Tono: G
G
C
D
As we gather in the chapel here in old Kilmainham jail
C
G
Am
D
I think about these past few weeks, oh will they say we failed
G
C
D
From our school days they have told us we must yearn for liberty
C
G
Em
D
G
Yet all I want in this dark place is to have you here with me
D
C
G
Oh Grace, just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger
C
G
D
They take me out at dawn and I will die
C
G
With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger
C
G
Em
D
G
There won't be time to share our love so we must say goodbye
G
C
D
Now I know it's hard for you my love to ever understand
C
G
Am
D
The love I bear for these brave men, my love for this brave land
G
C
D
But when Padraic called me to his side down in the G.P.O.
C
G
Em
D
G
I had to leave my own sick bed, to him I had to go
D
C
G
Oh Grace, just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger
C
G
D
They take me out at dawn and I will die
C
G
With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger
C
G
Em
D
G
There won't be time to share our love so we must say goodbye
G
C
D
Now as the dawn is breaking my heart is breaking too
C
G
Am
D
As I walk out on this May morn my thoughts will be of you
G
C
D
And I'll write some words upon the wall so everyone will know
C
G
D
G
I loved so much that I could see his blood upon the rose
D
C
G
Oh Grace, just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger
C
G
D
They take me out at dawn and I will die
C
G
With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger
C
G
D
G
There won't be time to share our love so we must say goodbye