The Irish Rovers – St Brendans Fair Isle (Guitar)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
3/4 timing
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
D G D When I was a lad on the Emerald Isle G D Bm I heard many stories both lovely and wild D G D About the great dragons and monsters that be G D Bm That swallow the ships when they sail on the sea.
[Refrain]
G Though I was an artist with canvas and paint D I sailed with St. Brendan and his jolly saints G We told the good people goodbye for a while D A D G We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle D A D We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle.
[Verse 2]
G D We'd been on the ocean for 94 days G D Bm When we came to a spot where the sea was ablaze D G D Those demons from Hades were dancing with glee G D Bm And burning the sailors alive on the sea
[Refrain]
G Then St. Brendan he walked on the blistering waves D He threw those demons right back to their caves G And all of the saints wore a heavenly smile D A D G We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle D A D We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle.
[Verse 3]
D G D One night while the brethren were lying asleep G D Bm A great dragon came up from under the deep D G D He thundered and light'nend and made a great din G D Bm He awakened St. Brendan and all of his men
[Refrain]
G The dragon came on with his mouth open wide D We threw in a cross and the great dragon died G We skinned him and cooked him and feasted a while D A D G We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle D A D We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle.
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
D At last we came onto that beautiful land Bm We all went ashore and we walked on the sand D We took our longbows and we killed us a boo G D Bm We roasted it up and had hot barbecue
[Refrain]
G And after a while we were singing this song D We noticed the island was moving along G We ate and we drank and we rolled in high style D A D G We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle D A D We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle.
[Verse 5]
D G D St. Brendan said "Boys, this is much to my wish G D Bm "We ride on the back of the world's biggest fish. D G D "Hold fast to the rope that is pullin' the ship G D Bm "We'll need it some day if this fish takes a dip."
[Refrain]
G We sailed every ocean, we sailed every sea D We sailed every spot that a sailor could be G In 44 days we sailed 10 million miles D A D G We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle D A Bm G We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle.
[Outro]
D A D G We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle, fair isle D A D We sailed for St. Brendan's fair isle.
(Then 3 bars of drums)
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