[Verse 1]
Em Bm
I sat within the valley green sat there with my true love
Em Bm C Bm Em
And my fond heart strove to choose between the old love and the new love
Em G Bm Em
The old for her the new that made me think on Ireland dearly
Em G Bm Em Bm Em
While soft the wind blew down the glade and shook the golden barley
[Verse 2]
Em Bm
Twas hard for mournful words to frame to break the ties that bound us
Em Bm C Bm Em
Ah but harder still to bear the shame of foreign chains around us
Em G Bm Em
And so I said the mountain glen I'll seek at morning early
Em G Bm Em Bm Em
And join the brave united men while soft winds shook the barley
[Verse 3]
Em Bm
Twas sad I kissed away her tears her arms around me clinging
Em Bm C Bm Em
When to my ears that fateful shot came out the wild wood ringing
Em G Bm Em
The bullet pierced my true love's breast in life's young spring so early
Em G Bm Em Dm Em
And there upon my breast she died while soft winds shook the barley
[Verse 4]
Em Bm
I bore her to some mountain stream and many's the summer blossom
Em Bm C Bm Em
I placed with branches soft and green about her gore-stained bosom
Em G Bm Em
I wept and kissed her clay-cold corpse then rushed o'er vale and valley
Em G Bm Em Dm Em
My vengeance on the foe to wreak while soft winds shook the barley
[Verse 5]
Em Bm
And it's blood for blood without remorse I've took in Oulart Hollow
Em Bm C Bm Em
While to her grave my love's cold corpse where I full soon may follow
Em G Bm Em
Around her grave I wander drear noon night and morning early
Em G Bm Em Dm Em
With breaking heart whene'er I hear the wind that shakes the barley
* the song is easy and sounds nice if you play the chord at the exact time with the
word. But i'm not 100% sure about this anyway.
