Chords for The Irish Rovers: Rolling Home To Ireland
Tempo:
129.85 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
C
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [C]
[D] [G] [Em] [Am]
[G] [C]
[D] [G]
I come from Paddy's land, [C] I'm a [G] wrecking, rambling man.
[C]
Since I [G] was young I've had [A] the urge to roam.
[D] [G] So don't you weep for me [C] when I'm sailing [G] on the sea, [C] for you'll see [D] me to like I'm [G] rolling home.
[C] Rolling home to Ireland, [G] rolling home across the sea, [Em]
back to [A] me own [D] country.
Two thousand [G] miles behind us [Am] and a thousand more to go, [D] so fill the sails and blow, [G] wind, blow.
We sailed away from court, [C] we were headed [G] for New York.
[C]
I'd always [G] dreamed of sailor's [A] life for me.
[D] [G] But the days were hard and long [C] with no women, [G] wine or song, [C] and it wasn't [D] quite the fun I [G] thought would be.
[C] Rolling home to Ireland, [G] rolling home across the sea, [Em]
back to [A] me own [D] country.
[G] Two thousand miles behind us [C] and a thousand [Am] more to go, [D] so fill the sails and blow, [G] wind, blow.
We weren't too long to sail [C] when the wind [G] became a gale.
[C] Our boat was [G] tossed and turned [A] upon the foam.
[D] [G] With waves like mountains high, [C] well I thought that [G] I would die, [C] but I wished to [D] God that I was [G] rolling home.
[C] Rolling home to Ireland, [G] rolling home across the sea, [Em]
back [A] to me own [D] country.
Two thousand [G] miles behind us [Am] and a thousand more to go, [D] so fill the sails and blow, [G] wind, blow.
[E] [A] And when I reach the shore [D] I will [A] go to sea no more.
[D] There's more to [A] life than sailing [B] round the horn.
[E] [A] Good luck to sailor men when they're headed out again.
[D] I wish them [E] all safe harbour [A] from the storm.
[D] Rolling home to Ireland, [A] rolling home across the sea, [F#m]
back [Bm] to me own country.
[E] Two [A] thousand miles behind us [D] and a thousand [Bm] more to go, [E] so fill the sails and blow, [A] wind, blow.
[D] Rolling home to Ireland, [A] rolling home across the sea, [F#m]
back [B] to me own [E] country.
[A] Two thousand miles behind us [D] and a thousand [Bm] more to go, [E] so fill the sails and [A] blow, wind, blow.
[D] [A]
[Bm] [A]
[Bm] [A]
[B] [A]
[D] [G] [Em] [Am]
[G] [C]
[D] [G]
I come from Paddy's land, [C] I'm a [G] wrecking, rambling man.
[C]
Since I [G] was young I've had [A] the urge to roam.
[D] [G] So don't you weep for me [C] when I'm sailing [G] on the sea, [C] for you'll see [D] me to like I'm [G] rolling home.
[C] Rolling home to Ireland, [G] rolling home across the sea, [Em]
back to [A] me own [D] country.
Two thousand [G] miles behind us [Am] and a thousand more to go, [D] so fill the sails and blow, [G] wind, blow.
We sailed away from court, [C] we were headed [G] for New York.
[C]
I'd always [G] dreamed of sailor's [A] life for me.
[D] [G] But the days were hard and long [C] with no women, [G] wine or song, [C] and it wasn't [D] quite the fun I [G] thought would be.
[C] Rolling home to Ireland, [G] rolling home across the sea, [Em]
back to [A] me own [D] country.
[G] Two thousand miles behind us [C] and a thousand [Am] more to go, [D] so fill the sails and blow, [G] wind, blow.
We weren't too long to sail [C] when the wind [G] became a gale.
[C] Our boat was [G] tossed and turned [A] upon the foam.
[D] [G] With waves like mountains high, [C] well I thought that [G] I would die, [C] but I wished to [D] God that I was [G] rolling home.
[C] Rolling home to Ireland, [G] rolling home across the sea, [Em]
back [A] to me own [D] country.
Two thousand [G] miles behind us [Am] and a thousand more to go, [D] so fill the sails and blow, [G] wind, blow.
[E] [A] And when I reach the shore [D] I will [A] go to sea no more.
[D] There's more to [A] life than sailing [B] round the horn.
[E] [A] Good luck to sailor men when they're headed out again.
[D] I wish them [E] all safe harbour [A] from the storm.
[D] Rolling home to Ireland, [A] rolling home across the sea, [F#m]
back [Bm] to me own country.
[E] Two [A] thousand miles behind us [D] and a thousand [Bm] more to go, [E] so fill the sails and blow, [A] wind, blow.
[D] Rolling home to Ireland, [A] rolling home across the sea, [F#m]
back [B] to me own [E] country.
[A] Two thousand miles behind us [D] and a thousand [Bm] more to go, [E] so fill the sails and [A] blow, wind, blow.
