Misc Irish : "The minstrel boy" Guitar chords
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From: abostick@netcom.com (Alan L. Bostick)
Subject: CRD: The Minstrel Boy (trad) was :REQ: Man Who Would Be King
rbeach@emr1.emr.ca (Rick Beach) writes:
> The subject line is the name of a movie (since I don't know the
>name of the song :-( ). The song is sung by Sean Connery and Michael
>Caine in the movie. I think it is an old Irish or Scottish war/glory/
>love/sacrifice ballad. It has a haunting melody and I would love to
>get chords and tab. Sorry if this is pretty vague :-(
>Rick
>rbeach@emr1.emr.ca
Here are the chords to the traditional Irish song, "The Minstrel Boy
to the War Has Gone"
(I just checked my songbook: I _do_ have tab. It will take me some
time (over the weekend, I think) to get it into machine-readable form
I'll be following this up then.)
THE MINSTREL BOY TO THE WAR HAS GONE
(Traditional)
D A D
The minstrel boy to ...
G D A D
In the ranks of death ...
A D
His father's sword he ...
G D A D
And his wild harp ...
Bm A G A G A D
"Land of song," said the ...
G A D
"Though all the world ...
A D
One sword at least thy ....
G A D
One faithDful heart ....
The minstrel fell, but .....
And said, "No chain shall .....
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