(Capo 5. Bund)
G C
G
C G
D
See the bright new moon is rising above the land of black and green
G C G C
G D
G
Hear the rebel voices calling I will not die though you bury me.
C
G C G
D
The aunt upstairs in the bed she is calling why has he forsaken me
G C G
C
D
G
Faded pictures in the hallway. Which of them brown ghosts is he?
C G
Bless the wind that shakes the barley
C G
D
Curse the spade and curse the plough
G
C
G
C
I've counted years and weeks and days.
G
D G
And I wish to God that I was with you now.
Chorus:
G C
G D
Fairthee well my black haired diamond fairthee well my own Aisling
G
C G
C G
D
C-D-C-D
At night fond dreams of you still haunt me far across the grey north sea.
C
D
C
D
And the wind it blows from the North and South to the East and the West
C D
C
D C
D em
I will be like the wind my Iove for I will know no rest until l return to thee.
e
D
e
1 2, 3 4 telegraph poles burning on the cold black road
e
D
e
The night is fading into morning. Give us a drop of your sweet poteen
e D
e
The rain was lashing the sun was rising. The wind was howling through the trees.
e D
e-D
The madness from the mountains crawling when I saw you first my own Aisling.
G C
G
Bless the wind that shakes the barley
C G
D
Curse the spade and
curse the plough
G
C
G
C
I've counted years and weeks and days
G
D
G
And I wish to God that I was with you now.
Chorus (2x) + Aisling Tune (Noten) (Midi)