Miracle Of Sound – The Tale Of Cú Chulainn (Guitar)

       Dm                 C
In the sodden snow of the Irish hills

    Am              Dm
Was born a Tuatha's child

                            C
With a fighting heart and immortal skill

      Am               G
And a spirit fiery and wild

          Dm              Bb
Through a prophecy he was bound and doomed

     G                    Dm
To a short and a glorious life

       Bb              C
And he bore the name Setanta till

  Am             Dm
A famous fateful night

         Bb
With his hurley in his hands

    C
His name would cross the land

         Dm               C
Well his Uncle Connor who wore the crown

   Am            Dm
Of Ulster on his head

                           C
In the home of Culainn the smith sat down

    Am                  G
For mead and mutton and bread

       Dm                   Bb
At the door lay the Cú, the faithful hound

  G                 Dm
A huge and terrible beast

       Bb             C
When a thief or enemy trod his ground

      Am               Dm
Their bones bеcame his feast

       Dm                C
Well Sеtanta joined them late at night

        Am                Dm
And the hound it leapt to shred

                          C
But he raised his hurley, pucked the ball

      Am                       G
Right through the poor beast's head

   Dm                   Bb
He spoke remorse as the smith he cried

        G                 Dm
For his lost and murdered hound

        Bb             C
'I will be your Cú now from this night

     Am               Dm
Till another you have found'

      Bb
So he lay outside the door

        C
One eye watching on the moors

        Dm      F
And the name Cú Chulainn

    C                  Dm
Was sung out loud that night

     Bb               F           A
In a tale of rage and ruin and of might

        Dm      F
And the name Cú Chulainn

   C           Dm
So furious and wild

     Bb               F
To remain in myth and memory

  A             Dm
A legend of the isle

Dm           C         Bb          C
Cosantóir tragóideach, fuil dhiaga Lú (tragic guardian, divine blood of Lugh)

Bb          A
Finscéal an Chú(legend of the hound)

Dm           C         Bb          C
Cosantóir tragóideach, fuil dhiaga Lú (tragic guardian, divine blood of Lugh)

Bb                      A
Currach lán le fiúnach, finscéal an Chú (boat filled with fury, legend of the hound)

Dm           C         Bb          C
Cosantóir tragóideach, fuil dhiaga Lú (tragic guardian, divine blood of Lugh)

Bb          A
Finscéal an Chú(legend of the hound)

Dm           C         Bb          C
Cosantóir tragóideach, fuil dhiaga Lú (tragic guardian, divine blood of Lugh)

Bb                     A
Curadh lán le fiúnach, finscéal an Chú (warrior filled with fury, legend of the hound)

   Dm                     C
He trained on the Isle of Sky and Shadow

Am                Dm
Bore an abandoned son

                           C
And met his battle brother Ferdiad

Am               G
Many a tale they spun

        Dm                          Bb
Well he fought with the strength of many men

  G                      Dm
A beast who bloodied the fields

     Bb               C
In a bloodlust battle frenzy

    Am                   Dm
His skin would shift and peel

    Dm                 C
His son would find him as a man

    Am                 Dm
But would not tell his name

                      C
So he took a spear to his own child

    Am                G
And doomed himself to shame

         Dm                  Bb
When the canny Queen Méabh attacked his land

   G                 Dm
To steal the bull of brown

    Bb            C
She sent out Ferdiad to fight

   Am                   Dm
Cú Chualainn struck him down

         Bb
Blood of son and brother fell

   C
He wailed and cried farewell

        Dm      F
And the name Cú Chulainn

    C                  Dm
Was sung out loud that night

     Bb               F           A
In a tale of rage and ruin and of might

        Dm      F
And the name Cú Chulainn

   C           Dm
So furious and wild

     Bb               F
To remain in myth and memory

  A             Dm
A legend of the isle

Dm           C         Bb          C
Cosantóir tragóideach, fuil dhiaga Lú (tragic guardian, divine blood of Lugh)

Bb          A
Finscéal an Chú(legend of the hound)

Dm           C         Bb          C
Cosantóir tragóideach, fuil dhiaga Lú (tragic guardian, divine blood of Lugh)

Bb                      A
Currach lán le fiúnach, finscéal an Chú (boat filled with fury, legend of the hound)

         Dm             C
When the father of fair Emer

  Bb       C           Dm
Refused to give her to wed

   Dm                C
Cú Chulainn tore his castle down

    Bb                   A
And left the whole place dead

     Dm               C
They loved eachother, man and wife

   Bb       C      Dm
Despite his many affairs

        Dm                C
Then he met the Morrigan, turned her down

    Bb                  A
And earned her vengeful glare

    Dm               C
She weakened him and broke his strength

     Bb    C      Dm
With trickery and lies

   Dm              C
By feeding him the flesh of dogs

      Bb                 A
Three crones were her disguise

    Dm               C
The Queen and Lugaid saw their chance

   Bb        C      Dm
To fight the Cú and win

        Dm             C
When he battled next 3 spears were thrown

    Bb                   A
And one tore through his skin

      Dm                C
So he tied himself to a mighty stone

       Bb       C       Dm
By his guts and belt he hung

    Dm                C
And so he still stood on his feet

         Bb                      A
Till the last breath it left his lungs

      Bb
And a light shone out so grand

         C
Till the raven came to land

        Dm      F
And the name Cú Chulainn

    C                  Dm
Was sung out loud that night

     Bb               F           A
In a tale of rage and ruin and of might

        Dm      F
And the name Cú Chulainn

   C           Dm
So furious and wild

     Bb               F
To remain in myth and memory

  A             Dm
A legend of the isle

Dm Dm F C       Em      Dm
        Scaoil amach on ceol! (let loose the music!)