WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Traditional Irish - Only Our Rivers Run Free Chords | Ver. 2
C G C C
When apples still grow in November
F C G G
When blossoms still bloom from each tree
F F C Am
When leaves are still green in December
G G Am Am
It's then that our land will be free
F F C Am
I wander her hills and her valleys
F F Em Em
And still, through my sorrow, I see
F F C Am
A land that has never know freedom
G G Am Am
And only her rivers run free
C G C C
I drink to the death of her manhood
F C G G
Those men, who'd rather have died
F F C Am
Than to live in the cold chains of bondage
G G Am Am
To bring back their rights, were denied
F F C Am
Oh where are you now when we need you
F F Em Em
What burns where the flame used to be
F F C Am
Are you gone, like the snows of last winter
G G Am Am
And will only our rivers run free
C G C C
How sweet is life, but we're crying
F C G G
How mellow the wine, but we're dry
F F C Am
How fragrant the rose, but it's dying
G G Am Am
How gentle the wind, but it sighs
F F C Am
What good is in youth when it's ageing
F F Em Em
What joy is in eyes that can't see
F F C Am
When there's sorrow in sunshine and flowers
G G Am Am
And still only our rivers run free