Rathlin Island (Maggie)
[Intro]
[C] [C] [C] [C]
[Verse 1]
[NC] I haven’t [C] slept since [F] Wednesday [C]evening
There is no [G7] sleep with all this [F] grieving [G7]
No music [C] here where [F] once was [C] singing
Where once was [G] singing.....[G7]
[Chorus]
[F] Sail a -[C]way [F] from the [C] island,
[Dm] sail out on the [G7] sea
Turn a [G7] blue eye [F] back on [G7] Rathlin,
An [Dm] baile [G7] i mo [C] chroi.
[Verse 2]
[NC] We are like [C] ghosts [F] here on [C] Rathlin
All fleshless [G7] bones all shamed and [F] silent [G7]
Our feet are [C] stone where [F] once was [C] dancing
Where once was [G] dancing....[G7]
[Chorus]
[F] Sail a -[C]way [F] from the [C] island,
[Dm] sail out on the [G7] sea
Turn a [G7] blue eye [F] back on [G7] Rathlin,
An [Dm] baile [G7] i mo [C] chroi.
[Verse 3]
Oc-[C] hón is [F] oc - [C] hón, the ship is [G7] sailing
Carve our [Em] name in cloch na [Am] scriobh [G7]
Och- [C] ón is [F] oc [C] hón,the hills are [G7] wailing
In ainm [Em] Dé, in ainm [Am] Dé,
[Verse 4]
[NC] Today I [C] walk on [F] Rachrai’s [C] island
The welcome’s [G7] warm here on the [F] island [G7]
Seventy [C] strong, it’s [F] hard to [C] leave them
It’s hard to [G] leave them.......[G7]
[Chorus]
[F] Sail a -[C]way [F] from the [C] island,
[Dm] sail out on the [G7] sea
Turn a [G7] blue eye [F] back on [G7] Rathlin,
An [Dm] baile [G7] i mo [C] chroi.
[F] Sail a -[C]way [F] from the [C] island,
[Dm] sail out on the [G7] sea
Turn a [G7] blue eye [F] back on [G7] Rathlin,
An [Dm] baile [G7] i mo [C] chroi.
An [C] baile [G7] i mo [F] [C*] chroi.