Chords for Skibbereen
Tempo:
87.725 bpm
Chords used:
Dm
Gm
Am
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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When you're sitting in the graveyard in Skibbereen,
and I was just there on a quiet day a couple of years ago there,
and it just, when you think there's maybe 8,000, 10 [Am],000 people
[Dm] right under where you're sitting on the stone there,
[Gm] it brings it more personal, [Am] you know, that's what it does to me anyway.
[Dm]
[Am] [Dm] [Gm] Oh father [Am] dear, [Dm] I oft times hear [Gm] you speak [Am] of Herden.
[Dm]
Her lofty seas, [Gm] her [C] valleys green, [F] her mountains [A] rude and mild,
[Dm] they say it [Gm] is a [C] lovely land [F] where in a prince [A] might dwell.
[Gm] So why [Am] did you [Dm]
abandon it?
[Gm] The reason [Am] to [Dm] meet her?
[Gm] Oh son [Am] I [Dm] love my native land [Gm] with [A] energy [Dm] and
[Am] [Dm] teleplight came [G] over [C] all my [F] crops, my sheep and [A] cattle died.
[Dm] My rents and taxes [Gm]
were [C] too high, [F] I could not [A]
emragee.
[Gm] And [Am] that's [Dm] another reason why [Gm] I left [Am] old [Dm]
[Am] Skibbereen.
[Dm] [Gm] How well [Am] do I [Dm] remember [Gm] that bleak [A] December [Dm]
day
when the landlords [Gm] and the [C] sheriffs [F] came to drive us [A] all away.
[Dm] They set my roof [Gm] on [C] fire [F] with cursed Saxon's [A] flee.
[Gm] And [Am] that's the cruel [Dm]
reason [F] why [Gm] I left [A] old [Dm]
Skibbereen.
[Gm] And you [Am] were [Dm] only two years old [Gm] and Feeble [Am] was [D] your [Dm] friend.
[Dm] I had to leave [Gm] you with my [C] friend, [F] you bore your [A] father's name.
[Dm] I wrapped you [Bb] in my [Gm]
[C] coat the more from [F] the dead of night on [A] sea.
And I [Gm] bid [Am] a sigh [Dm] and said goodbye [Gm] to dear [A] old [Dm] Skibbereen.
[Gm] Oh father [Am] dear [Dm] the day will come [Gm] when an [Am] answer to [Dm]
call.
When Irishmen [Gm] with feeling [C] stern [F] will rally.
He will [A]
[Dm] I'll be the man [Gm] to lead [C] the band [F] beneath that flag [A] of green.
[Gm] [Am] We'll [Dm]
raise a cry [Gm] revenge [Am] for [Dm] Skibbereen.
[D]
and I was just there on a quiet day a couple of years ago there,
and it just, when you think there's maybe 8,000, 10 [Am],000 people
[Dm] right under where you're sitting on the stone there,
[Gm] it brings it more personal, [Am] you know, that's what it does to me anyway.
[Dm]
[Am] [Dm] [Gm] Oh father [Am] dear, [Dm] I oft times hear [Gm] you speak [Am] of Herden.
[Dm]
Her lofty seas, [Gm] her [C] valleys green, [F] her mountains [A] rude and mild,
[Dm] they say it [Gm] is a [C] lovely land [F] where in a prince [A] might dwell.
[Gm] So why [Am] did you [Dm]
abandon it?
[Gm] The reason [Am] to [Dm] meet her?
[Gm] Oh son [Am] I [Dm] love my native land [Gm] with [A] energy [Dm] and
[Am] [Dm] teleplight came [G] over [C] all my [F] crops, my sheep and [A] cattle died.
[Dm] My rents and taxes [Gm]
were [C] too high, [F] I could not [A]
emragee.
[Gm] And [Am] that's [Dm] another reason why [Gm] I left [Am] old [Dm]
[Am] Skibbereen.
[Dm] [Gm] How well [Am] do I [Dm] remember [Gm] that bleak [A] December [Dm]
day
when the landlords [Gm] and the [C] sheriffs [F] came to drive us [A] all away.
[Dm] They set my roof [Gm] on [C] fire [F] with cursed Saxon's [A] flee.
[Gm] And [Am] that's the cruel [Dm]
reason [F] why [Gm] I left [A] old [Dm]
Skibbereen.
[Gm] And you [Am] were [Dm] only two years old [Gm] and Feeble [Am] was [D] your [Dm] friend.
[Dm] I had to leave [Gm] you with my [C] friend, [F] you bore your [A] father's name.
[Dm] I wrapped you [Bb] in my [Gm]
[C] coat the more from [F] the dead of night on [A] sea.
And I [Gm] bid [Am] a sigh [Dm] and said goodbye [Gm] to dear [A] old [Dm] Skibbereen.
[Gm] Oh father [Am] dear [Dm] the day will come [Gm] when an [Am] answer to [Dm]
call.
When Irishmen [Gm] with feeling [C] stern [F] will rally.
He will [A]
[Dm] I'll be the man [Gm] to lead [C] the band [F] beneath that flag [A] of green.
[Gm] [Am] We'll [Dm]
raise a cry [Gm] revenge [Am] for [Dm] Skibbereen.
