Traditional Irish – Skibbereen chords
Chords:
SkibbereenAm G Am G F AmOh father dear, well I've often heard you speak of Erin´s IsleC Am G Am C AmHer lofty scenes, her valleys green, her mountains rude and wildC Am G Am C AmThey say it is a lovely land wherein a prince might d´wellG Am G F AmOh why did you abondon it? The reason to me tellAm G Am G F AmOh son, I loved my native land with energy and prideC Am G Am C AmTill a blight came over all my crops, my sheep, my cattle diedC Am G Am C AmMy rent and taxes were to high, I could not them redeemG Am G F AmAnd that's the cruel reason that I'd left old SkibbereenAm G Am G F AmOh and well do I remember, son, that bleak December dayC Am G Am C AmWhen the sheriff and the landlord came to drive us all awayC Am G Am C AmThey set my cottage roof on fire with cursed English spleenG Am G F AmAnd that's another reason that I'd left old SkibbereenAm G Am G F AmOh Your mother too, God rest her soul, lay on the snowy groundC Am G Am C AmShe'd fainted in her anguish saw the desolation 'roundC Am G Am C AmShe never rose but passed away from life to immortal dreamG Am G F AmAnd found a quiet grave, me boy, in dear old SkibbereenAm G Am G F AmOh father dear, well the day might come when in answer to the callC Am G Am C AmEach Irish men would feeling strong will rally one and allC Am G Am C AmAnd I'll be the man to lead the band beneath the flag of greenG Am G F AmAnd loud and high well you'll hear the cry, Revenge for Skibbereen!