Sing Me A Song lyrics and chords by Johnny McEvoy
The guitar chords are by Bob Sharpe. The words and music are written by Irish ballad singer Johnny McEvoy. Here is the full list of Johnny McEvoy's songs that I have included so far on the site. Of Johnny's most recent songs that I have listened to this songs is still one of my favorite's. It seems to me that he's gotten better at the songwriting over the years.
Sing [G] me a song said my [C] father one [G] night
As we [C] both sat in [G] front of the [D] fire.
[G] Sing me of places where [C] I've never [G] been
[C] Sing me of [D] love and [G] desire,
I don't wish to hear about [C] trouble and [G] war
Or [C] places where [G] battles were [D] lost
[G] Don't sing to me about [C] Flanders or [G] France
Or [C] victories [D] won at great [G] cost.
Chorus
[D] Sing me of rivers and [G] forests of green
Where [D] birds sing their songs to the [G] sky
[D] Sing me of love so un -[G]- selfish and [Em] warm
That will [C] last till the day that I [D] die
That will [G] last till the [C] day that [D] I [G] die
I don't wish to hear about Egypt or Rome
Or Empires long lost in the dust
I don't wish to hear about battles at sea
Or great ships now turning to rust
Don't sing to me about rebels with guns
Or great flyers that fell from the sky
I've heard so many songs about heroes and death
There are too many ways you can die
[Repeat Chorus]
Sing me a song said my father one night
As we both sat in front of the fire.
Sing me of places where I've never been
Sing me of love and desire
So I sang of my mother so warm and so kind
With a heart that's as warm as the sun
And I sang of the love that he never would know
Like the love he would find here at home.
Sing [G] me a song said my [C] father one [G] night
As we [C] both sat in [G] front of the [D] fire.
[G] Sing me of places where [C] I've never [G] been
[C] Sing me of [D] love and [G] desire,
I don't wish to hear about [C] trouble and [G] war
Or [C] places where [G] battles were [D] lost
[G] Don't sing to me about [C] Flanders or [G] France
Or [C] victories [D] won at great [G] cost.
Chorus
[D] Sing me of rivers and [G] forests of green
Where [D] birds sing their songs to the [G] sky
[D] Sing me of love so un -[G]- selfish and [Em] warm
That will [C] last till the day that I [D] die
That will [G] last till the [C] day that [D] I [G] die
I don't wish to hear about Egypt or Rome
Or Empires long lost in the dust
I don't wish to hear about battles at sea
Or great ships now turning to rust
Don't sing to me about rebels with guns
Or great flyers that fell from the sky
I've heard so many songs about heroes and death
There are too many ways you can die
[Repeat Chorus]
Sing me a song said my father one night
As we both sat in front of the fire.
Sing me of places where I've never been
Sing me of love and desire
So I sang of my mother so warm and so kind
With a heart that's as warm as the sun
And I sang of the love that he never would know
Like the love he would find here at home.