Eirinn Acordes

Runrig - Eirinn (Ireland)
 
A very nice song that sings about the troubles of Ireland in the later parts of the 20th century
 
I'm pretty sure these are correct.
I prefer to finger pick this and strum the chorus, but listen to the song to find the bast way.
 
Standard Tuning
 
[Intro]
C   C/B  Am  F
Am  G    F
 
[Verse 1]
     C        C/B          Am           F
What makes me walk through Ireland's shrines
     Am       G        C
And Ireland's holy shores
   C     C/B     Am      F
To see a country crucified
     Am     G           C
Your beauty crowned in thorns
    C    C/B        Am        F
And as I watch that wondrous cross
            Dm            G/D        G
That's been hewn down and severed in two
        C         Am
There's something here
      F        Am
That draws me near
    F        G        C
To wear the green for you 
 
[Link]
C   G   Am  F
C   G   C
 
[Verse 2]
   C       C/B         Am      F
To see you there blood brother Gael
     Am        G        C
The face, the tongue my own
     C      C/B   Am       F
Many places in my own country
          Am           G       C
Could not make me feel more at home
C            C/B   Am            F
Laughter and music through the night
     Dm      G/D     G
Your freedom in the dark
   C      Am        F       Am
Tonight I swear I'd gladly wear
     F         G      C
The green next to my heart
 
[Chorus]
C    G  Am        F  C    G   C
E---irinn            E----irinn
 
[Verse 3]
     C        C/B         Am     F
From the long and rolling Antrim hills
        Am        G      C
Through the wilds of Donegal
    C        C/B     Am  F
The songs of history are sung
      Am       G     C
Every stone on every wall
C           C/B      Am         F
But here in our land how can we stand
    Dm       G/D      G
And wash our hands of shame
     C        Am     F       Am
When the sins of generations fall
 F         G          C
Across the green like rain
 
[Link]
C   G   Am  F
C   G   C
 
[Verse 4]
     C         C/B    Am    F
Here one world window opens wide
    Am          G    C
And demons they show face
     C           C/B        Am       F
Some of your men have taken seeds of truth
    Am      G         C
And planted fields of hate
C        C/B       Am    F
This way has never won a war
    Dm          G/D              G
And I fear that when the harvest comes
       C                Am      F      Am
You'll see your freedom fall on stoney ground
F       G          C
And the green overgrown 
 
[Chorus]
C    G  Am        F  C    G   C
E---irinn            E----irinn
C    G  Am        F  C    G   C
E---irinn            E----irinn
 
Enjoy!
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