Emerald Isle Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays576

Emerald Isle by Whitehorse is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, F, C, Dm and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
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  Am 
I wait, on the Emerald Isle 
    F			   C 
For you to come and rescue me 
           Dm 
From every step I can't take 
F 
Feet don't you ever break 
Am		  G 
Drag me over that line 

    Am 
Halfway, around the medicine ball     
   F			 C 
Is far enough to blow me back 
		   Dm 
Like you broke the bank on the ticket 
      F 
Worth every damn nickel 
	 Am	      G 
Well you got me, that time 

			F		 C 
'Cause I've been on the road one day too long 
	       F		      C 
Can't hear the record for another sad song 
		  F		     C 
Look at all these faces can't all be wrong 
		   G 
That's a lot of my heart out there 

	Am 
Did you fly, a million miles 
    F			    C 
For every single one that I ran 
	     Dm 
I don't know which of us is crazier 
F 
Oh sweet baby 
	   Am		G 
That's the madness, I desire 

	      Am 
And there's a twinkle, in the clifted sky 
     F		   C 
Been there forever 
	       Dm 
And lights the way for the waters 
    F 
The jackals and the lovers 
	Am	      G 
And the broken street lights 

			F		 C 
'Cause I've been on the road one day too long 
	       F		      C 
Can't hear the record for another sad song 
		  F		     C 
Look at all these faces can't all be wrong 
		   G 
That's a lot of my heart out there 

              F		  	          C 
So do we keep running through the motions baby 
	     F			   C 
Knowing that someday is gonna come maybe 
                    F			   C 
When you can't keep your pretty mouth from saying 
           G 
I wanna go home 

Am   F    C    Dm    F    Am    G (2x) 

  Am 			        F 		       C  
I wait, on the emerald isle for you to come and rescue me 
 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante