The Nightingale Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][Em][D][Em][Bm][Am]
[Bm]

[Verse 1]
Woe[Em]ful was the day
when I was [D]pressed to sail [Em]afar
Leave behind the girl I love
In the [Bm]town of Val[C]nagut
[Em]Shady grows my delight
Till [Bm]I was forced to sail
[C]You[Em] all [Am]may
guess at my distress
[Em]Lying in the n[Bm]ight[Em]ingale
Grief and woe, that I must go
And [D]fight for [Em]England's king
I do not know, as friends of foe
A [Bm]war's a cruel [C]thing
[Em]The nightingale lies near at hand
But [D]I, [Em]alas, is [C]brief
From [Em]the p[Am]urling streams
and mountain rings
[Em]I pa[D]rt with bitter gri[Em]ef
No more I'll walk the golden hills
With Nancy [D]by [Em]my side
Stroll along the sun -bright rills
Or view my land with pride
We sail away at dawn of day
Our [Bm]sail's already set
[C]While old Isl[Am]et shore I see no more
Un[Em]part with deep [Bm]regret[Am][C][Em][Am]
[Em][Bm][Em][Bm][C][Em][Am]
[Bm][Am]
[Em]Well, all has changed
and I must range
Across the ocean wide
A ship, she may in Biscay Bay
Be sunk [Bm]beneath the [Em]tide
If I should fall by a cannibal,
or sink beneath the [C]sea,
Good [Am]people long a tearlet fall,
and [Bm]mourn for mine enemy.
[Em]And if God should
spare my graying head,
and bring me back again,
I love far more my Antrim shore
It's [D]dark blue hills [Bm]and g[Em]lens
Round the fire but one desire
God [Bm]granted [Em]life should fail[C]
To [Em]keep [Am]me far from the cruel wars
[Em]An d f[Bm]rom the nighti[C]ngale
[Am]To k[G]eep [C]me far
from the cruel [G]world
[C]I'm[Em] from the[Bm] nigh[Em]tinga[Am]le
[C][Em][Bm][Em][Am]
[Em][Am][C]
[Am]Oh, [Am]enjoy[Am]ed th[Em]at lot.