Chords for The Dubliners Ballad of St Anne's Reel

[C] And the time [G] stood.
_ He was standing in some tiny [C] town on Fair Prince [G] Edward Island,
waiting for his ship to come [D] and find him.
_ [C] One horse in [G] place, a friendly face, some coffee and [C] a tiny trace,
[G] [D] fiddling in the [G] distance far behind him.
_ _ Dime across the town to land, [C] a shy hello, [G] a brand new friend,
walking on the street in the [D] wintery weather.
_ _ [C] A yellow [G] light and an open door, and a welcome [C] friend,
a little room for more, [G] still [D] nestling there [G] inside the cover.
_ _ [D] Then I heard a tune before, [C] somewhere, but I can't remember [G] when,
[D] was it on some other friend, or [C] he sure did hear it [Em] on the wind.
_ _ Well, a riddle [D] on the sky [C] above, I think I heard it from [G] someone I love,
[C] never [D] heard it sound so sweet [G] since then. _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ Well, how I speed to get atop, [C] a little boy says,
[G] I'll take your hat, he's caught up in the magic of [D] this world.
_ [B] [C] Then leaps the [G] heart in silence, on an old [C] frosty floor,
he [G] sends his tongue, he [D] body graces the [G] little child.
_ [D] The little man began to fiddle [C] along, the little man began [G] to dance,
[D] the little man began to dance with his [C] feet, and the way they [Em] put them down. _ _
[G] Smiling [D] people everywhere, [C] boots and [G] ribbons and locks of [C] hair,
out in an [D] old blue suit [G] and Easter gown. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Well, the sailor had gone to the old [C] fair, the old [G] piano sitting there,
the woodcutter kept hanging [D] on the rail.
_ [C] The man he'd [G] tear the wooden floor, the feet and [C] touch the shoes and all,
[G] waiting [D] for the dancers [G] to come back.
_ [D] And he fitted in the cudgel [C] of some doll [G] of his own,
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think the rope and the bow is [C] gone in a case of [Em] foot and nail. _
[G] Well, often [D] on the summer [C] nights, when the air is [G] cold and the wind is [C] light,
a melody [D] could pass through [G] the snow. _
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