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