The Airborne Toxic Event – Dublin chords

This song is one of the bonus tracks on 'Such Hot Blood' and it's just lovely!

Capo on 5

FYI, play C/B in the following way:

E|-0-|B|-1-|G|-0-|D|-0-|A|-2-|E|-0-|

Or alternatively:


E|-0-|B|-3-|G|-0-|D|-0-|A|-2-|E|-0-|

You can play the following variations of the chords instead on verses 1 and 2, or 
just play the full chords if you like!

   C       G      Am       G       C

E|-0-|   |-0-|   |---|   |---|   |---|B|-1-|   |-3-|   |-1-|   |-0-|   |---|G|---|   |---|   |-2-|   |-0-|   |---|D|---|   |---|   |---|   |---|   |-2-|A|---|   |---|   |---|   |---|   |-3-|E|---|   |---|   |---|   |---|   |---|


Intro


   C       G      Am       G       C
     

VERSE 1

       C     G            Am         G      F      G         COn the quiet banks of the Liffey and lakes, Dublin wrote her name.

       C              G             Am             G              FOn the broad backs of men, we never met with their pens and their stones, 

     G       Cthey did the same,

       C     G             Am            G            FIn the hours passed in the pubs, all the glasses were full and they were

G          Cwet to the sleeve.

        C            G            Am         G       F         G     CAnd the eyes were so clear on the girl I met there,I swore I’d never leave.


CHORUS

        F                              GAnd the young men who longed for these shores in a song,

         C      C/B   AmAll they wanted was a home,

      F                     G                        C     C/B AmAnd I wanted one too with a girl eyes as blue as the light of dawn,

F              G                          CPatiently, she waits there for me to come home.


VERSE 2

      C           G      Am             G              F           GWas a bleary-eyed night, drunk from the lights and the sounds of a city 

Cawake,

        C            G          Am        G               F              GAnd she stood in the crowd, her face as a shroud, leaving nothing for my eye 

   Cto take.

      C             G         Am              G          F                   But a warmth was so clear, it betrayed her as nearly she glowed like those 

G             Clights on the bridge,

      C          G              Am           G              F           GAnd a pain in my side, as I was drawn to her pride like the rise of the wind 

       Cto the ridge.


CHORUS

        F                              GAnd the young men who longed for these shores in a song,

         C      C/B   AmAll they wanted was a home,

      F                     G                        C     C/B AmAnd I wanted one too with a girl eyes as blue as the light of dawn,

F              G                          CPatiently, she waits there for me to come home.


INSTRUMENTAL - PLAY CHORUS CHORDS
 
VERSE 3 (stum full chords)

      C               G          Am           G             FThese waters have run red, these beaches have bled from the wounds at the 

G             Cdark heart of man,

C               G                   Am            G          FDaughters grown sharp, tongues like knives to the heart or a charm for the 

G            Ccurse of the land,

     C                G         Am                G              FWith prayers in their eyes, how well they've disguised that it's love 

        G      Cthey're giving away.

     C        G                 Am              G         F          G      But you might believe when your hard heart says leave but this one implores 

       Cyou to stay.


CHORUS

        F                              G And the young men who longed for these girls with our songs,

       C      C/B   AmAll we wanted was a home.

F                      G                             C      C/B     Am    She wants one too with someone heart as true as this prison made of stone,

F              G                          CPatiently, she waits there for me to come home,

F            G                      CPatiently, I wait to be free and be home.   


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