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Intro |D |A |Bm |G |D |A |D |A verse 1 D G D When I was a lad on the Emerald Isle G D Bm I heard many stories both lovely and wild D G D About the great dragons and monsters that be G D Bm That swallow the ships when they sail on the sea. Refrain G Though I was an artist with canvas and paint D I sailed with St. Brendan and his jolly saints G We told the good people goodbye for a while D A D G We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle D A D We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle. verse 2 G D We'd been on the ocean for 94 days G D Bm When we came to a spot where the sea was ablaze D G D Those demons from Hades were dancing with glee G D Bm And burning the sailors alive on the sea Refrain G Then St. Brendan he walked on the blistering waves D He threw those demons right back to their caves G And all of the saints wore a heavenly smile D A D G We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle D A D We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle. verse 3 D G D One night while the brethren were lying asleep G D Bm A great dragon came up from under the deep D G D He thundered and light'nend and made a great din G D Bm He awakened St. Brendan and all of his men Refrain G The dragon came on with his mouth open wide D We threw in a cross and the great dragon died G We skinned him and cooked him and feasted a while D A D G We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle D A D We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle. Instrumental |D |D |D |G |D |G |D |D |Bm |Bm | |D |D |G |D |G |D |D |Bm |Bm |G | |G |G |G |G |G |G |D |D |G |G | |G |G |D |A |D |G |D |A |D | verse 4 D At last we came onto that beautiful land Bm We all went ashore and we walked on the sand D We took our longbows and we killed us a boo G D Bm We roasted it up and had hot barbecue Refrain G And after a while we were singing this song D We noticed the island was moving along G We ate and we drank and we rolled in high style D A D G We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle D A D We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle. Verse 5 D G D St. Brendan said 'Boys, this is much to my wish G D Bm 'We ride on the back of the world's biggest fish. D G D 'Hold fast to the rope that is pullin' the ship G D Bm 'We'll need it some day if this fish takes a dip.' Refrain G We sailed every ocean, we sailed every sea D We sailed every spot that a sailor could be G In 44 days we sailed 10 million miles D A D G We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle D A Bm G We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle. Outro D A D G We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle D A D We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle. (Then 3 bars of drums) |D |G |G |D |D |D |D |D |D |D |D |D |D | |D |D |D |G |G |D |G |D |G |D |G |D |G |D |G |D
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