Chords for The Call of Erin / September 1913 / The Musical Priest
Tempo:
106.05 bpm
Chords used:
D
Em
G
Bm
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [D] [G] [D] [A]
[Em] [Bm] What need you be in [Em] come to [A] sense, [F#] but [G] fumble in a greasy till,
[D] and [G] add a half-pence to the pence,
[D]
[G] and prayer to [Bm] shivering prayer until you've [E] dried the marrow from the [D] bone, [E] for men were born to [F#m] pray and save
[Em] romantic [Am] Ireland's dead and gone,
[E] to swith O'Leary in the grave.
[Em]
[D] Yet they were of a different kind, the [G] names that stilled your [D] childish play,
[E] of gone [Bm] about the world like wind, but little [G] time they had to pray,
for whom the hangman's rope was [D] sworn, for what, [Em] God help us, [Bm] could they save
[Em] romantic [D] Ireland's dead and gone, to swith O'Leary [G] in the grave.
[D] Was it for this [G] the wild [D] geese spread, the [E] grey wing upon [Bm] every tide, for this [Em] that all the blood [D] was shed,
[C] for [G] this Edward [D] Frisgerald [G] died, and [D] Robert Emmett and Wolfe Tone, [E] or that delirium [Bm] of the brave,
romantic [Em] Ireland's dead and gone, to swith O'Leary [D] in the [Em] grave.
[Am] Yet would we turn [E] the years again, and call those exiles as they [A] were, [D] in all their loneliness and [Am] pain,
[G] you'd cry [D] some woman's yellow [Em] hair, and [Bm] maddened every woman's song, they weighed [G] so lightly what they [D] gave,
but [G] let them be, [D] they're dead and gone, [Em] to swith O'Leary [Bm] in the [Em] grave.
[D]
[G] She is calling, calling, calling, in the [D] wind and o'er the tide,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, [Em] call us ever [D] to her [G] side,
she is calling, [D] calling, calling, [G] in the storm and [D] in the gale,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, [G] as we homeward safely [Em] sail.
[B] [Em] [Am]
[E] With the engine needles throbbing, [Em] and the wind upon the [D] stern,
[G] little Requi [D] of the distance [Em] that divides us now [Bm] from Eireann,
for [G] we hear our voices calling, sweeping past us [D] on the west,
[Em] calling home to [Bm] her dear [Em] children, she once nourished on [D] her breast.
She [G] is calling, calling, calling, in the wind and [D] o'er the tide,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, [Em] call us ever [D] to her side,
[G] She is calling, calling, calling, in the storm and [D] in the gale,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, [Em] as we homeward safely [Bm] sail.
[C] [Am]
[Em] O ye waters, bail us onward, and ye winds, your task [D] will fill,
till [G] our Irish eyes will [D] feast on [Em] Irish bales and [Bm] Irish hills,
till [G] we tread our [D] Irish cities, [G] see the glory and [D] the shame,
and our [Em] eyes like skies [G] on Eireann, through our [Em] smiles shed tears [D] of pain.
[G] She is calling, [D] calling, [G] calling, in the wind and o'er [D] the tide,
we [Em] our children hear [Bm] her voices, call [Em] us ever to [D] her side,
She [G] is calling, [Bm] calling, calling, [G] in the storm and in [D] the gale,
we [Em] our children [Bm] hear her voices, [Em] as we [G] homeward [Em] safely sail.
[Bm] [C] [A]
[Em] [F#] [E] [Em]
[D] [E]
[Bm] [E]
[Bm] [E]
[Bm] [Em] [Bm] [Em]
[F#] [Em] Lordy's is the land we're leaving, and its pride shall grow through [D] years,
and [G] the land that calls [D] us homeward, but [Em] can't share with us [Bm] her tears,
yet [G] her heart, her [D] call, her [G] brain, heedless of the wealth men crave,
turneth home [E] to share [Bm] her sorrow, where [Em] she weeps beside [D] the wave.
She [G] is calling, [D] calling, calling, [G] in the wind and o [D]'er the tide,
we [Em] our children [Bm] hear her voices, [Em] call us ever [D] to her side,
[G] She is calling, [D] calling, [G] calling, in the storm and [D] in the gale,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, [Em] as we homeward safely sail.
