Only Our Rivers Run Free Chords by Christy Moore

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When apples [E] still grow [A] in November, _ _ [D] When blossoms [A] still bloom [E] on each tree,
_ _ _ [D] When leaves are still [A] green in December, _ _ [E] Let's stand, Lord, our land will be [F#m] free.
_ I _ _ [D]
wander her hills [A] and valleys, _ _ _ [D]
Still through my sorrow [C#m] I see,
_ _ _ [D] A land that has never [A] known freedom, _ _ [E] And only her rivers [F#m] run free.
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drink [E] to the death [A] of our manhood, _ _ [D] Those men [A] who would rather [E] have died,
_ [B] _ _ [D] Than to live in the cold [A] chains of bondage, _ _ [E] To bring back their rights who [C#] were [F#m] denied.
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_ are you now [A] when we need you?
_ _ [D] What burns where the flame [C#] used to be?
_ _ _ [D] Are you gone like the snows of [A] last winter?
_ _ _ [E] Will only our rivers [F#m] run free?
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sweet [E] was life [A] but for crying, _ _ _ [D] How mellow [A] the wine [E] that we're trying,
_ _ _ [D] How fragrant the rose [A] but it's dying, _ _ [E] How gentle the wind [F#m] but it _ [B] [F#m] sighs.
_ [D] What good is in youth [A] when it's aging?
_ _ [D] What joy is in eyes [C#m] that can see?
_ _ [D] When there's sorrow and sunshine [A] and flowers, _ _ _ [E]
And only our rivers [F#m] run free. _ _ _ _ _
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