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Christy Moore - Irish Ways And Irish Laws Chords

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Irish Ways And Irish Laws Chords

(ver. 1)
Christy Moore
Em       D       Em        Bm
Once  upon a  time there  was
Em     Bm        Em      D
 Irish ways and Irish laws,
Em     D      Em     Bm
 Villages of Irish  blood
Em         D         Em Bm
 Waking to the  morning,
Em       D          Em
Waking to the  morning.

 .
 Em       D       Em      Bm
Then the Vikings came around,
Em     Bm          Em        D
Turned us up and turned us down,
Em       D       Em           Bm
Started building boats and towns,
Em             D          Em Bm
And tried to change our living,
Em           D            Em              
They tried to change our living.

 Em       D       Em        Bm
Cromwell and his soldiers came,
Em       Bm      Em      D
Started centuries of shame,
Em       D       Em         Bm
But they could not make us turn,
Em       D       Em Bm
We are a river flowing,
Em       D        Em        
We are a river flowing.

Em       D       Em        Bm
Again, again the soldiers came,
Em       Bm          Em       D
Burnt our houses, stole our grain.
Em       D       Em       Bm
Shot the farmers in the fields
Em       D     Em Bm
Working for a living,
Em       D       Em             
Working for a living.

Em       D       Em      Bm
800 years we have been down,
Em       Bm       Em     D
The secret of the water sound
Em       D       Em      Bm
Has kept the spirit of a man
Em       D       Em    Bm
Above the pain descending,
Em       D         Em              
Above the pain descending.
Em       D       Em        Bm
Today the struggle carries on,
Em      Bm         Em        D
I wonder will I live so long
Em       D       Em         Bm
To see the gates been opened up
Em       D          Em  Bm
To people and their freedom,
Em       D             Em      
To people and their freedom.             
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