Dear Little Shamrock Shore (acoustic)

Verse 1 

C                       F             G 
Twas the landlords that drove us from Ireland 
Am                         G 
High rents were our prison walls 
Am                   F 
Then the famine came round 
    G             Am 
And blackened the ground 
        F           G          C 
And the auctioneers hammer did fall 



[Refrão]
C               F      C 
Farewell to the ones I adore 
F                  C         G 
And the land I will see never more 
        C          F 
For I'm saying goodbye 
       G          C 
With a tear in me eye 
       F           G        C 
To the dear little shamrock shore 

Verse 2 

C              F        G 
A ship lies in Fairbury harbour 
Am                   G 
Barely safe over the foam 
Am             F 
But to Halifax town 
  G            Am 
I soon will be bound 
    F            G      C 
Far away from me native home 



[Refrão]
C               F      C 
Farewell to the ones I adore 
F                  C         G 
And the land I will see never more 
        C          F 
For I'm saying goodbye 
       G          C 
With a tear in me eye 
       F           G        C 
To the dear little shamrock shore 

Verse 3 

C                     F            G 
Well they all came to wish me safe journey 
Am                              G 
The parting still grieves on me mind 
Am            F 
Me parents so dear 
   G               Am 
Me friends far and near 
        F      G      C 
And the girl I left behind 



[Refrão]
C               F      C 
Farewell to the ones I adore 
F                  C         G 
And the land I will see never more 
        C          F 
For I'm saying goodbye 
       G          C 
With a tear in me eye 
       F           G        C 
To the dear little shamrock shore 

Verse 4 

C                  F           G 
There's work to be had if your able 
Am                           G 
The new world has treated me fine 
Am                 F 
With me shovel and spade 
  G          Am 
I toil at me trade 
    F           G        C 
But riches will never be mine 



[Refrão]
C               F      C 
Farewell to the ones I adore 
F                  C         G 
And the land I will see never more 
        C          F 
For I'm saying goodbye 
       G          C 
With a tear in me eye 
       F           G        C 
To the dear little shamrock shore 

Verse 5 

C                 F          G 
Well rivers still run to the ocean 
Am                               G 
The wee birds on feathered wings soar 
Am             F 
I dream of the day 
     G           Am 
When home I will stray 
       F           G        C 
To the dear little shamrock shore 



[Refrão]
C               F      C 
Farewell to the ones I adore 
F                  C         G 
And the land I will see never more 
        C          F 
For I'm saying goodbye 
       G          C 
With a tear in me eye 
       F           G        C 
To the dear little shamrock shore