Irish Eyes

Capo: 1st fret

[Verse 1]
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My Mother Says I Have Irish Eyes
C           Csus4  C
Irish Eyes, Irish Eyes
C
My Mother Says I Have Irish Eyes
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They Go Ever So Blue Under Stormy Skies
      Am          G            F         C
But They’re Never So Blue As When I Let Them Cry
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
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My Father Says I Have English Hair
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English Hair, English Hair
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Brown Like The Bark Of An Oak Somewhere
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Like The Bed Of A Lake Where The Hemlock Grows
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Like The Thorn In The Stem Of An English Rose
 
 
[Chorus]
 
      C
I’m A Map Of The World And The Ones Before
    C/F             C
One Foot In Sea And One On Shore
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Every Step, Every Hope Flung High
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I’m A Map Of Them All With My Irish Eyes
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
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My Nana Says I Have Travelling Feet
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Travelling Feet, Travelling Feet
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Slippers For Princesses Don’t Fit Me
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But I Dance To My Own Drum, Bright And Bold
       Am         G           F      C
And My Travelling Feet Always Get Me Home
 
 
[Verse 4]
 
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My Sister Says I’ve A Restless Soul
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Restless Soul, Restless Soul
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Easy To Catch But I’m Hard To Hold
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Like A Song On The Wind That You Caught One Day
      Am         G            F    C
I Get Under Your Skin, Then I Slip Away
 
 
[Chorus]
 
      C                        F      C
I’m A Map Of The World And The Ones Before
    Am              F           C
One Foot In Sea And One On Shore
C                 F          Am
Every Step, Every Hope Flung High
                                        C
I’m A Map Of Them All With My Irish Eyes
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
C Am F G
 
C Am F G C
 
 
[Verse 5]
 
C                     Am
My Mother Says I Have Irish Eyes
F           G
Irish Eyes, Irish Eyes
C                     Am
My Mother Says I Have Irish Eyes
        F       G    C
They Go Ever So Blue
 
 
[Chorus]
 
      C                        F      C
I’m A Map Of The World And The Ones Before
    C               F           C
One Foot In Sea And One On Shore
C                 F    G     F
Every Step, Every Hope Flung High
      N.C.
I’m A Map Of Them All With My Irish Eyes