The Emigrant Chords by Margo
Tempo:
152.5 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Db
Eb
F
Bbm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Db]
[Eb] [Bbm] [Eb]
[Ab] [F]
[Ab] I was sitting on a barstool [Db] downtown the other [Ab] day
[Eb] And I said hello to this old man who passed the [Ab] time away
He told me he was Irish [Db] and his accent rang a bell
[Eb] He was from a place in Galway that I knew [Ab] quite well
I bought a drink, we [Db] reminisced, he said his name was John
[Eb] And he hadn't been back since he left in [Ab] 1941
The years just seemed to roll away [Db] as he slipped down memory lane
[Eb] And I couldn't bring myself to tell him things were not [Ab] the same
[Db] How do you tell an old [Ab] man who's lonely and alone
That the [Db] old days are [Ab] just memories and [F] gone [Eb]
forevermore?
[Ab] It doesn't matter when you left [Db] or just how far you've grown
That little [Eb] island over there will always be [Ab] your home
[Db] [Eb]
[Ab]
[F] We [Ab] talked of favourite places [Db] and days when he was young
[Eb] He asked about a lot of folk but they were mostly dead [Ab] and gone
He could not erase those childhood days, [Db] fun, fill-starry nights
[Eb] And the close-knit family circle whose memories still [Ab] burn bright
I took his hand to say goodbye, [Db] I had to catch a plane
[Eb] And it hurt to see his shoulders stoop and eyes fill up [Ab] with pain
He said I'll never see [Db] again the moon on Galway Bay
[Eb] But tell them all you'd talked to John and everything's [Ab] okay
[Db] How do you tell an old man [Ab] who's lonely and alone
That the old [Db] days are [Ab] just memories [Ab] and gone [Eb] forevermore?
[Ab] It doesn't matter when you left [Db] or just how far you've grown
That little island [Eb] over there will always be [Ab] your home
[Db] That little [Eb] island over there will always be [Ab] your home
[Eb] [Bbm] [Eb]
[Ab] [F]
[Ab] I was sitting on a barstool [Db] downtown the other [Ab] day
[Eb] And I said hello to this old man who passed the [Ab] time away
He told me he was Irish [Db] and his accent rang a bell
[Eb] He was from a place in Galway that I knew [Ab] quite well
I bought a drink, we [Db] reminisced, he said his name was John
[Eb] And he hadn't been back since he left in [Ab] 1941
The years just seemed to roll away [Db] as he slipped down memory lane
[Eb] And I couldn't bring myself to tell him things were not [Ab] the same
[Db] How do you tell an old [Ab] man who's lonely and alone
That the [Db] old days are [Ab] just memories and [F] gone [Eb]
forevermore?
[Ab] It doesn't matter when you left [Db] or just how far you've grown
That little [Eb] island over there will always be [Ab] your home
[Db] [Eb]
[Ab]
[F] We [Ab] talked of favourite places [Db] and days when he was young
[Eb] He asked about a lot of folk but they were mostly dead [Ab] and gone
He could not erase those childhood days, [Db] fun, fill-starry nights
[Eb] And the close-knit family circle whose memories still [Ab] burn bright
I took his hand to say goodbye, [Db] I had to catch a plane
[Eb] And it hurt to see his shoulders stoop and eyes fill up [Ab] with pain
He said I'll never see [Db] again the moon on Galway Bay
[Eb] But tell them all you'd talked to John and everything's [Ab] okay
[Db] How do you tell an old man [Ab] who's lonely and alone
That the old [Db] days are [Ab] just memories [Ab] and gone [Eb] forevermore?
