Chords for Pad's Song (Pat & Joe Byrne)

_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
It [D] was up with the _ dawning [A] and down to the [Bm]
stage,
_ _ _ [D] And all [A] on your aisle close [Bm] each morn. _
_ _ Put [D] your nine-foot oars across her [A] and leave the land behind,
Head [D] her out [A] through the fog [Bm] on the Seine. _ _
_ And t'was [G] _ _ [D] holiday _ in the [G] _ cross handed [A]
away,
[Bm] And hope [D] that the dogfish [G] wouldn't run. _ _ _ _
Curse [D] the old black tongue [A] just to keep your spirits high,
Keep your [D] eye to [A] the western [Bm] farthest wall. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [D] Now the _ cross handed set [A] was the _ [Bm] paradise way, _ _ _
_ [C#m] It [D] was slow but [A] a man was on [Bm] his own. _ _ _
And [D] you owed no man a penny but [A] your backy whip card aisle,
And your [F#m] pride was in [A] the strength of [Bm] your arm. _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] As the years they passed by [A] there were three [Bm] daughters born, _ _
_ [D] With no sign _ [A] of a boy _ [B] coming on.
[Bm] _ _ _
But [E] your [D] woman _ didn't worry, she [A] was young and fair and strong,
And she [D] smiled from [A] her garden [B] on the hill.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] Then with two _ boys born and [A] coming _ into [Bm] their own, _ _
_ [D] All your _ comrades [A] went chasing [Bm] a dream, _ _
And [D] you died never knowing of [A] the wealth that you passed on.
For [D] it's only [A] now it started to [Bm] be _ seen. _ _
And t [G]'was _ [D] holiday _ in the cross handed [A] away, _
[F#m] And [D] hope that the dogfish [G] wouldn't run.
_ _ _ Curse [D] the old black tongue just [A] to keep your spirits high,
Keep your [D] eye to the [A] western _ [B] farthest wall.
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _