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I'm going to add another easy chord song from the great Christy Moore, I've had great fun working on this with my guitar.
Again it's good for acoustic with electric accompanyment. The intro on the Youtube video will give a good idea of the strum pattern required.
I think this song is just as powerful as "North and South" and in the light of yesterday's tragic events and waste of life in Northern Ireland, as relevant today as in the troubles. I pray we don't have a beginning to all that again. Life is precious and should be lived in peace whatever creed, colour or nationality we are
So here goes!
SMOKE AND STRONG WHISKEY
Capo 1st Fret
Intro:
CG CG
Verse 1:
(D)Kids wear white garters and (G)smell like their mothers
(C)Whose husbands and (G)fathers alike
Drink (D)black beer in the (C)same public houses
(C)Smelling (D)of Smoke (G)and (C)Strong (G)whiskey
Verse 2:
(D)Mammies and daddies and (G)skipping ropes
Lectures (C)from holy men, (G)living in hope
That (D)they've not mistaken (C)the brand of their coats
(C)They've (D)paid for (G)in (C)spiritual (G)healing
Verse 3:
(D)A busy year this, (G)streets running red
(C)How many sent to (G)their nuptial bed
How many (D)sent home to (C)a winter of graves
(C)How (D)many wait in (G)for (C)the (G)slaughter
Chorus:
(G)Oh, (D)oh, the holy ground
(C)Ce'ad mile faite, (Am)there's saints and there's
(D)scolars to see
(G)oh, (Em)oh, (D)the holy ground
(C)Faraway hills ain't (Am)as green as they
(D)once used to be
Verse 4:
(D)It's Easter again, and (G)we cannot forget
(C)Our brothers and sisters and (G)what was said
So (D)you practice your pipes, (C)stand proud in the wet
(C)for the (D)eyes of (G)world are (C)upon (G)you
Verse 5:
(D)Kelly is seventeen, (G)and thinks he's a man
(C)He's out on the street (G)with a gun in his hand
He's (D)protecting the pipers who (C)play in the band
(C)While (D)the enemy (G)waits (C)with an (G)army
Verse 6:
(D)Dia le hE'ireann and (G)suckle the empire
(C)Dia le hE'ireann and (G)suffer the loss
Of (D)the green and the red(C)and the orange white & blue
(C)And (D)the blood and the (G)pain (C)and the (G)hatred
Chorus:
(G)Oh, (D)oh, the holy ground
(C)Ce'ad mile faite, (Am)there's saints and there's
(D)scolars to see
(G)oh, (Em)oh, (D)the holy ground
(C)Faraway hills ain't (Am)as green as they
(D)once used to be
Verse 7:
(D)God in his mercy has (G)given us men
(C)To lead us to peace (G)but they can't put an end
To (D)to all those young women (C)who are leaving the land
(C)Lying (D)frightened (G)over (C)the (G)water
Verse 8:
(D)Father walks home (G)on a colourless night
(C)The organization has (G)blinded his sight
His (D)wife and his kids (C)are sleeping tonight
(C)In (D)the arms of sweet (G)Jesus (C)and (G)Mary
Chorus:
(G)Oh, (D)oh, the holy ground
(C)Ce'ad mile faite, (Am)there's saints and there's
(D)scolars to see
(G)oh, (Em)oh, (D)the holy ground
(C)Faraway hills ain't (Am)as green as they
(D)once used to be
Repeat Verse 1:
(D)Kids wear white garters and (G)smell like their mothers
(C)Whose husbands and (G)fathers alike
Drink (D)black beer in the (C)same public houses
(C)Smelling (D)of Smoke (G)and (C)Strong (G)whiskey
Repeat last line:
(C)Smelling (D)of Smoke (G)and (C)Strong (G)whiskey
Have fun with it and don't worry if you forget bits. As you can see from the clip Christy had to ask Declan for the first chord and declared it would be a miracle if he got through it all.
Here's the youtube link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ce7KiOUkdA
Cheers everyone,
Chris
The guitar is all right John but you'll never make a living out of it! (John Lennon's Aunt Mimi)
