Grace Acordes

Jim McCann when live plays it on the 3rd fret but I prefer this when playing solo.
 
You can strum it or pick the chords. I prefer a combination of each, with only a gentle strum.
 
Em7 is usually a run down from C to Am but can be skipped if you prefer. I like to add it in as it's usually
just a single strum into the Am. My Em7 is your index finder, 1st fret on B string and middle finger, 2nd fret
on A string and start the strum from the A string.
 
At the end of each verse and the chorus I add an F and C chord. These are just a single strum of each chord to
finish the verse/chorus
 
[Intro]
F C Em7 Am Dm G C F C
 
[Verse 1]
   C         Em7     Am              F              G
As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham jail
  F                C  Em7    Am      Dm                 G
I think about the last few weeks, Oh will they say we failed
          C          Em7       Am              F              G
From our school days they have told us we must yearn for liberty
  F                C   Em7    Am           G                 C    F C
Yet all I want in this dark place is to have you here with me.
 
[Chorus]
   G                                   F                C
Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger
  F                  C              G
They take me out at dawn and I will die
                                       F             C
With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger
F                       C   Em7   Am      G              C   F C
There won’t be time to share our love so we must say goodbye.
 
[Verse 2]
   C             Em7      Am              F       G
Now I know it's hard for you my love to ever understand
  F                  C    Em7   Am      Dm                 G
The love I bear for these brave men my love for this brave land
      C          Em7       Am               F          G
But when Padraic called me to his side down in the G.P.O.
  F               C  Em7   Am     G            C    F C
I had to leave my own sick bed to him I had to go.
 
[Chorus]
   G                                   F                C
Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger
  F                  C              G
They take me out at dawn and I will die
                                       F             C
With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger
F                       C   Em7   Am      G              C   F C
There won’t be time to share our love so we must say goodbye.
 
[Verse 3]
    C      Em7     Am          F                 G
Now as the dawn is breaking my heart is breaking to
  F                C Em7   Am     Dm                  G
As I walk out on this May morn my thoughts will be of you
          C         Em7   Am               F             G
And I'll write some words upon the wall so everyone will know
  F                  C Em7   Am      G                 C   F C
I loved so much that I could see his blood upon the rose
 
[Chorus]
   G                                   F                C
Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger
  F                  C              G
They take me out at dawn and I will die
                                       F             C
With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger
F                       C   Em7   Am      G              C
There won’t be time to share our love so we must say goodbye.
F                          C   Em7   Am      G              C   F C
No there won’t be time to share our love so we must say goodbye.
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