Rathlin Island Chords
by Cathie Ryan
Rathlin Island by Cathie Ryan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, Bm, G, E and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
Verse
D
I haven't slept since Wednesday evening
A Bm G
There is no sleep with all this grieving
D
No music here, where once was singing
A
Where once was singing
Verse
D
We are like ghosts here on Rathlin Island
A Bm G
All fleshless bone, all shamed and silent
D
Our feet are stone where once was dancing
A
Where once was dancing
Chorus
G D G D
Sail away, love, from the island
G D A
Sail out on the sea
G A G A
Turn a blue eye back on Rathlin
Bm A G A G A
An baile i mo chroí
Verse
D
The waves are pounding Slough na Morra
A Bm G
Hundreds will sail, hundreds left mourning
D
We will look back, beimid ar marthan
A
Beimid ar marthan
Instrumental
Bm A G Bm A E
Bm A G F#m E
Bridge
D G D A
Ochon is ochon, the hills are wailing
F#m G
Carve our names in Clogh na Screeve
D G D G A
Ochon is ochon, the ship is sailing
F#m G Bm
In ainm Dé, in ainm Dé a rach faimíd
Verse
D
Today I walk Raghery's headland
A Bm G
The welcome is warm here on the island
D
Seventy strong, it's hard to leave them
A
It's hard to leave them
Chorus
G D G D
Sail away, love, from the island
G D A
Sail out on the sea
G A G A
Turn a blue eye back on Rathlin
Bm A G
An baile i mo chroí
Chorus
G D G D
Sail away, love, from the island
G D A
Sail out on the sea
G A G A
Turn a blue eye back on Rathlin
Bm A D
An baile i mo chroí