Isle Of Innisfree Chords
Isle Of Innisfree by Misc Traditional is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Am, D, D7, G7 and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verso 1
G C | Am |
1. I've met some folk that say I am a dream-er
D D7 G
And I've no doubt there's truth in what they say
G C | Am |
But sure a body's bound to be a dream-er
D D7 G
When all the things he loves are far a-way
Verso 2
G C | Am |
2. And prec-ious things are dreams unto an e-xile
D D7 G
They take him o'er the land a-cross the sea
G C | Am |
Especially when it hap-pens he's an exile
D D7 G G7
From that dear lovely Isle of Innisfree
Bridge:
C G
And when the moon-light peeps a-cross the roof tops
A D | D7 |
Of this great city wondrous tho it be
G C | Am |
I scarcely feel its wonder or its laughter
D D7 G
I'm once a-gain back home in Innisfree
| G | C | C | G |
Verso 3:
G C | Am |
3. I wander o'er green hills through dreamy valleys
D D7 G
And find a peace no other land would know
G C | Am |
I hear the birds make mu-sic fit for an-gels
D D7 G
And watch the rivers laughing as they flow
Verso 4:
G C | Am |
4. And then in-to a humble shack I wander
D D7 G
My dear old home and tenderly behold
G C | Am |
The folks I love a-round the turf fire gathered
D D7 G | G7 |
On bend-ed knee their Rosary is told
C G
But dreams don't last though dreams are not forgotten
A D | D7 |
And soon I'm back to stern reality
G C | Am |
But though they pave the foot-paths here with gold dust
D D7 G
I still would choose my Isle of In-nis-free