Ghost Of Odonahue Chords
by Johnny Flynn
Ghost Of Odonahue by Johnny Flynn is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords D, A, Em11, Em7, Bm, Asus4 and Dsus2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D, A, D, Em11
D A
This is the calendar
D Em11
These are the dates
D A D Em11
You know you'll be, you won't know what you'll see
D A D Em11
The routes might change so all that remains
D A D
Is the pull from place to place
Bridge: D, A, Em11, Em7
D A Bm D
We left our homes in the spring sunshine
D A Bm D
Things came alive when I knew they weren't mine
D A Bm D
Falling in line didn't matter at all
D A Bm D
We knew we'd go when we each heard the call
D A
This is the calendar
D Em11
These are the dates
D A D Em11
You know you'll be, you won't know what you'll see
D A D Em11
The routes might change so all that remains
D A D
Is the pull from place to place
Bridge D, A, Em11, Em7
D A Bm D
The pylons found fault lines to run through the heart
D A Bm D
The heart of the land beat with odd fits and starts
D A Bm D
So they ran round the oldest and grey of the hills
D A Bm D
So as to let the old die without power or pills
D A
This is the calendar
D Em11
These are the dates
D A D Em11
You know you'll be, you won't know what you'll see
D A D Em11
The routes might change so all that remains
D A D
Is the pull from place to place
Bridge D, A, Em11, Em7
D A Bm D
Dublin to Cork though you never heard told
D A Bm D
There's a line of good men with eyes wet and bold
D A Bm D
Where they weep for the crows bearing twigs for the nest
D A Bm D
Changing the shape of the trees they loved best
D A
This is the calendar
D Em11
These are the dates
D A D Em11
You know you'll be, you won't know what you'll see
D A D Em11
The routes might change so all that remains
D A D
Is the pull from place to place
Bridge D, A, Em11, Em7
D A Bm D
The ghost of O'Donahue scared not the lad
D A Bm D
Who in desert respect lost the smile he borne glad
D A Bm D
Sat quite chief and folorn and pitched with the spectre
D A Bm D
Escaped all exhaustions and prayers from the rector
Bm D Em11 D
And with glancing devout pulled a frown from his sack
Bm D Em11 A
Weighed with loaves from the oven and ale from the rack
Bridge: A-hammeron-Asus4
D A
This is the calendar
D Em11
These are the dates
D A D Em11
You know you'll be, you won't know what you'll see
D A D Em11
The routes might change so all that remains
D A D
Is the pull from place to place
Dsus2 A
In the last days of my life
Em11 Dsus2
Oh I won't know whether to laugh or cry
Dsus2 A
In the last days of my life
Em11 Dsus2
Oh I won't know whether to laugh or cry