Chords for Skibereen - Dan McCabe

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_ _ _ Oh _ _ _ _ _ father _ dear, _ _ _ I of _ times here, _ _ _ You speak _ of Theron, _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Her _ lofty _ seams _ and _ valleys _ green, _ _ Her _ mountains _ rude and wild,
_ _ _ _ I _ hear it is _ _ a _ lonely land, _ _ Where in her prince might dwell, _ _ _ _
_ So _ why did you _ _ _ abandon _ her, _ _ Your reason _ to me tell?
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_ _ _ Oh [F] son, I [Ab] love my [Bbm] _ native _ [Dbm] land, With [Gb] _ _
[Ab] energy and pride,
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_ _ Till a blight came [Db] _
over [Gb] all my [Ab] crops, _ [Db] My sheep _ and cattle [Ab] died,
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] My rent and [Db] _ taxes _ [Gb]
were too [Ab] high, _ [Db] I could not them _ [Fm] redeem, _ _
_ _ _ [Gb] And _ that's [Ab] _ another _ [Bbm] _ reason [Db] why, _ [Gb] I left old [Ab] _
_ [Bbm] Skipperine, _ _ _ _ _
[Gb] Oh it's well [Ab] do I _ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Db] remember, _ [Gb] That bleak _ [Ab] December _ [Bbm] day,
_ _ [Fm] _ _ [Bbm] When the landlord [Db] _ and the [Gb] sheriff [Ab] _
came, [Db] To drive _ us all [Ab] away,
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] They set my [Db] roof on _ [Ab] fire, With [Db] their _ corsair, _ sax and [Fm] spleen, _ _ _
[Gb] And _ that's [Ab] the cruel [Bbm] _ reason [Db] _ why, [Gb] I left [Ab] old Skipperine,
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_ _ _ [Db] And you [Ab] were only [Bbm] two [Db] years old, [Gb] The [Ab] feeble was [Bbm] your frame,
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm] I could not [Db] leave you _ with your [Ab] friends, [Db] You bore your _ father's [Ab] name,
_ _ I [Bbm] _ robbed [Db] you in my [Gb] _
[Ab] colt's home, _ _ [Db] In the dead of night _ [Fm] unseen, _ _ _
_ [Gb] And I bore [Ab] us sight, And [Bbm] said _ [Ab] goodbye, [Gb] To dear [Ab] old _ _ [Gb] Skipperine, _
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
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And your mother [Ab] too, _ [Bbm] God rest her [Db] _ soul, [Gb] Fell to the [Eb] _ snowy [Bbm] ground, _
_ _ _ She _ fainted [Ab] _ in her [Gb] _ _ _ [Ab] anguish, _ [Db] _ Desolation was all [Ab] around,
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] She never _ [Db] rose but [Gb] _ passed [Ab] away, _ [Db] From life to mortal [Fm] drain,
_ _ _ And [Gb] she found [Ab] a quiet _ [Bbm] _
grave, [Db] My boy, [Gb] dear _ [Ab] old Skipperine,
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ _
_ Oh [Gb] _ father [Ab] _
dear, _ [Bbm] Today [Ab] will come, [Gb] An answer _ [Ab] to the [Bbm] call,
_ _ _ _ When _
[Bb] _ _ [Db] Irishmen with [Gb] _ feeling [Ab] stern, [Db] Will rally _ [Ab] one and all, _ _ _
[Bbm] I'll be [Db] the man to [Gb]
lead the [Ab] band, _ _ [Db] Under a flag [Fm] of green, _ _ _
_ [Gb] And loud [Ab] and high, [Bbm] We'll [Bb] raise the [Db] cry, [Gb]
Revenge [Ab] for _ _ [Eb] Skipperine, _
_ _ _ _ [Bbm] And loud [Ab] and high, [Bbm] We'll [Fm] raise [Bbm] the cry, _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ Revenge _ for Skipperine. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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