xEyes of Ireland
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Andy Latimer/Susan Hoover, from Camel's _Harbour of Tears_ 1996
Intro riff: (repeat 4 times)
Dm C Am Dm
e:------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B:------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G:------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D:-0----------------|------------------|------------------|---0--------------|
A:------------------|3-----------------|-0----------------|------------------|
E:------------------|------------------|------------------|-3----------------|
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Verse 1
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Dm Bb F
Listen now boys, my grandmother said
Gm Dm C Dm
I'll tell you a story then off to bed.
Dm Bb F
Once was a time, we lived of the land,
Gm Dm C Dm C Am Dm Dm C Am Dm
Harvest would come, and we all lent a hand. [riff repeated twice]
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Verse 2
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Dm Bb F
Winds blew our lives, and scattered our seeds.
Gm Dm C Dm
Changing the landscape, from flowers to weeds.
Dm Bb F
See in the graveyard the families gone.
Gm Dm C Dm
The grandest of tombstones carry them on...
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Chorus
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Bb F Am
When you sail from the Harbour,
Bb F Dm C Am Dm Dm C Am Dm
It's your last eyes of Ireland. [riff repeated twice]
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Verse 3
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Dm Bb F
We tended the fire, and fairies appeased
Gm Dm C Dm
The flame never died until we had to leave.
Dm Bb F
When we were gone, the house tumbled down
Gm Dm C Dm
Covered our footprints, we'd left on the ground.
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Chorus
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Bb F Am
When you sail from the Harbour,
Bb F Dm C Am Dm Dm C Am Dm
It's your last eyes of Ireland. [riff repeated twice]
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Slide Solo
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[short guitar solo in the following chord sequence:
C Dm Bb C Dm Bb Am
e|--s--------------s--------s--s-------------------------s-s----------------|
B|-3\-15---13----13\-10---10\11/10----s--s-----s--s-----5\6/5--s--s-----s---|
G|----------------------------------10\12/10--5\7-/-5---------5\7-/-5--2\-7-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
and then back to intro riff]
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Verse 4
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Dm Bb F
My eyes are now tired and no longer see.
Gm Dm C Dm
But visions of Ireland linger in me.
Dm Bb F
So carry your past in the rooms of your heart
Dm C Dm
and you'll never be empty of love when you part.
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Chorus
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Bb F Am
And you sail from the Harbour,
Bb F Dm C Am Dm Dm C Am Dm
Your last eyes of Ireland. [riff repeated twice]
Whistle
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Dm C Am Dm
[riff repeated twice]
