The Dubliners – Grace (Guitar)
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Chords
Jim McCann when live plays it on the 3rd fret but I prefer this when playing solo.
You can strum it or pick the chords. I prefer a combination of each, with only a gentle strum.
Em7 is usually a run down from C to Am but can be skipped if you prefer. I like to add it in as it's usually
just a single strum into the Am. My Em7 is your index finder, 1st fret on B string and middle finger, 2nd fret
on A string and start the strum from the A string.
At the end of each verse and the chorus I add an F and C chord. These are just a single strum of each chord to
finish the verse/chorus
[Intro]
F C Em7 Am Dm G C F C
[Verse 1]
C Em7 Am F G As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham jail F C Em7 Am Dm G I think about the last few weeks, Oh will they say we failed C Em7 Am F G From our school days they have told us we must yearn for liberty F C Em7 Am G C F C Yet all I want in this dark place is to have you here with me.
[Chorus]
G F C Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger F C G They take me out at dawn and I will die F C With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger F C Em7 Am G C F C There won't be time to share our love so we must say goodbye.
[Verse 2]
C Em7 Am F G Now I know it's hard for you my love to ever understand F C Em7 Am Dm G The love I bear for these brave men my love for this brave land C Em7 Am F G But when Padraic called me to his side down in the G.P.O. F C Em7 Am G C F C I had to leave my own sick bed to him I had to go.
[Chorus]
G F C Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger F C G They take me out at dawn and I will die F C With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger F C Em7 Am G C F C There won't be time to share our love so we must say goodbye.
[Verse 3]
C Em7 Am F G Now as the dawn is breaking my heart is breaking to F C Em7 Am Dm G As I walk out on this May morn my thoughts will be of you C Em7 Am F G And I'll write some words upon the wall so everyone will know F C Em7 Am G C F C I loved so much that I could see his blood upon the rose
[Chorus]
G F C Oh Grace just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger F C G They take me out at dawn and I will die F C With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger F C Em7 Am G C There won't be time to share our love so we must say goodbye. F C Em7 Am G C F C No there won't be time to share our love so we must say goodbye.