m] of night turned into light and he asked what [B] was her name,
[E] Matters [C#m] not, was all [A] he got as on [B] the grass they lay,
[E] _ [F#] Listening to [G#m] stories, [C#m] glories seen of [A] another world,
This [E] girl she most had [C#m] left while he soundly [A] slept,
Having [B] danced to the [E] Dublin Reel.
[B] _ [C#m] They were [A] dancing [E] all night long, _ [A] dancing till [E] the break of dawn.
[B] They [C#m] were [A] dancing all [B] night long, [E] _ [A] dancing till [E] the break of dawn.
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_ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
_ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [A] _ [B] _ [E] _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [B] _ [E] _
_ Weeks have [C#m] gone and life goes [A] on, now he's back on American [B] shores,
[E] Every [C#m] night he relents that [F#m] sight as he longs for it [G#m] more and more.
[E] _ [F#] Under a [G#m] spell he [C#m] fell in love with a [A] dancing, braided [E] stage,
His only [C#m] care is the maiden [A] fair in a [E] dance called the Dublin Reel.
[B] _ [C#m] They were dancing all [B] night long, [E] _ [A] dancing till [E] the break of dawn.
[B] _ [C#m] They were [A] dancing all night [G#m] long, [E] _ [A] dancing till [E] the break of dawn.
[B] They [C#m] were [A] dancing [E] all night [B] long, [E] _ dancing till the break of dawn.
[B] _ [C#m] They were [E] dancing all night [B] long, [E] _ dancing till the break of dawn.
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