Christy Moore – Green Island (Guitar)
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Chords
[Verse 1]
F C Am F The island lies like a leaf upon the sea F C Am F Green island like a leaf new fallen from the tree G Am Green turns to gold Dm C G As morning breezes gently shake the barley Em G Am Bending the yellow corn G Am Green turns to gold, Dm C G There´s purple shadows on the distant mountains Em G Am And the sun in the yellow corn
[Verse 2]
F C Am F They came in their longships from lands beyond the sea F C Am F They came in their longships, they saw the land was green G Am Wind in the barley, Dm C G Trout and salmon leaping in the rivers Em G Am Sun in the yellow corn G Am Leaping a shore Dm C G They slaughtered those who laboured in the barley Em G Am Scything them down like corn
[Verse 3]
F C Am F The longships sailed away and new invaders came F C Am F With long bow and lance bringing death in England´s name G Am With sword and with mace Dm C G They went reaping through the fields of barley Em G Am They plundered the yellow corn G Am Crop followed crop Dm C G And prospered in the killing fields of barley Em G Am In the harvest of new young corn
[Verse 4]
F C Am F Marching down the years the men of war they came F C Am F With bombs, assassin´s bullets, c.s gas and guns G Am Ghosts from the past Dm C G Are chasing shadows through the fields of barley Em G Am Hiding in the yellow corn G Am Nine hundred years Dm C G They´ve tried to trap the wind that shakes the barley Em G Am And the sun in the yellow corn
[Verse 5]
F C Am F The island lies like a leaf upon the sea F C Am F Green island like a leaf new fallen from the tree G Am Green turns to gold Dm C G As morning breezes gently shake the barley Em G Am Bending the yellow corn G Am No force on earth Dm C G Can ever trap the wind that shakes the barley Em G Am Or the sun in the yellow corn