This song is purely piano and vocals, but these are the chords if you'd like to follow along on guitar.


CC FC FC GG x2


             C (x32010@1)           C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)             CWell (x32010@1)oh, the green mountainsides over fields where we lay,
     C (x32010@1)                 C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)                  GOver (320003@1)sun-splashed orange skylines, my (...), they bleed and scream.
      C (x32010@1)               C (x32010@1)                F (133211@1)          CAnd (x32010@1)I crush 'em wit' my boot heels, for no shells I can afford.
        F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)               CAnd (x32010@1)I'm off to Dublin city, for I've lost our room and board.
      F (133211@1)               F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)                 GNo, (320003@1)I couldn't join the army. If I died, what would we do?
   F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)               CMe (x32010@1)wife, she is my sunshine, but she knows not what we do.


CC FC FC GG


      C (x32010@1)               C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)                CTo (x32010@1)my dearest, sweetest Colleen, please forgive me for not calling.
  C (x32010@1)               C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)                GI (320003@1)regret you had to find this, the note that says I'm gone.
        C (x32010@1)             C (x32010@1)           F (133211@1)             CWell, (x32010@1)I hope you do not shun me, only ask that you forgive me.
       F (133211@1)                 C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)               CIt (x32010@1)was bound to happen, as we both know. You know it had to be done.
           C (x32010@1)          C (x32010@1)                 FC
Well, take hold of tiny Kathleen. Take her (...).
              C (x32010@1)          C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)            GWell, (320003@1)there's money in the strongbox, (...) tickets in the car.
        C (x32010@1)              C (x32010@1)             F (133211@1)           CI (x32010@1)can't stand to see you crying, nor can you to see us dying.
           F (133211@1)            C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)                 CWell, (x32010@1)I've gone to set it right. I know you'll think I've gone too far.
         F (133211@1)                F (133211@1)                C (x32010@1)                  GI (320003@1)cannot take this pressure on me. No one ever said it was in-store for me.
        F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)              CWell, (x32010@1)I pray you do not shun me. I'm coming back, my dear Colleen.


CC FC FC GC


I'm sorry, but I couldn't make out the lyrics at a few points.