This song is purely piano and vocals, but these are the chords if you'd like to follow along on guitar.
C C F C F C G G x2
Well oh, the [C]green mountain[C]sides over [F]fields where we [C]lay,
Over [C]sun-splashed orange [C]skylines, my ([G]...), they bleed and [G]scream.
And I [C]crush 'em wit' my [C]boot heels, for no [F]shells I can [C]afford.
And I'm [F]off to Dublin [C]city, for I've [G]lost our room and [C]board.
No, I [F]couldn't join the [F]army. If I [C]died, what would we [G]do?
Me [F]wife, she is my [C]sunshine, but she [G]knows not what we [C]do.
[C] [C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [G] [G]
To my [C]dearest, sweetest [C]Colleen, please [F]forgive me for not [C]calling.
I [C]regret you had to [C]find this, the [G]note that says I'm [G]gone.
Well, I [C]hope you do not [C]shun me, only [F]ask that you for[C]give me.
It was [F]bound to happen, as [C]we both know. You [G]know it had to be [C]done.
Well, take [C]hold of tiny [C]Kathleen. Take her ([F]..[C].).
Well, there's [C]money in the [C]strongbox, (...) [G]tickets in the [G]car.
I can't [C]stand to see you [C]crying, nor can [F]you to see us [C]dying.
Well, I've [F]gone to set it [C]right. I know you'll [G]think I've gone too [C]far.
I cannot [F]take this pressure [F]on me. No one ever [C]said it was in-store [G]for me.
Well, I [F]pray you do not [C]shun me. I'm coming [G]back, my dear Col[C]leen.
[C] [C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [G] [C]
I'm sorry, but I couldn't make out the lyrics at a few points.
C C F C F C G G x2
Well oh, the [C]green mountain[C]sides over [F]fields where we [C]lay,
Over [C]sun-splashed orange [C]skylines, my ([G]...), they bleed and [G]scream.
And I [C]crush 'em wit' my [C]boot heels, for no [F]shells I can [C]afford.
And I'm [F]off to Dublin [C]city, for I've [G]lost our room and [C]board.
No, I [F]couldn't join the [F]army. If I [C]died, what would we [G]do?
Me [F]wife, she is my [C]sunshine, but she [G]knows not what we [C]do.
[C] [C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [G] [G]
To my [C]dearest, sweetest [C]Colleen, please [F]forgive me for not [C]calling.
I [C]regret you had to [C]find this, the [G]note that says I'm [G]gone.
Well, I [C]hope you do not [C]shun me, only [F]ask that you for[C]give me.
It was [F]bound to happen, as [C]we both know. You [G]know it had to be [C]done.
Well, take [C]hold of tiny [C]Kathleen. Take her ([F]..[C].).
Well, there's [C]money in the [C]strongbox, (...) [G]tickets in the [G]car.
I can't [C]stand to see you [C]crying, nor can [F]you to see us [C]dying.
Well, I've [F]gone to set it [C]right. I know you'll [G]think I've gone too [C]far.
I cannot [F]take this pressure [F]on me. No one ever [C]said it was in-store [G]for me.
Well, I [F]pray you do not [C]shun me. I'm coming [G]back, my dear Col[C]leen.
[C] [C] [F] [C] [F] [C] [G] [C]
I'm sorry, but I couldn't make out the lyrics at a few points.
