Chords for ♣ Shanagolden ♣

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[C] Oh, the cold winds from the [F] mountains _ are calling _ [C] soft to me.
[G] The smell of [C] scented heather brings bitter _ [G] memory. _ _
The wild and [C] lonely _ eagle up in the [G] summer sky
_ [Am] flies high [C] o'er [F] Shannon _ Golden where my young [C] Willie _ [G]
lies.
[C] I met him [F] in the _ wintertime and the snow was [C] on the _ ground.
[G] The Irish [C] hills were peaceful _ and love was [G] all _ around.
_ Scarcely [C] twenty-one years old, a young man in [G] his prime,
[Am] we were married, [F] darling Willie, _ by the eve of _ [C] _ [G] Christmastime.
[C] Do you remember, [F] darling, _ we walked the moonlit [C] _
road?
[G] I held you in [C] my arms, love, I'd never let [G] you _ go.
Our hands, they [C] were entwined, my love, all in the pale [G] moonlight _
by the [Am] [G] fields of [F] Shannon Golden _ on a lonely _ [C] winter's [G]
night.
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[C] Then came the [F] call to our arms, love, and the hills, they [C] were _ aflame.
[G] Down from the [C] silent mountains the Saxon [G] strangers _ came.
I held you [C] in my arms then, your heart run free and [G] bright
[Am] by the [G] fields of [F] Shannon Golden _ in the springtime [C] of the _ [G]
year.
[C] And you fought them, [F] darling Willie, _ all through the summer [C] _ _
days.
[G] I heard the [C] rifles firing _ in the mountains [G] far away.
I held you in [C] my arms then, your blood run [Em] clear and [G] bright
[Am] and you [G] died in [F] Shannon Golden _ on a lonely _ [Am] summer's [G]
night.
[C] Ah, but that was [F] long ago, my love, and our son grows fine [C] and _ tall.
[G] The hills, they [C] are at peace again, the Saxon [G] strangers gone. _
We'll place a red [C] rose on your grave by the silvery pale [G] moonlight _
[Am] and we'll [C] sing of [F] Shannon Golden _ on a lonely _ [C] winter's [G]
night.
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