Intro
C C C C
Verse 1
NC I haven’t C slept since F Wednesday Cevening
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 -Cway 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 -Cway 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 -Cway 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 -Cway 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.