Christy Moore – Lyra Mckee (Guitar)

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Some of the lyrics Might Not Be Right As Christy Is A Hard Man To Understand Only Hammer Ons Are At The Half-way Point Of Some Of The Verses Where An F Chord Shows Up. [Verse 1]

          C
There was tension in the air

       Em
as she left that night

Am               F
for a story or a sound About It

     C          G
even wild horses

                           F
Could not have stopped her leavin

[Verse 2]

           C
With their hoods and masks and their

  Em
hidden faces

Am                     F
Their petrol bombs and bricks they waded

       C                                G
As the convoy made its way along the foil

          F
Up to the creggan

[Pre-Chorus]

Am                          C       
The stage was set above the derry walls

Am                  C
Time for action the commander called

F
Up there

                             G
Where dissidence are not for leavin

[Verse 3]

       C                     Em
Oh the nile was black as the riots began

Am                  F
Crowds gathered and children ran

         C
A bullet cracked

            G
And lyra fell

              F
Where she was standin

[Chorus]

       C
In the right place

       Em
At the wrooong time

Am               F
Out lookin for a storyline

          C
Till they silenced her

          G
That night

          F
Up in the creggan

[Verse 4]

C
Lyra worked

Em
Behind the lines

Am                     F
A rising star said the irish times

        C                  G
Now her light still shines down

             F
On those who killed her

[Verse 5]

          C
There was tension in the air

       Em
As she left that night

Am               F
For a story or a sound about it

     C
Even wild horses

      G                    F
could not have stopped her leavin

[Outro]

C
Lyra

C
Lyra mckee

         F
Remember lyra

Lyra mckee

         C
Remember lyra

Lyra mckee

         F
Remember lyrraaaaaa