Paint Me A Picture Of Ireland Chords by Seán Keane

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An old man [E] stood [A] at a canvas _ _ _ [D] _
Deciding what he'd paint [A] that _ day
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When he was found by [A] his grandson _ _ [D] Who was on a brief [E] holiday
_ _ _ [B] _ [A] The old [E] man, he was [A] _
distracted _ _ [D] At the young boy's request [A] on that _ day
_ [D] And tears welled up [A]
inside him _ [E] When he heard his grandson [A] _
_ say _ _
Paint me [E] a picture [A] of Ireland _ _ [D] Of things you _ remember [A] the _ _ most
[D] Its _ mountains and [A] its valleys _ _ [D] Its _ islands and [E] its _ coast
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Paint me [E] a picture [A] of Ireland _ Of [D]
things your memory still _ _ holds _
Something to show my [A]
grandchildren _ _ _ [E] A glimpse of the green, white [A] and _ gold
_ The old [E] man, he had [A] left Ireland _ _ [D] When the famine was still in [A] its prime
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Leaving a dying [A] _
people _ _ [D] To survive in a race [E] against time
_ _ [A] He landed [E] like millions [A] of _ others _ [D] In a country that opened [A] its door
_ _ [D] But he never _ forgot [A] his _ homestead And [E] shared stories of family [A] and _ more _ _
Paint me [E] a picture [A] of Ireland _ _ _ [D] Of things you remember [A] the _ most
_ [D] Its mountains _ and [A] its valleys _ _ [D] Its islands _ and [E] its _ coast
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Paint me [E] a picture [A] of Ireland _ _ [D] Of things your memory still _ _ holds _
Something to show my [A]
grandchildren _ _ _ [E] A glimpse of the green, white [A] and gold
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Now [E] an old man [A] lay _ dying _ [D] With his grandchildren all round [A] his bed
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He wants to tell them [A] a story _ _ [D] About the picture [A] they'd [E] always _ had
_ [A] My grandfather [E] painted [A] it for me _ [D] When I was much younger than _ you
_ _ This _ is where he [A]
came from _ _ [E] And this is where your roots [A] are too _ _ _ _
This is [E] a picture [A] of Ireland _ _ [D] Of things that he talked of [A] the _ most
_ [D] Its _ mountains and [A] its valleys _ _ [D] Its _ islands and [E] its coast
_ _ _ [A] This is [E] a picture [A] of Ireland _ Of [D] _
stories he often _ _ told _ _
He was so proud to [A] be Irish _ _ [E] Wrapped up in the green, white and gold
_ _ [D] Oh, he was so proud to [A] be Irish _ _ [E] Wrapped up in the green, white [A] and gold _ _
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