[D] [A]
[Bm] [A]
[Bm] [A]
[B] [A]
Key:
G
D
A
C
E
G
D
A
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[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
I come from Paddy's land, [C] I'm a [G] wrecking, rambling man.
[C]
Since I [G] was young I've had [A] the urge to roam.
[D] _ [G] So don't you weep for me [C] when I'm sailing [G] on the sea, [C] for you'll see [D] me to like I'm [G] rolling home.
[C] Rolling home to Ireland, [G] rolling home across the sea, [Em]
back to [A] me own [D] country.
_ Two thousand [G] miles behind us [Am] and a thousand more to go, [D] so fill the sails and blow, [G] wind, blow.
_ We sailed away from court, [C] we were headed [G] for New York.
[C]
I'd always [G] dreamed of sailor's [A] life for me.
[D] _ [G] But the days were hard and long [C] with no women, [G] wine or song, [C] and it wasn't [D] quite the fun I [G] thought would be.
_ [C] Rolling home to Ireland, [G] rolling home across the sea, [Em]
back to [A] me own [D] country.
_ [G] Two thousand miles behind us [C] and a thousand [Am] more to go, [D] so fill the sails and blow, [G] wind, blow.
_ We weren't too long to sail [C] when the wind [G] became a gale.
[C] Our boat was [G] tossed and turned [A] upon the foam.
[D] _ [G] With waves like mountains high, [C] well I thought that [G] I would die, [C] but I wished to [D] God that I was [G] rolling home.
_ [C] Rolling home to Ireland, [G] rolling home across the sea, [Em]
back [A] to me own [D] country.
_ Two thousand [G] miles behind us [Am] and a thousand more to go, [D] so fill the sails and blow, [G] wind, blow.
[E] _ [A] And when I reach the shore [D] I will [A] go to sea no more.
[D] There's more to [A] life than sailing [B] round the horn.
[E] _ [A] Good luck to sailor men when they're headed out again.
[D] I wish them [E] all safe harbour [A] from the storm.
_ [D] Rolling home to Ireland, [A] rolling home across the sea, [F#m]
back [Bm] to me own country.
_ [E] _ Two [A] thousand miles behind us [D] and a thousand [Bm] more to go, [E] so fill the sails and blow, [A] wind, blow.
_ [D] Rolling home to Ireland, [A] rolling home across the sea, [F#m]
back [B] to me own [E] country.
_ _ [A] Two thousand miles behind us [D] and a thousand [Bm] more to go, [E] so fill the sails and [A] blow, wind, blow. _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Em] _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
I come from Paddy's land, [C] I'm a [G] wrecking, rambling man.
[C]
Since I [G] was young I've had [A] the urge to roam.
[D] _ [G] So don't you weep for me [C] when I'm sailing [G] on the sea, [C] for you'll see [D] me to like I'm [G] rolling home.
[C] Rolling home to Ireland, [G] rolling home across the sea, [Em]
back to [A] me own [D] country.
_ Two thousand [G] miles behind us [Am] and a thousand more to go, [D] so fill the sails and blow, [G] wind, blow.
_ We sailed away from court, [C] we were headed [G] for New York.
[C]
I'd always [G] dreamed of sailor's [A] life for me.
[D] _ [G] But the days were hard and long [C] with no women, [G] wine or song, [C] and it wasn't [D] quite the fun I [G] thought would be.
_ [C] Rolling home to Ireland, [G] rolling home across the sea, [Em]
back to [A] me own [D] country.
_ [G] Two thousand miles behind us [C] and a thousand [Am] more to go, [D] so fill the sails and blow, [G] wind, blow.
_ We weren't too long to sail [C] when the wind [G] became a gale.
[C] Our boat was [G] tossed and turned [A] upon the foam.
[D] _ [G] With waves like mountains high, [C] well I thought that [G] I would die, [C] but I wished to [D] God that I was [G] rolling home.
_ [C] Rolling home to Ireland, [G] rolling home across the sea, [Em]
back [A] to me own [D] country.
_ Two thousand [G] miles behind us [Am] and a thousand more to go, [D] so fill the sails and blow, [G] wind, blow.
[E] _ [A] And when I reach the shore [D] I will [A] go to sea no more.
[D] There's more to [A] life than sailing [B] round the horn.
[E] _ [A] Good luck to sailor men when they're headed out again.
[D] I wish them [E] all safe harbour [A] from the storm.
_ [D] Rolling home to Ireland, [A] rolling home across the sea, [F#m]
back [Bm] to me own country.
_ [E] _ Two [A] thousand miles behind us [D] and a thousand [Bm] more to go, [E] so fill the sails and blow, [A] wind, blow.
_ [D] Rolling home to Ireland, [A] rolling home across the sea, [F#m]
back [B] to me own [E] country.
_ _ [A] Two thousand miles behind us [D] and a thousand [Bm] more to go, [E] so fill the sails and [A] blow, wind, blow. _ _ _
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