Chords for Roisin - Barleycorn

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
It's a long time now since first we met, _
[C] when I was but [D] a child
I felt you were [Am] just mine [D] alone, for [G] I loved you all [D] the while
In [G] those days when I was oh so young, [C] I could not [G] understand
_ [Em] Why [D] so many [G] others loved you [Em] too, [C] and tried [D] to [G] take your _ hand
_ [D] Oh _ [G] _ Roshi, [C]
[G] my [D] Roshi, _ I know you know [G] just what I mean
And I feel _ [C] love and sadness when [D] I think of you, [G] Roshi
_ _ _ And [C] _ [D] _
[G] down the years, in words and song, _
[C] your lover's [D] reminisce _
We dream our old [Am] familiar [D] dreams [G] of the lady _ [D] in the mist _
[G] Yet still today, we will not ask [C] what you want [G] us to do
_ [Em]
[D] Why do we hurt [G] the [Bm] ones [Em] we love, [C] and [D] claim to love [G] you too? _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] Oh Roshi, [C]
[D] my Roshi, _ I know you know [G] just what I mean
And I feel [C] love and [Am] sadness when [D] I think of you, [G] Roshi
_ _ _ [C] Oh [D]
[G] the years pass by me as I grow old, [C] but you remain [D] still young
There's one regret [Am] within [D] my heart, [G] that we never knew [D] were as one _
[G] But one thing I can say for sure, [C] in all your [G] future days
[Em]
[D] You'll know the [G] pain of love, [Em] because [C] we [D] love in [G] different _ _ ways
_ [D] _ [G] Oh Roshi, [C]
[D] my _ Roshi, I know you [G] know just what I mean
And I feel [C] love and [Am] sadness when [D] I think of you, [G] Roshi
_ _ Oh Roshi, [C]
[G] my [D] _ Roshi, I know you [G] know just what I mean
And I feel [C] love and [Am] sadness when [D] I think of you, [G] Roshi
[C] _ [G] Yes I feel [C] love and sadness when [D] I think of you, [G] Roshi _ _ _ _ _ _
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