Irish Rovers - Band Without A Country Chords

[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