Misc Traditional – A Nation Once Again (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
     G    
When boyhood's fire was in my blood

  C       D7      G
I read of ancient freemen

               Em       G       C
For Greece and Rome who bravely stood

      Am      D7    
Three hundred men and three men

    D   
And then I prayed I might yet see

    C       A7      B7
Our fetters rent in twain

    C       Cm     D
And Ireland long a province be

  G      D    G 
A nation once again
[Chorus]
                     C
A nation once again

  Am            D7
A nation once again

    G       Em     C        D
And Ireland long a province be

  G      D      G
A nation once again
[Verse 2]
    G
And from that time through wildest woe

     C        D7      G
That hope has shone a far light

                 Em        G      C
Nor could love's brightest summer glow

    Am        D7    
Outshine that solemn starlight

   D
It seemed to watch above my head

   C      A7        B7
In forum, field and fane

    C     Cm         D
Its angel voice sang round my bed

  G      D    G 
A nation once again
[Chorus]
                     C
A nation once again

  Am            D7
A nation once again

    G       Em     C        D
And Ireland long a province be

  G      D      G
A nation once again
[Verse 3]
   G
It whisperd too that freedom's ark

    C       D7       G
And service high and holy

            Em       G        C
Would be profaned by feelings dark

    Am       D7    
And passions vain or lowly

     D
For, freedom comes from God's right hand

    C       A7    B7
And needs a godly train

    C         Cm       D
And righteous men must make our land

  G      D    G 
A nation once agian
[Chorus]
                     C
A nation once again

  Am            D7
A nation once again

    G       Em     C        D
And Ireland long a province be

  G      D      G
A nation once again
[Verse 4]
    G
So, as I grew from boy to man

  C       D7      G
I bent me to that bidding

             Em   G       C
My spirit of each selfish plan

    Am    D7    
And cruel passion ridding

     D
For, thus I hoped some day to aid

    C        A7      B7
Oh, can such hope be vain

     C       Cm      D
When my dear country shall be made

  G      D    G 
A nation once again.
[Chorus]
                     C
A nation once again

  Am            D7
A nation once again

    G       Em     C        D
And Ireland long a province be

  G      D      G
A nation once again