Misc Traditional – A Nation Once Again (Ukulele)

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

  F       G7      F
I read of ancient freemen

    Dm         F
For Greece and Rome who bravely stood

      Dm      G7
Three hundred men and three men

    G
And then I prayed I might yet see

    F       D7      E7
Our fetters rent in twain

    F       Fm     G
And Ireland long a province be

  F      G     F
A nation once again
[Chorus]
  F
A nation once again

  Dm           G7
A nation once again

    F       Dm     F        G
And Ireland long a province be

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

     F        G7      F
That hope has shone a far light

    Dm           F
Nor could love's brightest summer glow

   Dm         G7
Outshine that solemn starlight

   G
It seemed to watch above my head

   F      D7        E7
In forum, field and fane

    F     Fm         G
Its angel voice sang round my bed

  F      G     F
A nation once again
[Chorus]
  F
A nation once again

  Dm           G7
A nation once again

    F       Dm     F        G
And Ireland long a province be

  F      G      F
A nation once again
[Verse 3]
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It whisper'd too that freedom's ark

    F       G7       F
And service high and holy

      Dm             F
Would be profaned by feelings dark

    Dm       G7
And passions vain or lowly

    G
For freedom comes from God's right hand

    F       D7    E7
And needs a godly train

    F         Fm       G
And righteous men must make our land

  F      G     F
A nation once again
[Chorus]
  F
A nation once again

  Dm           G7
A nation once again

    F       Dm     F        G
And Ireland long a province be

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

  F       G7      F
I bent me to that bidding

   Dm             F
My spirit of each selfish plan

    Dm    G7
And cruel passion ridding

    G
For thus I hoped some day to aid

    F        D7      E7
Oh, can such hope be vain

     F       Fm      G
When my dear country shall be made

  F      G     F
A nation once again.
[Chorus]
  F
A nation once again

  Dm           G7
A nation once again

    F       Dm     F        G
And Ireland long a province be

  F      G      F
A nation once again