D
I haven't slept since Wednesday evening
A Bm G
There is no sleep with all this grieving
D
No music here, where once was singing
A
Where once was singing
[Verse]
D
We are like ghosts here on Rathlin Island
A Bm G
All fleshless bone, all shamed and silent
D
Our feet are stone where once was dancing
A
Where once was dancing
[Chorus]
G D G D
Sail away, love, from the island
G D A
Sail out on the sea
G A G A
Turn a blue eye back on Rathlin
Bm A G A G A
An baile i mo chroí
[Verse]
D
The waves are pounding Slough na Morra
A Bm G
Hundreds will sail, hundreds left mourning
D
We will look back, beimid ar marthan
A
Beimid ar marthan
[Instrumental]
Bm A G Bm A E
Bm A G F#m E
[Bridge]
D G D A
Ochon is ochon, the hills are wailing
F#m G
Carve our names in Clogh na Screeve
D G D G A
Ochon is ochon, the ship is sailing
F#m G Bm
In ainm Dé, in ainm Dé a rach faimíd
[Verse]
D
Today I walk Raghery's headland
A Bm G
The welcome is warm here on the island
D
Seventy strong, it's hard to leave them
A
It's hard to leave them
[Chorus]
G D G D
Sail away, love, from the island
G D A
Sail out on the sea
G A G A
Turn a blue eye back on Rathlin
Bm A G
An baile i mo chroí
[Chorus]
G D G D
Sail away, love, from the island
G D A
Sail out on the sea
G A G A
Turn a blue eye back on Rathlin
Bm A D
An baile i mo chroí
