WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Irish Rovers - Band Without A Country Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
Am F C G Am F G Am
[Verse 1]
Am F C G
We left our home in ireland many years ago
Am F Dm G Em Am
And crossed the wide atlantic to a place called mimico
C G Am Em
Just outside toronto we started our new life
Am F Dm G Em Am
Far from dear ould ireland her troubles and her strife
[Verse 2]
Am F C G
Raised with love and music we knew the old songs well
Am F Dm G Em Am
I met big jim from belfast and together we did gell
C G Am Em
It was derry’s quay and brigid flynn and whiskey in the jar
Am F G Am
When joe would sing kellswater there was quiet in the bar
[Chorus]
F G C Am
A band without a country a band without a home
Dm G E Am
And yet we’re always welcome no matter where we roam
F C Em Am
No one wants to claim us no one knows we’re there
F Em Am F G Am
A band without a country is our cross to bear
[Verse 3]
Am F C G
We travelled cross the country to canada’s western shore
Am F Dm G Em Am
Will was singing children’s songs ‘twas there he jumped on board
C G Am Em
We left for california with a pocektful of dreams
Am F G Am
The goodship irish rover was sailing at full steam
[Chorus]
F G C Am
A band without a country a band without a home
Dm G E Am
And yet we’re always welcome no matter where we roam
F C Em Am
No one wants to claim us no one knows we’re there
F Em Am F G Am
A band without a country is our cross to bear
[Verse 4]
Am F C G
The icehouse and the troubadour became our stomping grounds
Am F Dm G Em Am
The purple onion hungry i the circuit we went round
C G Am Em
The bitterend the lumbermill and mecca were the cream
Am F G Em Am
We played them all from east to west and all spots in between
[Chorus]
F G C Am
A band without a country a band without a home
Dm G E Am
And yet we’re always welcome no matter where we roam
F C Em Am
No one wants to claim us no one knows we’re there
F Em Am F Dm G Em Am
A band without a country is our cross to bear
[Verse 5]
Am F C G
Shel was writing stores and singing on the side
Am F Dm G Em Am
He let us have his unicorn and we took it for a ride
C G Am Em
It served us well a good few years fifty comes to mind
Am F Dm G Em Am
Wherever we went roving round providence was kind
[Chorus]
F G C Am
A band without a country a band without a home
Dm G E Am
And yet we’re always welcome no matter where we roam
F C Em Am
No one wants to claim us no one knows we’re there
F Em Am
A band without a country is our cross to bear
[Solo]
F G C Am
Dm G E Am
F C E Am F Em Am
[Verse 6]
Am F C G
Not irish enough for ireland that’s hard to understand
Am F Dm G Em Am
And canada turned her back because we’re not from newfoundland
C G Am Em
So we’ll leave it to the people our fans beyond compare
Am F Dm G Em Am
The ones who hear the music of the boys from god knows where
[Chorus]
F G C Am
A band without a country a band without a home
Dm G E Am
And yet we’re always welcome no matter where we roam
F C Em Am
No one wants to claim us no one knows we’re there
F Em Am F G Am
A band without a country is our cross to bear
[Verse 7]
Am F C G
Gold records on the wall a doorway to the past
Am F Dm G Em Am
Memories to ponder on but memories never last
C G Am Em
But music lives forever and we’ll always have a song
Am F Dm G Em Am
But still i have to wonder where the hell do we belong
[Chorus]
F G C Am
A band without a country a band without a home
Dm G E Am
And yet we’re always welcome no matter where we roam
F C Em Am
No one wants to claim us no one knows we’re there
F Em Am
A band without a country is our cross to bear
F G C Am
A band without a country a band without a home
Dm G E Am
And yet we’re always welcome no matter where we roam
F C Em Am
No one wants to claim us no one knows we’re there
F Em Am
A band without a country is our cross to bear
[Solo]
Am F C G
Am Dm G Am
Am F C G
Am Dm G Am
Am F C G
Am Dm G Am
