Eyes of Ireland
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Andy Latimer/Susan Hoover, from Camel's _Harbour of Tears_ 1996


Intro riff: (repeat 4 times)

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Verse 1
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Dm                  Bb          F
Listen now boys, my grandmother said 
     Gm          Dm   C           Dm
I'll tell you a story then off to bed.
Dm                  Bb           F
Once was a time, we lived of the land,
Gm            Dm           C          Dm    C  Am  Dm  Dm  C  Am  Dm
Harvest would come, and we all lent a hand. [riff repeated twice]


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Verse 2
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Dm                        Bb            F
Winds blew our lives, and scattered our seeds.
Gm           Dm              C          Dm
Changing the landscape, from flowers to weeds.
Dm                       Bb       F
See in the graveyard the families gone.
    Gm          Dm         C          Dm
The grandest of tombstones carry them on...


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Chorus
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         Bb   F        Am
When you sail from the Harbour,
          Bb   F       Dm       C  Am  Dm  Dm  C  Am  Dm
It's your last eyes of Ireland. [riff repeated twice]


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Verse 3
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   Dm                   Bb      F
We tended the fire, and fairies appeased
    Gm          Dm         C         Dm
The flame never died until we had to leave.
Dm                     Bb            F
When we were gone, the house tumbled down
Gm          Dm               C           Dm
Covered our footprints, we'd left on the ground.


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Chorus
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         Bb   F        Am
When you sail from the Harbour,
          Bb   F       Dm       C  Am  Dm  Dm  C  Am  Dm
It's your last eyes of Ireland. [riff repeated twice]


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Slide Solo
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[short guitar solo in the following chord sequence:
 C Dm Bb C Dm Bb Am

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 and then back to intro riff]

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Verse 4
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   Dm                     Bb        F
My eyes are now tired and no longer see.
    Gm         Dm      C         Dm
But visions of Ireland linger in me.
   Dm                     Bb            F
So carry your past in the rooms of your heart
           Dm                C             Dm
and you'll never be empty of love when you part.


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Chorus
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        Bb   F        Am    
And you sail from the Harbour,
     Bb   F       Dm       C  Am  Dm  Dm  C  Am  Dm
Your last eyes of Ireland. [riff repeated twice]


Whistle
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Dm C Am Dm
[riff repeated twice]