Chords for Paddy O'Brien - The Little White Cross.

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_ _ _ By an [A#] Irish roadside [C] as I travelled [F] one _ day _ I met [Am] an old lady [A#] whose hair had [C] gone _ grey
_ [F] As she knelt by the wayside [A#] as the stones [C] gathered moss
[F] And she prayed [A#] for a soul [C] by the little [F] white _ cross _
A soldier [A#] of Ireland [C] had given [F] his _ life _ On the day [Am] that he married [A#] his charming [C] young wife _ _
[F] They were wed in a church [A#] on the road to [C] Newroz [F] Now she sleeps [A#] by the side [C] of the little [F] white cross
_ _ With a rosary [A#] beat in [C] her hand she [F] bowed down _ _ Like the queen [Am] who was wearing [A#] her heavenly [C] _
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_ Though [F] it's many a day since [A#] she's suffered [C] the loss She [F] still needs [A#] to pray by [C] the little [F] white _ cross _
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_ _ _ Though her heart it [B] was breaking [C#] she felt proud [F#] that day _ With his gun [A#m] on his shoulder [B] he marched [C#] smartly away
_ _ [F#] Thirty years that have passed she [B] _
recalls the [C#] great loss [F#] As she kneels by [B] the side [C#] of the little [F#] white _ cross _
There's many [B] a cross by [C#] the side of the [F#] road _ _ _ There's many [A#m] a man that she [B] carries _ [C#] _ low _
Though [F#] the graves may be covered with ivy and moss Still history is told by the little white _ cross
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