• Song:

    Ireland

  • Artist:

    Jess Klein

  • Album:

    Quarter For The Jukebox

Ireland - Jess Klein
Somewhat tabbed by Gene (starwares@aol.com) 12/01/01
Corrections advised and encouraged.

Capo 4th fret

4/4 time (four dashes = 1 beat, each bar has extra dash at start for 
readability) 

Some words are probably wrong 'cause I'm moving next week and I already packed the CD. The vocal phrasing is somewhat approximate wherever I could fit the words.

There's two versions of the intro here. The first is loosely based on the CD. 

The second is loosely based on how I heard Jess play it solo. The solo version has two extra bars at the end. I added some bass notes here and there 

to keep the rhythm going and some other stuff just because I liked it. The solo version is a more "straight" picking pattern and is probably easier to play. On the solo version the second C/Ebass part is more difficult than the first time around. Just play the first one again if it seems difficult or make something up. Mix and match. Have fun with it.

Also, sounds nice if you play the intro slowly, stop, and then pick up the tempo, strumming the chords when you start the verse.

Intro - CD (kinda sounds like the CD intro;end is different to create a stop) 

                                                           D/F#bass
    Em                C/E bass          Em                      D11   D 
    , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
  |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  |-0---------0-----|-0h1---------0---|-0---------0-----|-3-----3-----3---| 
  |-------0---------|---------0h2-----|-------0-----0---|-----2-0-----2---|
  |-----2-------2---|-----2-----------|-----2---------2-|---0---0-----4---|
  |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------x-----x---|
  |-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-2-----3-----2---|
      
     Em                C/E bass         Em                D/F#bass 
    , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
  |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0-----|
  |-0---------0-----|-0h1---------0---|-0---------0-----|-3-----------3---| 
  |-------0---------|-------2---------|-------0-----0---|-------2---------|
  |-----2-------2---|-----2-----------|-----2---------2-|-----0---------0-|
  |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  |-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-2-------2-------|   

 
    D/F#bas D11 D  
    , . , . , . , .  
  |-2-------3---2---|
  |-------3-3---3---| 
  |-----2---2---2---|
  |---0-----0---0---|
  |---------x---x---|
  |-0-------3---2---|                  


Intro - Solo acoustic (Jess plays a more picky-strummy kinda style) 

    Em                C/E bass          Em                D/F#   
    , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
  |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  |-0---------0-----|-0h1-------1-----|-0---------0-----|-3---------3-----| 
  |-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0-------2-|-------2-------2-|
  |-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------0---|-----0-------0---|
  |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  |-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-2-------2-------|
      
    Em                C/E bass          Em                D/F#bass   
    , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
  |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0-----|
  |-0---------0-----|-0h1-------1h0---|-0---------0-----|-3-----------3---| 
  |-------0-------0-|-------0-----0h2-|-------0-------2-|-------2---------|
  |-----2-------2---|-----2---------2-|-----2-------0---|-----0---------0-|
  |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  |-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-2-------2-------|
                         
    D/F#bass          D/F#bass          D/F#bas D11 D 
    , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .  
  |-0h2-------------|-2h0-------0-----|-0h2-----3---2---|
  |-----------3-----|-------------3---|---------3---3---| 
  |-------2-------2-|-------2---------|-------2-0---2---|
  |-----0-------0---|-----0---------0-|-----0---0---0---|
  |-----------------|-----------------|---------x---x---|
  |-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------3---2---|


   Verse: 

    Em                C                 Em                D     D11 D
 ||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
       Rained down   by  wine              circled round by  smoke 
       yo-our  ro---sy   cheeks            ta-ake on a   glow-o  You think

    G                 G                 D                 D     D11 D
  |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
    I don't understand        but I     understand

    Em                C                 Em                D     D11 D
 ||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
        Sunny dreams  pour              me          in    to  the air 
        Then fade in  to smoke              you wont tell me where  But I'm

    G                G
  |-----------------|-----------------|
    nowhere                     Cause in

   Em    D     D11   G           
   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .        
||-----------------|-----------------||
   Ire   land   you  say          the
   air they breathe is clean     so I'll
   pray I'l pray I'l pray        for the 
   
   D                 D                         
 |-----------------|-----------------|
   rain                      make me 

   Em                C                 Em                D        D11 D 
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||  
   green
     


 (new verse)
   Em                C                 Em                D
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
   People that you   love              they could always leave 
 they could leave the  room                even when you tugging at their	

   sleeves   But the trouble is            they leave if you don't dare 
   believe   When I said I was leaving baby had you already gone there to
           
   Em    D     D11   G           
   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .        
||-----------------|-----------------||
   Ire  land   you   say     where the
   air they breathe is clean     so I'll
   pray I'l pray I'l pray        for the 

   D                 D                         
 |-----------------|-----------------| 
   rain                          ma-ake 

   G                 G               
 |-----------------|-----------------|  
    me       green


   C                 G                 C                 G       D
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   Green enough to   be your heaven    Green enough to   be your sea 
  
   C                 G                 C                  D
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   Greener than the rolling hills      could you ever    see      

   D11               D9 (or something) D9                C
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   that           in me 

   C                 G                 G                 D
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   D                 G                 G                 D
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   D   
 |-----------------|

   Em                C                 Em                D     D11 D
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

(last verse)

   	Rained down by wine, circled round by smoke
	All you talk about is where you would go-o
	When you look at me, do you love this world, yeah
	O-or do you see, how much better it could get

Ending (Ireland chorus repeats twice)

   Em    D     D11   G           
   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .        
||-----------------|-----------------||
In Ire   land   you  say     where the
   air they breathe is clean     so I'll
   pray I'l pray I'l pray        for the 
   
   D                 D                         
 |-----------------|-----------------|
   rain                       Oh, in


   Em    D     D11   G           
   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .        
||-----------------|-----------------||
   Ire   land   you  say           the
   air they breathe is clean     so I'll
   pray I'l pray I'l pray        for the 
   
  (last bit): 
   D          D9 D   D9/A (stops)      Em                C 
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---|
   rain                      make me   green
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