Biography:
Christy Moore, a native of Co. Kildare, Ireland, found fame as a member of the legendary tradition folk band Planxty. Since then he has carved out his own career as a consummate solo performer. In the 1980s Christy teamed up with Donal Lunny to form the innovative Moving Hearts.
Christy Moore started in the music business in the mid-sixties, when his life as a bank clerk was interrupted by a bank strike, and he moved to England. There he became involved in the folk music scene at the time
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Other songs:
- Natives
- Spancil Hill
- The Lakes Of Pontchartrain
- A Pair Of Brown Eyes
- Aisling
- All I Remember
- Allende
- Among The Wicklow Hills
- Apair Of Brown Eyes
- Arthur Macbride
- As I Roved Out
- Back Home In Derry
- Barrowland
- Biko Drum
- Black Is The Colour
- Black Jack County Chain
- Bright Blue Rose
- Casey
- City Of Chicago
- Cliffs Of Dooneen
- Continental Ceili
- Cry Like A Man
- Delirium Tremens
- Does This Train Stop On Merseyside
- Dunnes Stores
- El Salvador
- Fairytale Of New York
- Faithful Departed
- Follow Me Up To Carlow
- Galtee Mountain Boy
- Go Move Shift
- Hey Sandy
- Irish Ways And Irish Laws
- John Odreams
- Johnny Dont Go To Ballincollig
- Joxer Goes To Stuttgart
- Lakes Of Pontchartrain
- Lisdoonvarna And Ill Tell Me Ma
- Little Musgrave
- Mary From Dungloe
- Matty
- Missing You
- Motherland
- My Little Honda 50
- Nancy Spain
- No Time For Love
- North And South Of The River
- On Morecambe Bay
- One Last Cold Kiss
- Only Our Rivers Run Free
- Ordinary Man
- Quiet Desperation
- Reel In The Flickering Light
- Ride On
- Scapegoats
- Smoke And Strong Whiskey
- So Do I
- St Brendans Voyage
- The Boy From Tamlaghduff
- The Contender
- The Craic Was Ninety In The Isle Of Man
- The Curragh Of Kildare
- The Dying Soldier
- The Mad Lady And Me
- The Night Visit
- The Time Has Come
- The Two Conneeleys
- The Voyage
- They Never Came Home
- Tyrone Boys
- Veronica
- Viva La Quinta Brigada
- Weekend In Amsterdam
- Welcome To The Cabaret
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Written by Michael McConnell
Recorded by Christy Moore, Wolf Tones & others
intro C C or C G C C - theyre just suggestions
C G C C
F C G G
F F C C
G G Am Am
F F C C
F F G G (or E E7 to replace G G)
F F C C
G G Am Am
Key of Am
6/8 time
Chords and a suggested picking pattern
320033 G 643123
x22100 Am 543123
x32010 C 543123
xx3211 F 432123
C G C
When apples still grow in November
F C G
When blossoms still bloom on each tree
F F C
When leaves are still green in December
G G Am
It's then that our land will be free
F F C
I wander her hills and valleys
F F G (or E and pull off to E7 after first strum)
And still through my sorrow I see
F F C
A land that has never known freedom
G G Am
Only her rivers run free
C G C
I drink to the death of her manhood
F C G
Those men who would rather have died
F F C
Than to live in the cold chains of bondage
G G Am
To bring back their rights were denied
F F C
Where are you now when we need you
F F G (or E and pull off to E7 after first strum)
What burns where the flame used to be
F F C
Are ye gone like the snows of last winter
G G Am
Will only our rivers run free
C G C
How sweet is life but we're crying
F C G
How mellow the wine but we're dry
F F C
How fragrant the rose but it's dying
G G Am
How gentle the wind but it sighs
F F C
What good is in youth when it's ageing
F F G (or E and pull off to E7 after first strum)
What joy is in eyes that can't see
F F C
When there's sorrow in sunshine and flowers
G G Am (passing bass notes of E & G before the Am worth a try)
And only our rivers run free
Recorded by Christy Moore, Wolf Tones & others
intro C C or C G C C - theyre just suggestions
C G C C
F C G G
F F C C
G G Am Am
F F C C
F F G G (or E E7 to replace G G)
F F C C
G G Am Am
Key of Am
6/8 time
Chords and a suggested picking pattern
320033 G 643123
x22100 Am 543123
x32010 C 543123
xx3211 F 432123
C G C
When apples still grow in November
F C G
When blossoms still bloom on each tree
F F C
When leaves are still green in December
G G Am
It's then that our land will be free
F F C
I wander her hills and valleys
F F G (or E and pull off to E7 after first strum)
And still through my sorrow I see
F F C
A land that has never known freedom
G G Am
Only her rivers run free
C G C
I drink to the death of her manhood
F C G
Those men who would rather have died
F F C
Than to live in the cold chains of bondage
G G Am
To bring back their rights were denied
F F C
Where are you now when we need you
F F G (or E and pull off to E7 after first strum)
What burns where the flame used to be
F F C
Are ye gone like the snows of last winter
G G Am
Will only our rivers run free
C G C
How sweet is life but we're crying
F C G
How mellow the wine but we're dry
F F C
How fragrant the rose but it's dying
G G Am
How gentle the wind but it sighs
F F C
What good is in youth when it's ageing
F F G (or E and pull off to E7 after first strum)
What joy is in eyes that can't see
F F C
When there's sorrow in sunshine and flowers
G G Am (passing bass notes of E & G before the Am worth a try)
And only our rivers run free
Chuck Girard
Chuck Ragan
Chule Von Wernic (...)
Chumbawamba
Chumbawumba