Chords for Skibbereen (full traditional version) lyrics.
Tempo:
78.375 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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O father dear, I oft times hear You speak [Ebm] of Erin's Isle
green Her [Abm] mountains rude and wild
They say [Eb] it is a lovely land [D] Where in the King might [Abm] dwell
So why did you abandon it?
O son, I loved my [Eb] native land [N] With energy and pride
blight upon my crops And the sheep and cattle died
[Abm] and the rents to pay I could not [N] them redeem
that's a cruel reason why [Ab] I left old Skiverine
green Her [Abm] mountains rude and wild
They say [Eb] it is a lovely land [D] Where in the King might [Abm] dwell
So why did you abandon it?
O son, I loved my [Eb] native land [N] With energy and pride
blight upon my crops And the sheep and cattle died
[Abm] and the rents to pay I could not [N] them redeem
that's a cruel reason why [Ab] I left old Skiverine
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_ _ _ O father dear, I oft times hear You speak [Ebm] of Erin's Isle
_ Her lofty scenes, her valleys green Her [Abm] mountains rude and wild
_ They say [Eb] it is a lovely land _ [D] Where in the King might [Abm] dwell
So why did you abandon _ it?
The [Gbm] reason [F] do me [Ab] tell
_ _ O son, I loved my [Eb] native land [N] With energy and pride
_ _ Until the blight upon my crops And the sheep and cattle died
The _ taxes [Abm] and the rents to pay I could not [N] them redeem
_ _ And that's a cruel _ reason why _ [Ab] I left old _ Skiverine _ _
[B] It's [Gb] well I do [Ab] remember That cold [Db] December day
The _ [Abm] landlords and their bailiffs came To drive us all away
_ They set my [Eb] roof on fire with their demon yellow spleen
[Ab] _ And that's another reason why [Gb] _
I left old [Ab] Skiverine _ _
_ _ Your mother, to God rest her soul, lay on the snowy ground
She _ _ fainted o'er in _ sadness, _ _ desolation all [Eb] around
_ _ [Abm] She could not rise but passed away From life to a mortal [Eb]
dream
_ [N] And she found a quiet grave, my boy, _ [B] That night [F] in [Ab] Skiverine _ _ _ _
And you were only two years [Cm] old [Gb] And [Abm] feeble was your frame _
I could not leave you [Eb] with my friends _ For you bore [Ab] your father's name
So I [B] wrapped you in my coat of moor _ In the dead of [Db] night unseen
[Cm] _ [Eb] _ And _ heaved a sigh and said goodbye _ To dear [Ab] old Skiverine _ _ _
[Db] It's well I do remember The year of [Gb] [Ab] 48
_ I _ [Ebm] [Abm] rode with comrades brave and true Who battled against our fate
I was [E] hunted through the mountains _ By slaves to a foreign [Eb] queen
[Ab] And _ that's another reason why _ I left [Gb] old [G] [Ab] Skiverine
_ [Abm] _ _
Oh, father dear, the day will come _ When vengeance loud will call _
And Terran sons will rally round _ Together one and all
_ _ And I will be the man to lead the band _ _ Beneath the flag of green
_ And Laos _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] will _ raise the cry _ _ [G] Revenge [Ab] for
_ Her lofty scenes, her valleys green Her [Abm] mountains rude and wild
_ They say [Eb] it is a lovely land _ [D] Where in the King might [Abm] dwell
So why did you abandon _ it?
The [Gbm] reason [F] do me [Ab] tell
_ _ O son, I loved my [Eb] native land [N] With energy and pride
_ _ Until the blight upon my crops And the sheep and cattle died
The _ taxes [Abm] and the rents to pay I could not [N] them redeem
_ _ And that's a cruel _ reason why _ [Ab] I left old _ Skiverine _ _
[B] It's [Gb] well I do [Ab] remember That cold [Db] December day
The _ [Abm] landlords and their bailiffs came To drive us all away
_ They set my [Eb] roof on fire with their demon yellow spleen
[Ab] _ And that's another reason why [Gb] _
I left old [Ab] Skiverine _ _
_ _ Your mother, to God rest her soul, lay on the snowy ground
She _ _ fainted o'er in _ sadness, _ _ desolation all [Eb] around
_ _ [Abm] She could not rise but passed away From life to a mortal [Eb]
dream
_ [N] And she found a quiet grave, my boy, _ [B] That night [F] in [Ab] Skiverine _ _ _ _
And you were only two years [Cm] old [Gb] And [Abm] feeble was your frame _
I could not leave you [Eb] with my friends _ For you bore [Ab] your father's name
So I [B] wrapped you in my coat of moor _ In the dead of [Db] night unseen
[Cm] _ [Eb] _ And _ heaved a sigh and said goodbye _ To dear [Ab] old Skiverine _ _ _
[Db] It's well I do remember The year of [Gb] [Ab] 48
_ I _ [Ebm] [Abm] rode with comrades brave and true Who battled against our fate
I was [E] hunted through the mountains _ By slaves to a foreign [Eb] queen
[Ab] And _ that's another reason why _ I left [Gb] old [G] [Ab] Skiverine
_ [Abm] _ _
Oh, father dear, the day will come _ When vengeance loud will call _
And Terran sons will rally round _ Together one and all
_ _ And I will be the man to lead the band _ _ Beneath the flag of green
_ And Laos _ [Db] _ _ [Ab] will _ raise the cry _ _ [G] Revenge [Ab] for
