Irish Ways And Irish Laws Chords
Irish Ways And Irish Laws by Christy Moore is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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Em D Em Bm
Once upon a time there was
Em Bm Em D
Irish ways and Irish laws,
Em D Em Bm
Villages of Irish blood
Em D Em Bm
Waking to the morning,
Em D Em
Waking to the morning.
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Em D Em Bm
Then the Vikings came around,
Em Bm Em D
Turned us up and turned us down,
Em D Em Bm
Started building boats and towns,
Em D Em Bm
And tried to change our living,
Em D Em
They tried to change our living.
Em D Em Bm
Cromwell and his soldiers came,
Em Bm Em D
Started centuries of shame,
Em D Em Bm
But they could not make us turn,
Em D Em Bm
We are a river flowing,
Em D Em
We are a river flowing.
Em D Em Bm
Again, again the soldiers came,
Em Bm Em D
Burnt our houses, stole our grain.
Em D Em Bm
Shot the farmers in the fields
Em D Em Bm
Working for a living,
Em D Em
Working for a living.
Em D Em Bm
800 years we have been down,
Em Bm Em D
The secret of the water sound
Em D Em Bm
Has kept the spirit of a man
Em D Em Bm
Above the pain descending,
Em D Em
Above the pain descending.
Em D Em Bm
Today the struggle carries on,
Em Bm Em D
I wonder will I live so long
Em D Em Bm
To see the gates been opened up
Em D Em Bm
To people and their freedom,
Em D Em
To people and their freedom.
This is my interpretation of this song and not a cover version.