[Bm] [C] [A] [E] [Bm]
[Em] [Bm] [E]
[Em] [D] [G] [D]
[Em] [G] [D]
[Em] [Am] [G] [E] [D]
[Em] [Bm] [E] [D]
[C] [D] [E]
[Bm] [E]
[C] [D] [E] [G] [D]
[G] [D]
[Em]
[D] [E]
[D] [C] [Bm] [Em]
[Em] [Bm] What need you be in [Em] come to [A] sense, [F#] but [G] fumble in a greasy till,
[D] and [G] add a half-pence to the pence,
[D]
[G] and prayer to [Bm] shivering prayer until you've [E] dried the marrow from the [D] bone, [E] for men were born to [F#m] pray and save
[Em] romantic [Am] Ireland's dead and gone,
[E] to swith O'Leary in the grave.
[Em]
[D] Yet they were of a different kind, the [G] names that stilled your [D] childish play,
[E] of gone [Bm] about the world like wind, but little [G] time they had to pray,
for whom the hangman's rope was [D] sworn, for what, [Em] God help us, [Bm] could they save
[Em] romantic [D] Ireland's dead and gone, to swith O'Leary [G] in the grave.
[D] Was it for this [G] the wild [D] geese spread, the [E] grey wing upon [Bm] every tide, for this [Em] that all the blood [D] was shed,
[C] for [G] this Edward [D] Frisgerald [G] died, and [D] Robert Emmett and Wolfe Tone, [E] or that delirium [Bm] of the brave,
romantic [Em] Ireland's dead and gone, to swith O'Leary [D] in the [Em] grave.
[Am] Yet would we turn [E] the years again, and call those exiles as they [A] were, [D] in all their loneliness and [Am] pain,
[G] you'd cry [D] some woman's yellow [Em] hair, and [Bm] maddened every woman's song, they weighed [G] so lightly what they [D] gave,
but [G] let them be, [D] they're dead and gone, [Em] to swith O'Leary [Bm] in the [Em] grave.
[D]
[G] She is calling, calling, calling, in the [D] wind and o'er the tide,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, [Em] call us ever [D] to her [G] side,
she is calling, [D] calling, calling, [G] in the storm and [D] in the gale,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, [G] as we homeward safely [Em] sail.
[B] [Em] [Am]
[E] With the engine needles throbbing, [Em] and the wind upon the [D] stern,
[G] little Requi [D] of the distance [Em] that divides us now [Bm] from Eireann,
for [G] we hear our voices calling, sweeping past us [D] on the west,
[Em] calling home to [Bm] her dear [Em] children, she once nourished on [D] her breast.
She [G] is calling, calling, calling, in the wind and [D] o'er the tide,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, [Em] call us ever [D] to her side,
[G] She is calling, calling, calling, in the storm and [D] in the gale,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, [Em] as we homeward safely [Bm] sail.
[C] [Am]
[Em] O ye waters, bail us onward, and ye winds, your task [D] will fill,
till [G] our Irish eyes will [D] feast on [Em] Irish bales and [Bm] Irish hills,
till [G] we tread our [D] Irish cities, [G] see the glory and [D] the shame,
and our [Em] eyes like skies [G] on Eireann, through our [Em] smiles shed tears [D] of pain.
[G] She is calling, [D] calling, [G] calling, in the wind and o'er [D] the tide,
we [Em] our children hear [Bm] her voices, call [Em] us ever to [D] her side,
She [G] is calling, [Bm] calling, calling, [G] in the storm and in [D] the gale,
we [Em] our children [Bm] hear her voices, [Em] as we [G] homeward [Em] safely sail.
[Bm] [C] [A]
[Em] [F#] [E] [Em]
[D] [E]
[Bm] [E]
[Bm] [E]
[Bm] [Em] [Bm] [Em]
[F#] [Em] Lordy's is the land we're leaving, and its pride shall grow through [D] years,
and [G] the land that calls [D] us homeward, but [Em] can't share with us [Bm] her tears,
yet [G] her heart, her [D] call, her [G] brain, heedless of the wealth men crave,
turneth home [E] to share [Bm] her sorrow, where [Em] she weeps beside [D] the wave.
She [G] is calling, [D] calling, calling, [G] in the wind and o [D]'er the tide,
we [Em] our children [Bm] hear her voices, [Em] call us ever [D] to her side,
[G] She is calling, [D] calling, [G] calling, in the storm and [D] in the gale,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, [Em] as we homeward safely sail.
