Chords for Shanagolden (Sean McCarthy) - performed by Don Stiffe

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_ _ Oh _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Abm] the cold winds from [Fm] the mountains _ [Ab] are calling _ soft to me
The smell of scented [Db] heather brings [Ab] bitter _ [Eb] memory
_ _ [Bbm] The wild and [Fm] lonely girl up [Ab] in the [Cm] summer [Eb] sky
[Bbm] Flies high o'er Shannon [Db] Golden where my young Willie _ [Eb] _ _ lies _ _
I [Ab] met him in the _ wintertime when the snow was on the ground
[Eb] The Irish hills [Ab] were peaceful _ [Db]
[Fm] and [Ab] love was [Eb] all _ around
[Db] _ Scarcely [Ab] twenty-one years old, a young man in [Cm] his [Eb] prime
We [Bbm] were married, my darling [Db] Willie, _ by the eve of [Eb] Christmas time _
_ _ _ [Ab] Do you _ [Fm] remember, darling, _ [Db] we walked the [Ab] moonlit _ road
[Eb] I held you in [Ab] my arms, [Db] love, [Ab] I would never _ [Cm] let you go
[Eb] Our [G] hands, they were [Ab] entwined, my [Db] love, [Ab] all in the pale [Eb] moonlight
_ [Bbm] By the fields of [Db] Shannon Golden _ on a [Bbm] lonely [Eb] winter's night
_ _ Then _
[Ab] _ came the call [Fm] to Aaron's love [Db] and the hills they [Ab] were aflame
[Eb] Down from the silent [Ab] _ mountains [Db]
[Ab] the Saxon [Eb] strangers _ came
I held you in [Ab] my [Db] arms then, [Ab] my young heart wild [Eb] with fear
[Bbm] By the fields of Shannon [Db] Golden in the [Bbm] springtime [G] of the year
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You _ _ [Ab] fought then, [Fm] darling Willie, _ [Db] all through the [Ab] summer _ days
[Cm] I heard [Eb] the rifles [Ab] firing _ [Db] [Ab] in the mountains [Eb] far away
_ I held you in [Ab] my arms then, your blood ran free [Eb] and bright
_ [Bbm] And you died in [Db] Shannon Golden _ on a [Bbm] lonely summer's night
[Eb] _ _ _ Oh, [Ab] but that was long [Fm] ago, my love, [Db] and your son grows fine [Ab] and tall
[Eb] The hills, they are [Ab] at peace [Db] again, the [Ab] Saxon [Cm] strangers [Eb] _ gone
We'll place a red [Ab] rose on your grave by the silvery pale [Eb] moonlight
And [Bbm] we'll think of [Db] Shannon Golden _ on a [Bbm] lonely _ [Eb] winter's night _
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