The Shores of the Swilly
 - Phil Coulter

G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C Em (022000@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D G (320003@1)G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)         CBy (x32010@1)the shores of the Swilly, two children at play
    Em (022000@1)        Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)          DThe (xx0232@1)king of the castle, the queen of the may
     G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)         CJust (x32010@1)me and my sister, in a world of pretend
          Em (022000@1)           Am (x02210@1)         G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)   GWhere (320003@1)the sun would keep shining, the day never end

G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)         CBy (x32010@1)the shores of the Swilly, now with kids of our own
Em (022000@1)         Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)             DAnother (xx0232@1)year over, and see how they've grown
          G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)         CThen (x32010@1)we'd watch the last sunset, and walk arm in arm
       Em (022000@1)         Am (x02210@1)        G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)      GTill (320003@1)I see you next summer; God keep you from harm

Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)             CAnd (x32010@1)if I was a flier who crashed now and then,
          Em (022000@1)   C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)     Dshe (xx0232@1)would put me together and fly me again.

- Piano -

Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)             CAnd (x32010@1)if I was a flier who crashed now and then,
          Em (022000@1)   C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)     Dshe (xx0232@1)would put me together and fly me again.

G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)      CBy (x32010@1)the shores of the Swilly, with an aching inside
     Em (022000@1)         Am (x02210@1)    G (320003@1)             DI'll (xx0232@1)watch as her body is raised from the tide...
    G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)         CHer (x32010@1)life has been taken, and I'll never know why
      Em (022000@1)         Am (x02210@1)      G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)   Gbut (320003@1)I feel in that moment, a part of me died...