Intro E, C# F# B E
I[E] once stood [C#]in a[F# harbour, as
a [B]ship was going [E]out,
On a voyage un[G#m]to a [F#port be[A]yond the [E]sea.
I watched the [C#]blue-clad [F#]sailor,
as he [B]bade his last fare[E]well
To the lassie [G#m]who he [F#]loved most [B]tender[E]ly.
I heard the [C#]sailor [F#]promise
to the [B]lassie now in [E]tears,
"When the fields are [G#m]white with [F#]daisies [B]I'll re[E]turn,
[E]"When the fields are white with [F#]daisies, and the [B]roses bloom a[E]gain,
Let the love light [G#m]in your
[F#]heart most [E]brightly burn,
For I love you, [C#]sweetheart, [F#]only, and re[B]member when you're [E]lonely,
When
the fields are [G#m]white with [F#]daisies [B]I'll re[E]turn."
For the [F]news she [Gm]heard
that morning, that the [C]ship had sailed a[F]way,
And would anchor at the [Gm]harbour [C]ne'er a[F]gain,
Alone she
[Gm]stood there weeping, for the [C]one she mourned as[F] dead,
When a voice be[A]side her [Gm]whispered, [C]"Mol[F]ly
dear,
God has spared me for your keeping, and the promise once I made,
When the fields are white with daisies I'll return,
[Gm]God has spared me for your keeping,[C] and the promise [F]once I made
[A]When the fields are[Gm] white with
[C]dasies [F]I'll return
[C#]"When the [F#]fields are [B]white with [G#m]daisies and the
[C#]roses bloom a[F#]gain,
Let the love light in your [G#m]heart most [C#]brightly[F#] burn,
For I love you, [B]sweetheart,
[G#m]only, and re[C#]member when you're [F#]lonely,
When the fields are [B]white with [G#m]daisies[C#]I'll re[F#]turn."
(I'll
return)
Sean Dunphy does a key change
in this song. If the chords don't suit your own voice then here are the chords without the key change in G Major.
I[G] once stood [E]in a [A] harbour, as a [D]ship was going [G]out,
On a
voyage un[Bm]to a [A]port be[C]yond the [G]sea.
I watched the [E]blue-clad [A]sailor, as he [D] bade his last fare[G]well
To
the lassie [Bm]who he [A]loved most [D]tender[G]ly.
I heard the [E]sailor [A]promise to the [D]lassie now in [G]tears,
"When
the fields are [Bm]white with [A]daisies [D]I'll re[G]turn,
[G]"When the fields are white with [A]daisies, and the [D]roses bloom a[G]gain,
Let the love light [Bm]in your
[A]heart most [G]brightly burn,
For I love you, [E]sweetheart, [A]only, and re[D]member when you're [G]lonely,
When
the fields are [Bm]white with [A]daisies [D]I'll re[G]turn."
