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 dawn,
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 dawn,
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 disguised that it’s love
they’re giving away.
But you might believe when your hard heart says leave but this one implores
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