When New York Was Irish - Blackthorn Chords
Chords: G, D, Em, C, D7, Am, G.
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Genre: irish traditional, celtic, folk
[Intro]
G G G D G Em C D7 G
[Verse]
G D
I will sing you a song of days long ago
G Em C D D7
When people from Galway and County Mayo
G D
From all over Ireland came over to stay
G Em C D7 G
And take up a new life in Americay
[Chorus]
G C D
They were ever so happy, they were ever so sad
G Em C Am D7
To grow old in the new world through good times and bad
G Em C D
All the parties and the weddings, the ceilis and wakes
G Em C D7 G
When New York was Irish, full of joys and heart aches
G D
They worked on the subways, they ran the saloons
G Em C D D7
They built all the bridges and they played all the tunes
G D
They put out the fires and controlled City Hall
G Em C D7 G
They started with nothing and wound up with it all
[Chorus]
G C D
They were ever so happy, they were ever so sad
G Em C Am D7
To grow old in the new world through good times and bad
G Em C D
All the parties and the weddings, the ceilis and wakes
G Em C D7 G
When New York was Irish, full of joys and heart aches
G D
You could travel from Kingsbridge to Queens or mid town
G Em C D D7
From Highbridge to Bay Ridge, from up town to down
G D
From the East Side to the seaside's, the sweet summer scenes
G Em C D7 G
They made New York City their island of dreams
[Chorus]
G C D
They were ever so happy, they were ever so sad
G Em C Am D7
To grow old in the new world through good times and bad
G Em C D
All the parties and the weddings, the ceilis and wakes
G Em C D7 G
When New York was Irish, full of joys and heart aches
G D
Now I look at the photos all brittle with time
G Em C D D7
Of the people I cherished when that city was mine
G D
O, how I loved all those radiant smiles
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