[D]
Key:
Dm
Gm
Am
A
F
Dm
Gm
Am
When you're sitting in the graveyard in Skibbereen,
and I was just there on a quiet day a couple of years ago there,
and it just, when you think there's maybe 8,000, 10 [Am],000 people
[Dm] right under where you're sitting on the stone there,
[Gm] it brings it more personal, [Am] you know, that's what it does to me anyway.
[Dm] _
[Am] _ [Dm] _ [Gm] Oh father [Am] dear, [Dm] I oft times hear [Gm] you speak [Am] of Herden.
[Dm] _
_ _ Her lofty seas, [Gm] her [C] valleys green, [F] her mountains [A] rude and mild,
_ [Dm] they say it [Gm] is a [C] lovely land [F] where in a prince [A] might dwell.
_ [Gm] So why [Am] did you [Dm]
abandon it?
[Gm] The reason [Am] to [Dm] meet her?
_ _ [Gm] Oh son [Am] I [Dm] love my native land [Gm] with _ [A] energy [Dm] and
[Am] _ [Dm] _ _ teleplight came [G] over [C] all my [F] crops, my sheep and [A] cattle died.
[Dm] My rents and taxes [Gm]
were [C] too high, [F] I could not _ [A] _
emragee.
[Gm] And [Am] that's [Dm] another reason why [Gm] I left [Am] old _ [Dm]
[Am] Skibbereen.
_ [Dm] _ [Gm] How well [Am] do I [Dm] remember _ [Gm] that bleak [A] December [Dm]
day
_ when the landlords [Gm] and the _ [C] sheriffs [F] came to drive us [A] all away.
[Dm] They set my roof [Gm] on [C] fire [F] with cursed Saxon's [A] flee.
_ _ [Gm] And [Am] that's the cruel [Dm]
reason [F] why [Gm] I left [A] old _ [Dm]
Skibbereen.
_ _ [Gm] And you [Am] were [Dm] only two years old [Gm] and Feeble [Am] was [D] your [Dm] friend.
_ [Dm] I had to leave [Gm] you with my [C] friend, [F] you bore your [A] father's name.
_ [Dm] I wrapped you [Bb] in my [Gm]
[C] coat the more from [F] the dead of night on [A] sea.
_ And I [Gm] bid [Am] a sigh [Dm] and said goodbye [Gm] to dear [A] old [Dm] Skibbereen.
_ _ [Gm] Oh father [Am] dear [Dm] the day will come [Gm] when an [Am] answer to [Dm]
call.
_ When _ Irishmen [Gm] with feeling [C] stern [F] will rally.
He will [A] _
_ _ [Dm] I'll be the man [Gm] to lead [C] the band [F] beneath that flag [A] of _ green.
[Gm] _ _ [Am] We'll [Dm]
raise a cry [Gm] revenge [Am] for _ [Dm] Skibbereen.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
and I was just there on a quiet day a couple of years ago there,
and it just, when you think there's maybe 8,000, 10 [Am],000 people
[Dm] right under where you're sitting on the stone there,
[Gm] it brings it more personal, [Am] you know, that's what it does to me anyway.
[Dm] _
[Am] _ [Dm] _ [Gm] Oh father [Am] dear, [Dm] I oft times hear [Gm] you speak [Am] of Herden.
[Dm] _
_ _ Her lofty seas, [Gm] her [C] valleys green, [F] her mountains [A] rude and mild,
_ [Dm] they say it [Gm] is a [C] lovely land [F] where in a prince [A] might dwell.
_ [Gm] So why [Am] did you [Dm]
abandon it?
[Gm] The reason [Am] to [Dm] meet her?
_ _ [Gm] Oh son [Am] I [Dm] love my native land [Gm] with _ [A] energy [Dm] and
[Am] _ [Dm] _ _ teleplight came [G] over [C] all my [F] crops, my sheep and [A] cattle died.
[Dm] My rents and taxes [Gm]
were [C] too high, [F] I could not _ [A] _
emragee.
[Gm] And [Am] that's [Dm] another reason why [Gm] I left [Am] old _ [Dm]
[Am] Skibbereen.
_ [Dm] _ [Gm] How well [Am] do I [Dm] remember _ [Gm] that bleak [A] December [Dm]
day
_ when the landlords [Gm] and the _ [C] sheriffs [F] came to drive us [A] all away.
[Dm] They set my roof [Gm] on [C] fire [F] with cursed Saxon's [A] flee.
_ _ [Gm] And [Am] that's the cruel [Dm]
reason [F] why [Gm] I left [A] old _ [Dm]
Skibbereen.
_ _ [Gm] And you [Am] were [Dm] only two years old [Gm] and Feeble [Am] was [D] your [Dm] friend.
_ [Dm] I had to leave [Gm] you with my [C] friend, [F] you bore your [A] father's name.
_ [Dm] I wrapped you [Bb] in my [Gm]
[C] coat the more from [F] the dead of night on [A] sea.
_ And I [Gm] bid [Am] a sigh [Dm] and said goodbye [Gm] to dear [A] old [Dm] Skibbereen.
_ _ [Gm] Oh father [Am] dear [Dm] the day will come [Gm] when an [Am] answer to [Dm]
call.
_ When _ Irishmen [Gm] with feeling [C] stern [F] will rally.
He will [A] _
_ _ [Dm] I'll be the man [Gm] to lead [C] the band [F] beneath that flag [A] of _ green.
[Gm] _ _ [Am] We'll [Dm]
raise a cry [Gm] revenge [Am] for _ [Dm] Skibbereen.
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _