BVerse1: (x2444x@1)Mary's eyes are startling blue
        AbmAnd (133111@4)her hair's Newcastle gold
        E (022100@1)                                   F#And (244322@1)she walks the thin white line between the body and the soul

         BShe's (x2444x@1)as faithful to her history
     AbmAs (133111@4)a novice to his fast
          E (022100@1)                                F#For (244322@1)she's standing on the bones of Ireland's past

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      EShe's (022100@1)singing of the troubles
        B (x2444x@1)         EAnd (022100@1)the fire in the land
                           B (x2444x@1)             F#'Til (244322@1)I can almost feel the famine slipping through my trembling hand
      EAnd (022100@1)i wonder as I hear her,
         B (x2444x@1)                 EThat (022100@1)the spirit still shines through
                            
                             B (x2444x@1)   E (022100@1)               F# (244322@1)  BAnd (x2444x@1)she can reach across the ocean deep and break my heart in two...

         BVerse (x2444x@1)2: Mary's wise and she is foolish
         AbmShe's (133111@4)as constant as the tide
           E (022100@1)                                   F#For (244322@1)it's a woman's heart that beats beneath that stubborn Irish pride
       BWe (x2444x@1)are saints and we are sinners

       Abm (133111@4)     F# (244322@1)                EWe (022100@1)are heros we are theives.  We are all of us beginners on the road to Galilee

Chorus

Instrumental:

Verse 3
          BSo (x2444x@1)let us hiost a pint of silence
       AbmTo (133111@4)the east where ireland lies
            EAnd (022100@1)we will stare across the waters
      F#For (244322@1)a glimpse of Mary's eyes

       BWe (x2444x@1)are ships without a harbor
       AbmWe (133111@4)are sailors are on dry land
        EAnd (022100@1)the song goes on forever
     F#Even (244322@1)though the record can't

Chorus