Grace [F] F Bb C As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham jail Bb F Gm C I think about the last few weeks, oh will they say we failed F Bb C From our school days they have told us we must yearn for liberty Bb F C F Yet all I want in this dark place is to have you here with me. |[Chorus] | C Bb F |Oh Grace, just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger | Bb F C |They take me out at dawn and I will die | Bb F |With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger | Bb F C F |There won't be time to share our love so we must say goodbye. F Bb C Now I know it's hard for you my love to ever understand Bb F Gm C The love I bear for these brave men, my love for this brave land F Bb C But when Padraic called me to his side down in the G.P.O. Bb F C F I had to leave my own sick bed, to him I had to go. |[Chorus] | C Bb F |Oh Grace, just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger | Bb F C |They take me out at dawn and I will die | Bb F |With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger | Bb F C F |There won't be time to share our love so we must say goodbye. F Bb C Now as the dawn is breaking my heart is breaking too Bb F Gm C As I walk out on this May morn my thoughts will be of you F Bb C And I'll write some words upon the wall so everyone will know Bb F C F I loved so much that I could see his blood upon the rose |[Chorus] | C Bb F |Oh Grace, just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger | Bb F C |They take me out at dawn and I will die | Bb F |With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger | Bb F C F |There won't be time to share our love so we must say goodbye.