Ireland - Jess Klein
Somewhat tabbed by Gene (starwares@aol.com) 12/01/01
Corrections advised and encouraged.
Capo 4th fret
4/4 time (four dashes = 1 beat, each bar has extra dash at start for
readability)
Some words are probably wrong 'cause I'm moving next week and I already packed the CD. The vocal phrasing is somewhat approximate wherever I could fit the words.
There's two versions of the intro here. The first is loosely based on the CD.
The second is loosely based on how I heard Jess play it solo. The solo version has two extra bars at the end. I added some bass notes here and there
to keep the rhythm going and some other stuff just because I liked it. The solo version is a more "straight" picking pattern and is probably easier to play. On the solo version the second C/Ebass part is more difficult than the first time around. Just play the first one again if it seems difficult or make something up. Mix and match. Have fun with it.
Also, sounds nice if you play the intro slowly, stop, and then pick up the tempo, strumming the chords when you start the verse.
Intro - CD (kinda sounds like the CD intro;end is different to create a stop)
D/F#bass
Em C/E bass Em D11 D
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Em C/E bass Em D/F#bass
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D/F#bas D11 D
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Intro - Solo acoustic (Jess plays a more picky-strummy kinda style)
Em C/E bass Em D/F#
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Em C/E bass Em D/F#bass
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|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-2-------2-------|
D/F#bass D/F#bass D/F#bas D11 D
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Verse:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jess_klein/ireland_tab.html ]
Em C Em D D11 D
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Rained down by wine circled round by smoke
yo-our ro---sy cheeks ta-ake on a glow-o You think
G G D D D11 D
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I don't understand but I understand
Em C Em D D11 D
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Sunny dreams pour me in to the air
Then fade in to smoke you wont tell me where But I'm
G G
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nowhere Cause in
Em D D11 G
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Ire land you say the
air they breathe is clean so I'll
pray I'l pray I'l pray for the
D D
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rain make me
Em C Em D D11 D
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green
(new verse)
Em C Em D
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People that you love they could always leave
they could leave the room even when you tugging at their
sleeves But the trouble is they leave if you don't dare
believe When I said I was leaving baby had you already gone there to
Em D D11 G
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Ire land you say where the
air they breathe is clean so I'll
pray I'l pray I'l pray for the
D D
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rain ma-ake
G G
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me green
C G C G D
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Green enough to be your heaven Green enough to be your sea
C G C D
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Greener than the rolling hills could you ever see
D11 D9 (or something) D9 C
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that in me
C G G D
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D G G D
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D
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Em C Em D D11 D
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(last verse)
Rained down by wine, circled round by smoke
All you talk about is where you would go-o
When you look at me, do you love this world, yeah
O-or do you see, how much better it could get
Ending (Ireland chorus repeats twice)
Em D D11 G
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In Ire land you say where the
air they breathe is clean so I'll
pray I'l pray I'l pray for the
D D
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rain Oh, in
Em D D11 G
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Ire land you say the
air they breathe is clean so I'll
pray I'l pray I'l pray for the
(last bit):
D D9 D D9/A (stops) Em C
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rain make me green
