Thousands are Sailing to Amerikay - Andy Irvine Chords

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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ You _ _ _ _ brave Irish [C] _
heroes, _ _ wherever you [Bb] _ _ be, _ I pray stand a moment _ _ and [D] listen [Dm] to _ me.
[F] Your [C] sons and fair _ daughters _ _ are now [Bb] going _ away, _ _ _ And [F] thousands [C] are sailing _ _ to _ _ [Dm] America. _ _ _
_ So [Bb] good [F] luck to those [C] _ people, _ _ and safe may [Bb] they land. _ _ _
They are leaving their country _ _ _ [C] for the [Dm] far distant strands.
_ _ [F] They are leaving [G] old Ireland, _ _ [C] _ no longer [Bb]
can _ stay, _ _ And thousands [C] are sailing _ _ _ to _ _ [Dm] America. _ _
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_ _ _ _ [C] The _ night before _ leaving, _ _ they are bidding [Bb] goodbye, _ _ _ [D] And it's early [Bb] next morning, _ _ [C] their heart [Dm] gives a sigh.
_ _ [F] They do kiss their mothers, _ _ and then [Gm] they do say, _ _ [G] _ They're the well dearest [C] father, _ _ _ we must now [Dm] go away. _
_ _ Their friends and [C] _
relations, _ _ _ and neighbours [Bb] _ also, _ _ When the trunks are all packed _ up, [G] all ready [Dm] to go. _ _
[F] The tears [Bb] from their [F] eyes, they _ _ fall down [Gm] like the _ _ [C] rain, _ [Bb] And the horses [C] a-prancing, _ _ going off [G] for the train.
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So good luck to [C] those people, _ _ _ and safe may they land.
_ _ _ [D] They are leaving their [Bb] _ country _ _ [C] for the far [Dm] distant _ strands. _
[F] They are [C] leaving old Ireland, _ _ no longer [Bb] can _ _ [G] stay, _ And _ thousands [C] are sailing _ _ to _ _ [Dm] America. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ When they [Gm] do reach [C] the station, _ _ you will hear their [Bb] last cry.
_ With _ handkerchiefs waving, _ _ _ [C] and bidding _ [Bb] goodbye, _ _
[F] Their hearts will be _ breaking _ _ on leaving [Gm] the shore.
_ _ [G] _ They're the well dear [C] old Ireland, _ _ we will ne'er [Dm] see them _ more. _
_ _ _ [C] So [Gm] I pity [C] the mother, _ _ _ that rears [Bb] up a _ _ child, And _ likewise the father, _ _ _ [C] who _ [Dm] labours and toils,
_ [C] To try to support them, _ [F] he will work night [Bb] and day. _ _ _ _
And when [C] they are reared _ _ up, they [Dm] will go _ away.
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ So good luck [C] to those people, _ _ and safe may [Bb] they _ _ land.
_ [D] They are leaving their [Bb] country _ _ [C] for the far [Dm] distant _ strands.
[F] They are [C] leaving old Ireland, _ _ no longer [Gm] can _ _ stay, [G] _ _
[Bb] And [F] thousands are [C] sailing _ _ _ to _ [Dm] America. _
_ _ _ [F] _ Oh, thousands [C] are sailing _ _ _ to _ _ [G] America. _ _ _ _
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