[Ab] It doesn't matter when you left [Db] or just how far you've grown
That little island [Eb] over there will always be [Ab] your home
[Db] That little [Eb] island over there will always be [Ab] your home
Key:
Ab
Db
Eb
F
Bbm
Ab
Db
Eb
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Ab] I was sitting on a _ barstool [Db] downtown the other [Ab] day
[Eb] And I said hello to this old man who passed the [Ab] time away
_ He told me he was Irish [Db] and his accent rang a bell _
[Eb] He was from a place in Galway _ that I knew [Ab] quite well
_ _ _ _ I bought a drink, we _ [Db] reminisced, he said his name was John
_ [Eb] And he hadn't been back since he left in _ [Ab] 1941
_ _ _ The years just seemed to roll away [Db] as he slipped down memory lane
_ [Eb] And I couldn't bring myself to tell him things were not [Ab] the same _ _ _ _
_ [Db] How do you tell an old [Ab] man who's lonely and alone
That the [Db] old days are [Ab] just memories and [F] gone _ [Eb] _ _
forevermore?
_ _ _ [Ab] It doesn't matter when you left [Db] or just how far you've grown
_ That little [Eb] island over there will always be [Ab] your home _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] We [Ab] _ talked of favourite places [Db] and days when he was young
_ [Eb] He asked about a lot of folk but they were mostly dead [Ab] and gone
_ He could not erase those childhood days, [Db] fun, fill-starry nights
_ [Eb] And the close-knit family circle _ whose memories still [Ab] burn bright _ _ _
I took his hand to say goodbye, [Db] I had to catch a plane _
[Eb] And it hurt to see his shoulders stoop and eyes fill up [Ab] with pain _
He said I'll never see [Db] again the moon on Galway Bay _
[Eb] But tell them all you'd talked to John and _ everything's [Ab] okay _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] How do you tell an old man [Ab] who's lonely and alone
_ That the old [Db] days are [Ab] just memories _ [Ab] and gone _ [Eb] _ _ forevermore? _ _ _
[Ab] It doesn't matter when you left [Db] or just how far you've grown _
That little island [Eb] over there will always be [Ab] your _ home
_ _ _ [Db] That little _ [Eb] island over there will always be [Ab] your home _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[Ab] I was sitting on a _ barstool [Db] downtown the other [Ab] day
[Eb] And I said hello to this old man who passed the [Ab] time away
_ He told me he was Irish [Db] and his accent rang a bell _
[Eb] He was from a place in Galway _ that I knew [Ab] quite well
_ _ _ _ I bought a drink, we _ [Db] reminisced, he said his name was John
_ [Eb] And he hadn't been back since he left in _ [Ab] 1941
_ _ _ The years just seemed to roll away [Db] as he slipped down memory lane
_ [Eb] And I couldn't bring myself to tell him things were not [Ab] the same _ _ _ _
_ [Db] How do you tell an old [Ab] man who's lonely and alone
That the [Db] old days are [Ab] just memories and [F] gone _ [Eb] _ _
forevermore?
_ _ _ [Ab] It doesn't matter when you left [Db] or just how far you've grown
_ That little [Eb] island over there will always be [Ab] your home _ _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] We [Ab] _ talked of favourite places [Db] and days when he was young
_ [Eb] He asked about a lot of folk but they were mostly dead [Ab] and gone
_ He could not erase those childhood days, [Db] fun, fill-starry nights
_ [Eb] And the close-knit family circle _ whose memories still [Ab] burn bright _ _ _
I took his hand to say goodbye, [Db] I had to catch a plane _
[Eb] And it hurt to see his shoulders stoop and eyes fill up [Ab] with pain _
He said I'll never see [Db] again the moon on Galway Bay _
[Eb] But tell them all you'd talked to John and _ everything's [Ab] okay _
_ _ _ _ _ [Db] How do you tell an old man [Ab] who's lonely and alone
_ That the old [Db] days are [Ab] just memories _ [Ab] and gone _ [Eb] _ _ forevermore? _ _ _
[Ab] It doesn't matter when you left [Db] or just how far you've grown _
That little island [Eb] over there will always be [Ab] your _ home
_ _ _ [Db] That little _ [Eb] island over there will always be [Ab] your home _ _ _ _
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