Grace(Chords)

	        Intro: D      G   D   A   G D Em A   D 

Verse 

D                                   G              A 
As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham Jail 

   G                 D                  Em                 A 
I think about these past few weeks, oh will they say we've failed? 

           D                                    G             A 
From our school days they have told us we must yearn for liberty 

        G               D               Em                  D 
Yet all I want in this dark place is to have you here with me 


    A                                   G               G 
Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger 

         G              D               A 
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die 

                                       G               D 
With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger 

       G                D                 A               D 
There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye 


Verse 

    D                                   G           A 
Now I know it's hard for you my love to ever understand 

     G                D                  Em                  A 
The love I bare for these brave men, my love for this dear land 

          D                                 G        A 
But when Pádraic called me to his side down in the GPO 

   G               D                A           D 
I had to leave my own sick bed, to him I had to go 

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A      G D Em A D 


    A                                   G                 G 
Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger 

         G              D               A 
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die 

                                       G               D 
With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger 

       G                D                 A               D 
There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye 


Verse 

D                                 G                A 
Now as the dawn is breaking, my heart is breaking too 

    G               D                Em                 A 
On this May morn as I walk out, my thoughts will be of you 

          D                         G                      A 
And I'll write some words upon the wall so everyone will know 

   G                 D                Em             D 
I loved so much that I could see his blood upon the rose 


    A                                   G               G 
Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger 

         G              D               A 
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die 

                                       G               D 
With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger 

       G                D                 A               D 
There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye