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Spancil Hill by Christy Moore - Guitar Chords

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            [Verse 1]
    Am              G                     Em        Am
Last night as I lay dreaming, of pleasant days gone by,
                                   C              G
Me mind being bent on rambling, to Ireland I did fly,
 Am                               C              G
I stepped on board a vision, and followed with a will,
      Am                  G                             Am
Till the first I came to anchor at the cross at Spancil Hill.

[Verse 2]
     Am          G                  Em       Am
Delighted by the novelty, Enchanted with the scene,
                                 C           G
Where in my early boyhood, Where often I had been,
   Am                   C                           G
I thought I heard a murmur, And I think I hear it still
   Am                       G                               Am
It's the little stream of water, That flows down by Spancil Hill.

[Verse 3]
     Am              G                    Em      Am
To amuse a passin' fancy, I lay down on the ground,
                                     C                 G
Where all my school companions, they shortly gathered 'round,
 Am                              C                     G
When we were home returnin', we danced with right good will,
Am                  G                              Am
To Martin Moylan's music at, the cross of Spancil Hill.

[Verse 4]
Am           G                    Em         Am              
Twas on the 23rd of June, the day before the fair, 
                            C                           G
When Irelands sons and daughters and friends assembled there,
      Am                                     C        G
The young, the old the brave the bold, their duty to fulfil,
          Am                G                          Am
At the parish church near Clooney, a mile from Spancil Hill.

[Verse 5]
Am                    G                  Em         Am
I went to see me neighbours, to see what they might say,
                                 C                            G
The old ones were all dead and gone, they young ones turning grey,
   Am                              C            G
I met with tailor Quigley, he's as bold as ever still,
        Am                    G                          Am
Sure he used to make me britches, when I lived in Spancil Hill.

[Verse 6]
Am                 G                   Em    Am
I paid a flying visit, to my first and only love,
                        C                       G
She's as fair as any lily, and as gentle as a dove,
 Am                      C                                G
she through her arms around me, saying Johnny I love ye still,
         Am                   G                           Am
She was Meg the farmers daughter, and the pride of Spancil Hill.

[Verse 7]
Am                          G             Em      Am 
I dreamt I held and kissed her, as in the days of yore,
                                C                          G
She said, "Johnny you're only joking, as many's the time before",
 Am                       C                           G
The cock crew in the morning, he crew both loud and shrill,
        Am             G                           Am
And I awoke in California, many miles from Spancil Hill.
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