#-------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------# Spancil Hill chords Irish Traditional Capo I Am G Am Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) Last night as I lay dreaming, of pleasant days gone by, C (x32010@1) GMe (320003@1)mind being bent on rambling, to Ireland I did fly, Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)stepped aboard a vision, and followed with a will, Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)I shortly came to anchor, at the cross on Spancil Hill. Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmIt (x02210@1)being the 23rd of June, the day before the fair, C (x32010@1) GWhen (320003@1)Irelands' sons and daughters, in crowds assembled there, Am (x02210@1) The young and the old, the brave and the bold, C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmCame (x02210@1)their joy to fulfill, there were jovial conversations at the fair at Spancil Hill. Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmI (x02210@1)went to see my neighbors, to hear what they might say, C (x32010@1) GThe (320003@1)old ones were all dead and gone, the young ones turning gray, Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)met with the tailor Quigley he's as bald as ever still, Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmSure (x02210@1)he used to make me britches when I lived in Spancil Hill. Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmI (x02210@1)paid a flying visit to my first and only love, C (x32010@1) GShe (320003@1)s as white as any lily and as gentle as a dove, Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) GShe (320003@1)threw her arms around me, saying Johnny I love you still, Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) Oh, she's Nell the farmers daughter and the flower of Spancil Hill. Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmI (x02210@1)dream t I held and kissed her, as in the days of yore, C (x32010@1) GShe (320003@1)said Johnny you're only joking like many's the times before, Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) GThe (320003@1)cock he crew the morning, he crew both loud and shrill, Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)I awoke in California, many miles from Spancil Hill. Set8 http://sites.google.com/site/guitarmusicchordsandlyrics/