Biography:
A popular and long-running Canadian-Irish folk group that saw their beginning in the 1960s, The Irish Rovers are particularly well-known for their hit recording of Shel Silverstein's "The Unicorn," although a great many more of their characteristically happy and oft-comical songs remain well-known to this day. In 2010, the band celebrated 45 years as recording artists, with their latest CD, "Gracehill Fair" and filming the DVD/television special "Home in Ireland", shot entirely on-location, throughout the northwest coast of Ireland.
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Other songs:
- All On St Patricks Day
- Black Velvet Band
- Christmas In Killarney
- Dear Little Shamrock Shore
- Drunken Sailor
- Fuck You Im Drunk
- Good King Wenceslas
- Grandma Runover Reindeer
- Heres To The Horses
- I Am Lord Of The Dance
- Mrs Crandalls Boarding House
- Pennywhistle Peddler
- Pigs Cant Swim
- Star Of The County Down
- Sweet Anne
- The Dublin Pub Crawl
- The Irish Rover
- The Jolly Roving Tar
- The Orange And The Green
- The Rake
- The Scotsman
- The Tinker
- The Unicorn
- The Wind That Shakes The Corn
- Up Among The Heather
- Waltzing Matilda
- Wasnt That A Party
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- Whiskey On A Sunday
- Wild Rover
- Winkin Blinkin And Nod
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(Standard Tuning, capo on first fret, ¾ time, Key A)
[Intro]
A D E A
[Riff 1]
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A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
A D
I am a young fellow who sails a salt sea
E A
Byhearted wherever I roam
A D
Until thine sweet Anne from the town of Tralee
E A
And now I think only of home
A D
When I am out on the ocean there far
E A
I dream that I’m holding her tight
A D
For her I would raid the moon and the stars
E A
Just to lie in her arms through the night
[Chorus]
D E A A
Oh if I had the wings of an eagle
A D E E
I'd fly to my love on the shore
A D E E
And never again would I leave her
B E A
For she is the girl I adore
B E A
[Verse 2]
A D
They married that spring and contented were they
E A
As only true lovers can be
A D
But his captain did call That he had to obey
E A
And return one last time to the sea
[Chorus]
D E A A
Oh if I had the wings of an eagle
A D E E
I'd fly to my love on the shore
A D E E
And never again would I leave her
B E A
For she is the girl I adore
B E A
[Verse 3]
A D
A storm it is raging The sails are all torn
E A
Our ship it is far from the land
A D
I grieve for my life Though I face death with scorn
E A
But I grieve ten times more for sweet Anne
[Chorus]
D E A A
Oh if I had the wings of an eagle
A D E E
I'd fly to my love on the shore
A D E E
And never again would I leave her
B E A
For she is the girl I adore
[Bridge]
A D E A (x2)
[Riff 1]
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F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Riff 2]
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C |-----3---2-0-2-----0-2-3-2-3-0----0-2-3-2-3--------0-----------------------|
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F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Key change up 1 step to Key B)
[Verse 4]
B E
Sometimes in the night She'll go down to the sea
F# B
Call out his name from the shore
B E
Its been many long years But she waits faithfully
F# B
For her love who'll return nevermore
[Chorus] (x2)
E F# B B
Oh if I had the wings of an eagle
B E F# F#
I'd fly to my love on the shore
B E F# F#
And never again would I leave her
C# F# B
For she is the girl I adore
E F# B B
Oh if I had the wings of an eagle
B E F# F#
I'd fly to my love on the shore
B E F# F#
And never again would I leave her
C# F# B
For she is the girl I adore
[Outro]
B E F# F#
C# F# B
[Intro]
A D E A
[Riff 1]
f |---0----------------------------------------2--0---------------------------|
C |-----3--2-0-2-----0-2-3-2-3-0---0-2-3-2-3--------0-2-----------------------|
G#|--------------2------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
A D
I am a young fellow who sails a salt sea
E A
Byhearted wherever I roam
A D
Until thine sweet Anne from the town of Tralee
E A
And now I think only of home
A D
When I am out on the ocean there far
E A
I dream that I’m holding her tight
A D
For her I would raid the moon and the stars
E A
Just to lie in her arms through the night
[Chorus]
D E A A
Oh if I had the wings of an eagle
A D E E
I'd fly to my love on the shore
A D E E
And never again would I leave her
B E A
For she is the girl I adore
B E A
[Verse 2]
A D
They married that spring and contented were they
E A
As only true lovers can be
A D
But his captain did call That he had to obey
E A
And return one last time to the sea
[Chorus]
D E A A
Oh if I had the wings of an eagle
A D E E
I'd fly to my love on the shore
A D E E
And never again would I leave her
B E A
For she is the girl I adore
B E A
[Verse 3]
A D
A storm it is raging The sails are all torn
E A
Our ship it is far from the land
A D
I grieve for my life Though I face death with scorn
E A
But I grieve ten times more for sweet Anne
[Chorus]
D E A A
Oh if I had the wings of an eagle
A D E E
I'd fly to my love on the shore
A D E E
And never again would I leave her
B E A
For she is the girl I adore
[Bridge]
A D E A (x2)
[Riff 1]
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A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Riff 2]
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C |-----3---2-0-2-----0-2-3-2-3-0----0-2-3-2-3--------0-----------------------|
G#|--------------2--------------------------------------2---------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Key change up 1 step to Key B)
[Verse 4]
B E
Sometimes in the night She'll go down to the sea
F# B
Call out his name from the shore
B E
Its been many long years But she waits faithfully
F# B
For her love who'll return nevermore
[Chorus] (x2)
E F# B B
Oh if I had the wings of an eagle
B E F# F#
I'd fly to my love on the shore
B E F# F#
And never again would I leave her
C# F# B
For she is the girl I adore
E F# B B
Oh if I had the wings of an eagle
B E F# F#
I'd fly to my love on the shore
B E F# F#
And never again would I leave her
C# F# B
For she is the girl I adore
[Outro]
B E F# F#
C# F# B
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