This song is one of the bonus tracks on ‘Such Hot Blood’ and it’s just lovely!
Capo on 5
FYI, play C/B in the following way:
E|-0-|
B|-1-|
G|-0-|
D|-0-|
A|-2-|
E|-0-|
Or alternatively:
E|-0-|
B|-3-|
G|-0-|
D|-0-|
A|-2-|
E|-0-|
You can play the following variations of the chords instead on verses 1 and 2, or
just play the full chords if you like!
E|-0-| |-0-| |—| |—| |—|
B|-1-| |-3-| |-1-| |-0-| |—|
G|—| |—| |-2-| |-0-| |—|
D|—| |—| |—| |—| |-2-|
A|—| |—| |—| |—| |-3-|
E|—| |—| |—| |—| |—|
Intro
VERSE 1
On the
quiet
banks of the
Liffey and
lakes,
Dublin
wrote her
name.
On the
broad backs of
men, we never
met with their
pens and their
stones,
they
did the
same,
In the
hours
passed in the
pubs, all the
glasses were
full and they were
wet to the
sleeve.
And the
eyes were so
clear on the
girl I met
there,I
swore Id
never
leave.
CHORUS
And the
young men who longed for these
shores in a song,
All they
wanted [C/B]was a
home,
And I
wanted one too with a
girl eyes as blue as the
light [C/B]of d
awn,
Patiently, she
waits there for me to come
home.
VERSE 2
Was a
bleary-eyed
night,
drunk from the
lights and the
sounds of a
city
awake,
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_airborne_toxic_event/dublin_crd.html )
And she
stood in the
crowd, her
face as a
shroud, leaving
nothing for my
eye
to
take.
But a
warmth was so
clear, it
betrayed her as
nearly she
glowed like those
lights on the
bridge,
And a
pain in my
side, as I was
drawn to her
pride like the
rise of the
wind
to the
ridge.
CHORUS
And the
young men who longed for these
shores in a song,
All they
wanted [C/B]was a
home,
And I
wanted one too with a
girl eyes as blue as the
light [C/B]of d
awn,
Patiently, she
waits there for me to come
home.
INSTRUMENTAL – PLAY CHORUS CHORDS
VERSE 3 (stum full chords)
These
waters have run
red, these
beaches have
bled from the
wounds at the
dark heart of
man,
Daughters grown
sharp, tongues like
knives to the
heart or a
charm for the
curse of the
land,
With
prayers in their
eyes, how
well they’ve disgu
ised that it’s
love
they’re
giving
away.
But y
ou might
believe when your
hard heart says
leave but
this one im
plores
you to
stay.
CHORUS
And the
young men who longed for these
girls with our songs,
All we
wanted [C/B]was a
home.
She wants one too with
someone heart as true as this
prison [C/B]made of
stone,
Patiently, she
waits there for me to come
home,
Patiently, I
wait to be free and be
home.
Thanks guys 🙂 x