The Wind That Shakes The Barley by Misc Traditional, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

The Wind That Shakes The Barley

by Misc Traditional

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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!

[Verse 1]

Em Bm
I sat within the valley green sat there with my true love
Em Bm C Bm Em
And my fond heart strove to choose between the old love and the new love

Em G Bm Em
The old for her the new that made me think on Ireland dearly
Em G Bm Em Bm Em
While soft the wind blew down the glade and shook the golden barley

[Verse 2]

Em Bm
Twas hard for mournful words to frame to break the ties that bound us
Em Bm C Bm Em
Ah but harder still to bear the shame of foreign chains around us

Em G Bm Em
And so I said the mountain glen I'll seek at morning early
Em G Bm Em Bm Em
And join the brave united men while soft winds shook the barley

[Verse 3]

Em Bm
Twas sad I kissed away her tears her arms around me clinging
Em Bm C Bm Em
When to my ears that fateful shot came out the wild wood ringing

Em G Bm Em
The bullet pierced my true love's breast in life's young spring so early
Em G Bm Em Dm Em
And there upon my breast she died while soft winds shook the barley

[Verse 4]

Em Bm
I bore her to some mountain stream and many's the summer blossom
Em Bm C Bm Em
I placed with branches soft and green about her gore-stained bosom

Em G Bm Em
I wept and kissed her clay-cold corpse then rushed o'er vale and valley
Em G Bm Em Dm Em
My vengeance on the foe to wreak while soft winds shook the barley

[Verse 5]

Em Bm
And it's blood for blood without remorse I've took in Oulart Hollow
Em Bm C Bm Em
While to her grave my love's cold corpse where I full soon may follow

Em G Bm Em
Around her grave I wander drear noon night and morning early
Em G Bm Em Dm Em
With breaking heart whene'er I hear the wind that shakes the barley

* the song is easy and sounds nice if you play the chord at the exact time with the
word. But i'm not 100% sure about this anyway.