The Wind That Shakes The Barley(Chords)

	        
Intro: Em G Em G Em G Em 

verse 1 
Em      D        Em            G                 D 
I sat within the valley green, sat there with my true love 
       G                    Em                 G        D       Em 
And my fond heart strove to choose between the old love and the new love 
G                    Em               G                      Em 
The old for her, the new that made me think on Ireland dearly 
G                        Em      G         Em              D             Em 
While soft the wind blew down the glade and shook the golden barley 

verse 2 
     Em       D        Em             G                       D 
Twas hard the mournful words to frame, to break the ties that bound us 
       G               Em                G       D           Em 
Ah but harder still to bear the shame of foreign chains around us 
G                 Em                 G               Em 
And so I said the mountain glen I'll seek at morning early 
G                  Em     G         Em         D         Em 
And join the brave united men while soft winds shook the barley 

verse 3 
     Em    D       Em            G                   D 
Twas sad I kissed away her tears, her arms around me clinging 
G                    Em                G        D        Em 
When to my ears that fateful shot came out the wild wood ringing 
G                     Em                    G                      Em 
The bullet pierced my true love's breast in life's young spring so early 
G                 Em         G          Em         D         Em 
And there upon my breast she died while soft winds shook the barley 

verse 4 
Em         D        Em              G                       D 
I bore her to some mountain stream, where many's the summer blossom 
G                      Em              G        D            Em 
I placed with branches soft and green about her gore-stained bosom 
G                     Em                    G                    Em 
I wept and kissed her clay-cold corpse then rushed o'er vale and valley 
G                   Em     G           Em         D         Em 
My vengeance on the foe to wreak while soft winds shook the barley 

Verse 5 
Em                 D         Em           G                   D 
And it's blood for blood without remorse, I've took in Oulart Hollow* 
G                     Em                       G      D        Em 
While to her grave my love's cold corpse where I full soon may follow 
G                  Em                G                 Em 
Around her grave I wander drear noon night and morning early 
G                          Em     G        Em        D          Em 
With breaking heart... whene'er I hear the wind that shakes the barley 

	        

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