Chords for the High Kings the Holy Ground

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_ [Db] Well, my [Eb] father Bobby [Db] Clancy was a well-known folk singer
_ Especially in [G] Ireland and America [Ab] and I the [D] pleasure of sharing the stage with him many times
_ [A] But it was his brothers Paddy [D] Tom and Liam
[A] _ Along with [Gb] Tommy Maycomb [F] that lit the fuse that caused the [A] great popular explosion [Ab] of Irish ballads in the 60s
_ And you remember the white [C] Aaron [Ab] jumpers they swear _
My grandmother god bless her _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ She [G] sent these jumpers
_ [D] _ That's right sent these [B] jumpers over to [C] my uncles to keep out the New York cold
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[Gb] And it was these jumpers with the clancy's and make them [A] inside him
_ Became beloved [Gm] and recognized as a symbol of [Ab] Irish music throughout the world
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_ Oh
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_ [C] _ _ _ And now [G] the storm is [C] _ raging and we [G] are far from [C] shore _ _
And the poor [F] ocean is tossing [G] about and the [C] _ rigging is a [G] toy
And the [C] secrets [G] of [C] my mind my love you're the girl [F] I do adore
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[F] And still I live in hopes [C] to see the holy
[G] Crown [C] once fine [Bb] girl.
Yeah, [C] you're the girl I [F] do adore
_ _ [G] _ [F] And still I live in hopes to [C] see
_ _ Holy [G] crown once _ fine [Gm] girl.
Yeah, [C] and now the [G] storm [C] is over
_ _ And we are [G] safe and [C] well
_ We were going [F] to
A public [G] house and we'll [C] sit and drink like
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He will [C] drink [G] strong ale [C] and water
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rafters roar
_ [G] _ [F] And when our money [C] is all spent he will go to [G] see [C] one's home
Fine girl.
Yeah, you're the girl [F] I do adore
_ [G] _ And [F] still I live in hopes [C] to see _ _
[G] Once _ [C] more fine girl _
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