Eyes Of Ireland ukulele

Eyes Of Ireland

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Eyes of Ireland
Andy Latimer/Susan Hoover, from Camel's _Harbour of Tears_ 1996


Intro riff: (repeat 4 times)

     Dm                 C                  Am                 Dm


Verse 1
Dm                  Bb          F
Listen now boys, my grandmother said 
     Gm          Dm   C           Dm
I'll tell you a story then off to bed.
Dm                  Bb           F
Once was a time, we lived of the land,
Gm            Dm           C          Dm    C  Am  Dm  Dm  C  Am  Dm
Harvest would come, and we all lent a hand. riff repeated twice


Verse 2
Dm                        Bb            F
Winds blew our lives, and scattered our seeds.
Gm           Dm              C          Dm
Changing the landscape, from flowers to weeds.
Dm                       Bb       F
See in the graveyard the families gone.
    Gm          Dm         C          Dm
The grandest of tombstones carry them on...


Chorus
         Bb   F        Am
When you sail from the Harbour,
          Bb   F       Dm       C  Am  Dm  Dm  C  Am  Dm
It's your last eyes of Ireland. riff repeated twice


Verse 3
   Dm                   Bb      F
We tended the fire, and fairies appeased
    Gm          Dm         C         Dm
The flame never died until we had to leave.
Dm                     Bb            F
When we were gone, the house tumbled down
Gm          Dm               C           Dm
Covered our footprints, we'd left on the ground.


Chorus
         Bb   F        Am
When you sail from the Harbour,
          Bb   F       Dm       C  Am  Dm  Dm  C  Am  Dm
It's your last eyes of Ireland. riff repeated twice


Slide Solo
short guitar solo in the following chord sequence:
 C Dm Bb C Dm Bb Am


 and then back to intro riff

Verse 4
   Dm                     Bb        F
My eyes are now tired and no longer see.
    Gm         Dm      C         Dm
But visions of Ireland linger in me.
   Dm                     Bb            F
So carry your past in the rooms of your heart
           Dm                C             Dm
and you'll never be empty of love when you part.


Chorus
        Bb   F        Am    
And you sail from the Harbour,
     Bb   F       Dm       C  Am  Dm  Dm  C  Am  Dm
Your last eyes of Ireland. riff repeated twice


Whistle
Dm C Am Dm
riff repeated twice

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