Green Island - Christy Moore Chords
Chords: F, C, Am, G, Dm, Em
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Genre: folk, rock, irish
[Verse 1]
F C Am F
The island lies like a leaf upon the sea
F C Am F
Green island like a leaf new fallen from the tree
G Am
Green turns to gold
Dm C G
As morning breezes gently shake the barley
Em G Am
Bending the yellow corn
G Am
Green turns to gold,
Dm C G
There´s purple shadows on the distant mountains
Em G Am
And the sun in the yellow corn
[Verse 2]
F C Am F
They came in their longships from lands beyond the sea
F C Am F
They came in their longships, they saw the land was green
G Am
Wind in the barley,
Dm C G
Trout and salmon leaping in the rivers
Em G Am
Sun in the yellow corn
G Am
Leaping a shore
Dm C G
They slaughtered those who laboured in the barley
Em G Am
Scything them down like corn
[Verse 3]
F C Am F
The longships sailed away and new invaders came
F C Am F
With long bow and lance bringing death in England´s name
G Am
With sword and with mace
Dm C G
They went reaping through the fields of barley
Em G Am
They plundered the yellow corn
G Am
Crop followed crop
Dm C G
And prospered in the killing fields of barley
Em G Am
In the harvest of new young corn
[Verse 4]
F C Am F
Marching down the years the men of war they came
F C Am F
With bombs, assassin´s bullets, c.s gas and guns
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