Bright Blue Rose Lyrics And Chords 

Christy Moore, Tommy Flemming and Mary Black are well known singers of this Irish folk song, written by  Jimmy Mc Carthy,Jimmy is one of Ireland's finest songwriters and a great singer too. He also wrote No Frontiers,The Contender [ lyrics ],and many more. The chords I have used here have been simplified and make the song easier to play.

Jimmy McCarthy from Cork is one of the finest writers in Ireland, Jimmy writes what's called ''Contemporary Ballads'' , and that's the stuff Christy Moore loves to sing, from ''Missing You'', to ''Ride On [ lyrics ]'' which are both classics, but today I'm having a go at singing the Bright Blue Rose in the key of D, I broke this one down into a three chord job but I also give the other ones which are Bm and C. it's up to yourself which way you want to play it.

Here's another easy 3 chord job, you can also play an A7 chord  at ''unharmed'' , .
In the chorus there's another way oy playing using Em and a C chord.
Example -
[Em]For All Of [A]You Who Must Dis[D]cover
[Em]For All Who Se[A]ek To Under[D]stand
[Em]For Having [A]Left The Path Of [D]Others,,[Bm]
[C]You'll Find A [G]Very Special [A]Hand,,[A7]

I[D] skimmed across black water,[G]without once sub-merging,
[D]Onto the banks of an urban[A] morning,
That[D] hungers the first light[G] much,much more than the[D] mountains[A] ever[D] do,
And [D]she like the ghost beside me,[G]goes down with the ease of a dolphin,
[D]And emerges un[A]learned un shamed un[D]harmed,
For[D] she is the perfect creature,a[G] natural in every feature,
And[D] I am the geek with the[A] alchemist[D] stone.
[Chorus]
For[G] all of[A] you must dis[D]cover,for[G] all who[A] seek to under[D]stand,
For[G] having[A] left the path of[D] others,you'll find a very special[D] hand.
[2]
And it is a holy thing and it is a precious time,
And it is the only way,
Forget-me-nots among the snow,it's always been and so it goes,
To ponder his death and his life eternally.
[3]
One bright blue rose out-lives all thoes,two thousand years and so it goes,
To ponder his death and his life eternally.

Alternative chords in the key of E.
I [E] skimmed across black water, [A] without once sub-merging,
[E] Onto the banks of an urban [B] morning,
That [E] hungers the first light [A] much,much more than the [E] mountains [B] ever [E] do,
And [E] she like the ghost beside me, [A] goes down with the ease of a dolphin,
[E] And emerges un [B] learned un shamed un [E] harmed,
For [E] she is the perfect creature,a [A] natural in every feature,
And [E] I am the geek with the [B] alchemist [E] stone.
[Chorus]
For [A] all of [B] you must dis [E] cover,for [A] all who [B] seek to under [E] stand,
For [A] having [B] left the path of [E] others,you'll find a very special [E] hand.

Key Of G Major
I [G] skimmed across black water, [C] without once sub-merging,
[G] Onto the banks of an urban [D] morning,
That [G] hungers the first light [C] much,much more than the [G] mountains [D] ever [G] do,
And [G] she like the ghost beside me, [C] goes down with the ease of a dolphin,
[G] And emerges un [D] learned un shamed un [G] harmed,
For [G] she is the perfect creature,a [C] natural in every feature,
And [G] I am the geek with the [D] alchemist [G] stone.
[Chorus]
For [C] all of [D] you must dis [G] cover,for [C] all who [D] seek to under [G] stand,
For [C] having [D] left the path of [G] others,you'll find a very special [G] hand.

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To play along with Jimmy McCarthy and Christy Moore then play in the key of G.

Alternative chords for the key of C.
I [C] skimmed across black water, [F] without once sub-merging,
[C] Onto the banks of an urban [G] morning,
That [C] hungers the first light [F] much,much more than the [C] mountains [G] ever [C] do,
And [C] she like the ghost beside me, [F] goes down with the ease of a dolphin,
[C] And emerges un [G] learned un shamed un [C] harmed,
For [C] she is the perfect creature,a [F] natural in every feature,
And [C] I am the geek with the [G] alchemist [C] stone.
[Chorus]
For [F] all of [G] you must dis [C] cover,for [F] all who [G] seek to under [C] stand,
For [F] having [G] left the path of [C] others,you'll find a very special [C] hand.

Jimmy McCarthy song Bright Blue Rose

​Bright blue rose guitar tab in G Major