[Bm] [C] [A] [E] [Bm]
[Em] [Bm] [E]
[Em] [D] [G] [D]
[Em] [G] [D]
[Em] [Am] [G] [E] [D]
[Em] [Bm] [E] [D]
[C] [D] [E]
[Bm] [E]
[C] [D] [E] [G] [D]
[G] [D]
[Em]
[D] [E]
[D] [C] [Bm] [Em]
Key:
D
Em
G
Bm
E
D
Em
G
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ [Em] _ [Bm] What need you be in [Em] come to [A] sense, [F#] but [G] fumble in a greasy till,
[D] and [G] add a half-pence to the pence,
[D]
[G] and prayer to [Bm] shivering prayer until you've [E] dried the marrow from the [D] bone, [E] for men were born to [F#m] pray and save
[Em] romantic [Am] Ireland's dead and gone,
[E] to swith O'Leary in the grave.
[Em]
[D] Yet they were of a different kind, the [G] names that stilled your [D] childish play,
[E] of gone [Bm] about the world like wind, but little [G] time they had to pray,
for whom the hangman's rope was [D] sworn, for what, [Em] God help us, [Bm] could they save
[Em] romantic [D] Ireland's dead and gone, to swith O'Leary [G] in the grave.
[D] Was it for this [G] the wild [D] geese spread, the [E] grey wing upon [Bm] every tide, for this [Em] that all the blood [D] was shed,
[C] for [G] this Edward [D] Frisgerald [G] died, and [D] Robert Emmett and Wolfe Tone, [E] or that delirium [Bm] of the brave,
romantic [Em] Ireland's dead and gone, to swith O'Leary [D] in the [Em] grave.
[Am] Yet would we turn [E] the years again, and call those exiles as they [A] were, [D] in all their loneliness and [Am] pain,
[G] you'd cry [D] some woman's yellow [Em] hair, and [Bm] maddened every woman's song, they weighed [G] so lightly what they [D] gave,
but [G] let them be, [D] they're dead and gone, [Em] to swith O'Leary [Bm] in the [Em] grave.
_ [D] _ _ _
[G] She is calling, calling, calling, in the [D] wind and o'er the tide,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, [Em] call us ever [D] to her [G] side,
she is calling, [D] calling, calling, [G] in the storm and [D] in the gale,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, _ [G] as we homeward safely [Em] sail.
[B] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am]
[E] With the engine needles throbbing, [Em] and the wind upon the [D] stern,
_ _ [G] little Requi [D] of the distance [Em] that divides us now [Bm] from Eireann,
for [G] we hear our voices calling, sweeping past us [D] on the west,
[Em] calling home to [Bm] her dear [Em] children, she once nourished on [D] her breast.
_ She [G] is calling, calling, calling, in the wind and [D] o'er the tide,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, [Em] call us ever [D] to her side,
[G] She is calling, calling, calling, in the storm and [D] in the gale,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, _ [Em] as we homeward safely [Bm] sail.
_ [C] _ _ [Am] _
[Em] O ye waters, bail us onward, and ye winds, your task [D] will fill,
_ till [G] our Irish eyes will [D] feast on [Em] Irish bales and [Bm] Irish hills,
till [G] we tread our [D] Irish cities, [G] see the glory and [D] the shame,
and our [Em] eyes like skies [G] on Eireann, through our [Em] smiles shed tears [D] of pain.
[G] She is calling, [D] calling, [G] calling, in the wind and o'er [D] the tide,
we [Em] our children hear [Bm] her voices, call [Em] us ever to [D] her side,
She [G] is calling, [Bm] calling, calling, [G] in the storm and in [D] the gale,
we [Em] our children [Bm] hear her voices, _ [Em] as we [G] homeward [Em] safely sail.
[Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ [F#] _ [Em] Lordy's is the land we're leaving, and its pride shall grow through [D] years,
and [G] the land that calls [D] us homeward, but [Em] can't share with us [Bm] her tears,
yet [G] her heart, her [D] call, her [G] brain, heedless of the wealth men crave,
turneth home [E] to share [Bm] her sorrow, where [Em] she weeps beside [D] the wave.
