C G Tell me why must a man be of serviceC G To his lord and the god seldom highC G From the grave spring the name of our fathersC Am D But there's no glint in a dead man's eyeC G Tell me why are our fields filled with hungerC G And fruitless the crop bitter soilC G So I say my farewell to a nationC Am D As the leaf waves goodbye to it's son ChorusC G So it's to youth I sing you this storyC G And it's of youth I sing it nowC G Like the train that derails without warningAm D I must leave what I left far behindC D So goodbye, sweet Roisin DubhG C G C G C G I say goodbye Verse 2:C G Tell me why must our peace be this puzzleC G That fractures the land, splinters warC G The last nails cite the shame in our coffinC Am D But in the end we must all die alone ChorusC G So it's to youth I sing you this storyC G And it's of youth I sing it nowC G Like the train that derails without warningAm D I must leave what I left far behindC D So goodbye, sweet Roisin DubhG C G C G C G I say goodbye Bridge:D And the bark fell from treeC G To the ground that they'll bleedD G On the anguish that never learned to shoutD With the clash of the drumC G We'll surrender the gunD G and on this sadness we shall no longer speakC G Until time can live on our all forgotten songsC D That's when I and we will sing againG C D G So goodbye to my love, my sweet Roisin DubhG C G C D G G C G Goodbye now until we meet againC G Tell me why must our grief still be greivingC G For a language that never spoke it's lossC G But this tongue speak with fire will tear down the barb wire N.C. And Rip the belly from the waxy ghost ChorusC G So it's to youth I sing you this storyC G And it's of youth I sing it nowC G Like the train that derails without warningAm D I must leave what I left far behindC G So it's to youth I sing you this storyC G And it's of youth I sing it nowC G Like the train that derails without warningAm D I must leave what I left far behindC D So goodbye, sweet Roisin DubhG C G C I say goodbyeC D So goodbye, sweet Roisin DubhG C G C I say goodbyeG C G C Until we meet againG C G C Until we meet again Until we meet... Outro:G Then she arrives to beautifyD But slumber now must restG Oh my Roisin DubhC I'll forever loveG D G The youth you once possessed
To Youth My Sweet Roisin Dubh
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