Biography:
Composer, producer and performer Phil Coulter was the reigning king of contemporary Celtic music, becoming the best-selling Irish artist of his generation. Born in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1942, Coulter began his career while studying music at Belfast's Queens University, writing the Capitol Showband's 1963 hit "Foolin' Time" and later penning the ensemble's 1965 Eurovision Song Contest entry "Walking the Streets in the Rain." Other notable compositions
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The Shores of the Swilly
- Phil Coulter
G C G C Em Am G D G
G C G C
By the shores of the Swilly, two children at play
Em Am G D
The king of the castle, the queen of the may
G C G C
Just me and my sister, in a world of pretend
Em Am G D G
Where the sun would keep shining, the day never end
G C G C
By the shores of the Swilly, now with kids of our own
Em Am G D
Another year over, and see how they've grown
G C G C
Then we'd watch the last sunset, and walk arm in arm
Em Am G D G
Till I see you next summer; God keep you from harm
Em C G C
And if I was a flier who crashed now and then,
Em C G D
she would put me together and fly me again.
- Piano -
Em C G C
And if I was a flier who crashed now and then,
Em C G D
she would put me together and fly me again.
G C G C
By the shores of the Swilly, with an aching inside
Em Am G D
I'll watch as her body is raised from the tide...
G C G C
Her life has been taken, and I'll never know why
Em Am G D G
but I feel in that moment, a part of me died...
- Phil Coulter
G C G C Em Am G D G
G C G C
By the shores of the Swilly, two children at play
Em Am G D
The king of the castle, the queen of the may
G C G C
Just me and my sister, in a world of pretend
Em Am G D G
Where the sun would keep shining, the day never end
G C G C
By the shores of the Swilly, now with kids of our own
Em Am G D
Another year over, and see how they've grown
G C G C
Then we'd watch the last sunset, and walk arm in arm
Em Am G D G
Till I see you next summer; God keep you from harm
Em C G C
And if I was a flier who crashed now and then,
Em C G D
she would put me together and fly me again.
- Piano -
Em C G C
And if I was a flier who crashed now and then,
Em C G D
she would put me together and fly me again.
G C G C
By the shores of the Swilly, with an aching inside
Em Am G D
I'll watch as her body is raised from the tide...
G C G C
Her life has been taken, and I'll never know why
Em Am G D G
but I feel in that moment, a part of me died...
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