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Sing Me An Old Irish Song Guitar Chords And Lyrics

Brendan Graham wrote this song and he's written many more here on the site including Rock N' Roll Kids Song. chords fit Frank McCaffrey’s version [See Youtube] Special chord: C/G = (3-3-2-0-1-0) (in a picked version (3-X-2-0-1-0) will do just as well, so simply play C and move your highest finger one string upwards) The youtube video is by Daniel O'Donnell and band. For more lyrics and chords for songs by Irish singer Daniel O'Donnell check out the Irish Country Lyrics And Chords section of the site.
Sing me an old Irish song lyrics by Daniel O'Donnell
Sing Me An Old Irish Song Lyrics With Chords In G Major
Chorus
(C/G)Sing me an (C)old Irish (F)song
Bring back the (G)dreams that have (C)gone
Sing me a (F)love what's so (Dm)strong
Bring me the (D)days when we we're (G)young...
And (F)true, and (G)I (G7)love you


And that (F)old Irish (Dm)songs
Calling me (G)back to my (C)home
Where once a(F)gain you sing a(Dm)long
To an (G)old Irish (C)song -(C/G)-(C)-(C/G)


(C)I see the mountains, the valleys 
The green fields be(F)low me –(F)-(F)-(F)
(G)I walked the highways, the byways
The old people (C)show me -(C/G)-(C)-(C/G)


(C)I hear the (C/G)songbirds
Re(C)member the (C/G)soft words
We (F)spoke after dark in the (Dm)glen 
(F)I hear you calling me
(C)Your songs recalling me 
(G)Back to those days a(C)gain

Chorus


I re(C)member the old days
How I loved the old ways of (F)living –(F)-(F)-(F)
(G)There was more sharing, caring
More loving, more (C)giving -(C/G)-(C)-(C/G)


(C)How times have (C/G)changed
Life's been (C)all disa(C/G)rranged
Since (F)summers we laughed in the (Dm)rain
But (F)I hear you calling me
(C)Your songs recalling me 
(G)Back to those days a(C)gain -(C/G)-(C)


Chorus twice
(C/G)Sing me an (C)old Irish (F)song
Yes an (G)old (G7)Irish (C)song
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Sing me an old Irish song
Guitar Chords In The Key Of D

(G/D)Sing me an (G)old Irish (C)song
Bring back the (D)dreams that have (G)gone
Sing me a (C)love what's so (Am)strong
Bring me the (A)days when we we're (D)young...
And (C)true, and (D)I (D7)love you


And that (C)old Irish (Am)songs
Calling me (D)back to my (G)home
Where once a(C)gain you sing a(Am)long
To an (D)old Irish (G)song 
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