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Camel is an English progressive rock group from London, England, United Kingdom. They formed circa 1964 when brothers Andrew and Ian Latimer got together with their respective friends Alan Butcher and Richard Over to form The Phantom Four. The band played extensively around their home town of Guildford, Surrey before changing their name to Strange Brew. The group performed mainly cover tunes until mid-1968 when Ian Latimer quit to get married. Andrew
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Eyes of Ireland
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Andy Latimer/Susan Hoover, from Camel's _Harbour of Tears_ 1996
Intro riff: (repeat 4 times)
Dm C Am Dm
e:------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B:------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G:------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D:-0----------------|------------------|------------------|---0--------------|
A:------------------|3-----------------|-0----------------|------------------|
E:------------------|------------------|------------------|-3----------------|
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Verse 1
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Dm Bb F
Listen now boys, my grandmother said
Gm Dm C Dm
I'll tell you a story then off to bed.
Dm Bb F
Once was a time, we lived of the land,
Gm Dm C Dm C Am Dm Dm C Am Dm
Harvest would come, and we all lent a hand. [riff repeated twice]
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Verse 2
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Dm Bb F
Winds blew our lives, and scattered our seeds.
Gm Dm C Dm
Changing the landscape, from flowers to weeds.
Dm Bb F
See in the graveyard the families gone.
Gm Dm C Dm
The grandest of tombstones carry them on...
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Chorus
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Bb F Am
When you sail from the Harbour,
Bb F Dm C Am Dm Dm C Am Dm
It's your last eyes of Ireland. [riff repeated twice]
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Verse 3
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Dm Bb F
We tended the fire, and fairies appeased
Gm Dm C Dm
The flame never died until we had to leave.
Dm Bb F
When we were gone, the house tumbled down
Gm Dm C Dm
Covered our footprints, we'd left on the ground.
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Chorus
-------
Bb F Am
When you sail from the Harbour,
Bb F Dm C Am Dm Dm C Am Dm
It's your last eyes of Ireland. [riff repeated twice]
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Slide Solo
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[short guitar solo in the following chord sequence:
C Dm Bb C Dm Bb Am
e|--s--------------s--------s--s-------------------------s-s----------------|
B|-3-15---13----13-10---1011/10----s--s-----s--s-----56/5--s--s-----s---|
G|----------------------------------1012/10--57-/-5---------57-/-5--2-7-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
and then back to intro riff]
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Verse 4
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Dm Bb F
My eyes are now tired and no longer see.
Gm Dm C Dm
But visions of Ireland linger in me.
Dm Bb F
So carry your past in the rooms of your heart
Dm C Dm
and you'll never be empty of love when you part.
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Chorus
-------
Bb F Am
And you sail from the Harbour,
Bb F Dm C Am Dm Dm C Am Dm
Your last eyes of Ireland. [riff repeated twice]
Whistle
--------
Dm C Am Dm
[riff repeated twice]
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Andy Latimer/Susan Hoover, from Camel's _Harbour of Tears_ 1996
Intro riff: (repeat 4 times)
Dm C Am Dm
e:------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B:------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G:------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D:-0----------------|------------------|------------------|---0--------------|
A:------------------|3-----------------|-0----------------|------------------|
E:------------------|------------------|------------------|-3----------------|
-------------------------------------------------
Verse 1
--------
Dm Bb F
Listen now boys, my grandmother said
Gm Dm C Dm
I'll tell you a story then off to bed.
Dm Bb F
Once was a time, we lived of the land,
Gm Dm C Dm C Am Dm Dm C Am Dm
Harvest would come, and we all lent a hand. [riff repeated twice]
-------------------------------------------------
Verse 2
--------
Dm Bb F
Winds blew our lives, and scattered our seeds.
Gm Dm C Dm
Changing the landscape, from flowers to weeds.
Dm Bb F
See in the graveyard the families gone.
Gm Dm C Dm
The grandest of tombstones carry them on...
-------------------------------------------------
Chorus
-------
Bb F Am
When you sail from the Harbour,
Bb F Dm C Am Dm Dm C Am Dm
It's your last eyes of Ireland. [riff repeated twice]
-------------------------------------------------
Verse 3
--------
Dm Bb F
We tended the fire, and fairies appeased
Gm Dm C Dm
The flame never died until we had to leave.
Dm Bb F
When we were gone, the house tumbled down
Gm Dm C Dm
Covered our footprints, we'd left on the ground.
-------------------------------------------------
Chorus
-------
Bb F Am
When you sail from the Harbour,
Bb F Dm C Am Dm Dm C Am Dm
It's your last eyes of Ireland. [riff repeated twice]
-------------------------------------------------
Slide Solo
-----------
[short guitar solo in the following chord sequence:
C Dm Bb C Dm Bb Am
e|--s--------------s--------s--s-------------------------s-s----------------|
B|-3-15---13----13-10---1011/10----s--s-----s--s-----56/5--s--s-----s---|
G|----------------------------------1012/10--57-/-5---------57-/-5--2-7-|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
and then back to intro riff]
-------------------------------------------------
Verse 4
--------
Dm Bb F
My eyes are now tired and no longer see.
Gm Dm C Dm
But visions of Ireland linger in me.
Dm Bb F
So carry your past in the rooms of your heart
Dm C Dm
and you'll never be empty of love when you part.
-------------------------------------------------
Chorus
-------
Bb F Am
And you sail from the Harbour,
Bb F Dm C Am Dm Dm C Am Dm
Your last eyes of Ireland. [riff repeated twice]
Whistle
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Dm C Am Dm
[riff repeated twice]
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