She [G] is calling, [D] calling, calling, [G] in the wind and o [D]'er the tide,
we [Em] our children [Bm] hear her voices, [Em] call us ever [D] to her side,
[G] She is calling, [D] calling, [G] calling, in the storm and [D] in the gale,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, _ _ _ [Em] as we homeward safely sail.
[Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _
[Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _
[D] _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [Bm] What need you be in [Em] come to [A] sense, [F#] but [G] fumble in a greasy till,
[D] and [G] add a half-pence to the pence,
[D]
[G] and prayer to [Bm] shivering prayer until you've [E] dried the marrow from the [D] bone, [E] for men were born to [F#m] pray and save
[Em] romantic [Am] Ireland's dead and gone,
[E] to swith O'Leary in the grave.
[Em]
[D] Yet they were of a different kind, the [G] names that stilled your [D] childish play,
[E] of gone [Bm] about the world like wind, but little [G] time they had to pray,
for whom the hangman's rope was [D] sworn, for what, [Em] God help us, [Bm] could they save
[Em] romantic [D] Ireland's dead and gone, to swith O'Leary [G] in the grave.
[D] Was it for this [G] the wild [D] geese spread, the [E] grey wing upon [Bm] every tide, for this [Em] that all the blood [D] was shed,
[C] for [G] this Edward [D] Frisgerald [G] died, and [D] Robert Emmett and Wolfe Tone, [E] or that delirium [Bm] of the brave,
romantic [Em] Ireland's dead and gone, to swith O'Leary [D] in the [Em] grave.
[Am] Yet would we turn [E] the years again, and call those exiles as they [A] were, [D] in all their loneliness and [Am] pain,
[G] you'd cry [D] some woman's yellow [Em] hair, and [Bm] maddened every woman's song, they weighed [G] so lightly what they [D] gave,
but [G] let them be, [D] they're dead and gone, [Em] to swith O'Leary [Bm] in the [Em] grave.
_ [D] _ _ _
[G] She is calling, calling, calling, in the [D] wind and o'er the tide,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, [Em] call us ever [D] to her [G] side,
she is calling, [D] calling, calling, [G] in the storm and [D] in the gale,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, _ [G] as we homeward safely [Em] sail.
[B] _ [Em] _ _ _ [Am]
[E] With the engine needles throbbing, [Em] and the wind upon the [D] stern,
_ _ [G] little Requi [D] of the distance [Em] that divides us now [Bm] from Eireann,
for [G] we hear our voices calling, sweeping past us [D] on the west,
[Em] calling home to [Bm] her dear [Em] children, she once nourished on [D] her breast.
_ She [G] is calling, calling, calling, in the wind and [D] o'er the tide,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, [Em] call us ever [D] to her side,
[G] She is calling, calling, calling, in the storm and [D] in the gale,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, _ [Em] as we homeward safely [Bm] sail.
_ [C] _ _ [Am] _
[Em] O ye waters, bail us onward, and ye winds, your task [D] will fill,
_ till [G] our Irish eyes will [D] feast on [Em] Irish bales and [Bm] Irish hills,
till [G] we tread our [D] Irish cities, [G] see the glory and [D] the shame,
and our [Em] eyes like skies [G] on Eireann, through our [Em] smiles shed tears [D] of pain.
[G] She is calling, [D] calling, [G] calling, in the wind and o'er [D] the tide,
we [Em] our children hear [Bm] her voices, call [Em] us ever to [D] her side,
She [G] is calling, [Bm] calling, calling, [G] in the storm and in [D] the gale,
we [Em] our children [Bm] hear her voices, _ [Em] as we [G] homeward [Em] safely sail.
[Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _
_ [F#] _ [Em] Lordy's is the land we're leaving, and its pride shall grow through [D] years,
and [G] the land that calls [D] us homeward, but [Em] can't share with us [Bm] her tears,
yet [G] her heart, her [D] call, her [G] brain, heedless of the wealth men crave,
turneth home [E] to share [Bm] her sorrow, where [Em] she weeps beside [D] the wave.
She [G] is calling, [D] calling, calling, [G] in the wind and o [D]'er the tide,
we [Em] our children [Bm] hear her voices, [Em] call us ever [D] to her side,
[G] She is calling, [D] calling, [G] calling, in the storm and [D] in the gale,
[Em] we our children [Bm] hear her voices, _ _ _ [Em] as we homeward safely sail.
[Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _
[Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ [E] _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _
[D] _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _