The Dubliners – A Nation Once Again (Guitar)

     G
When boyhood's fire was in my blood

   C       D       G
I read of ancient freemen

   G
Of Greece and Rome who bravely stood

      C       D       G
Three hundred men and three men

   D
And then I prayed I yet might see

    C                G
Our fetters rent in twain

    C              D
And Ireland long a province be

  G       D   G
A nation once again

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A nation once again, a nation once again

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And Ireland long a province be a nation once again

    G
And from that time through wildest woe

     C        D       G
That hope has shown a far light

    G
Nor could love's brightest summer glow

         C    D       G
Outshine that solemn starlight

   D
It seem to watch above my head

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Through foreign fields and fame

     C                  D
It's angel voice sang 'round my bed

  G      D    G
A nation once again

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A nation once again, a nation once again

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And Ireland long a province be a nation once again

  G
So as I grew from boy to man

   C       D    G
I bent me to my bidding

   G
My spirit of each selfish plan

    C     D       G
And cruel passion ridding

    D
For thus I hope some day to wake

    C                G
Nor can such hope be vain

     C                        D
When my dear country shall be made

  G       D   G
A nation once again

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A nation once again, a nation once again

    G                            C      D    G
And Ireland long a province be a nation once again