For[D] those who are in love there's a[A] song that's warm and[D] tender
For[G] those who are oppressed in[D] song you can pro[A]test
So[D] liberate your mind and[A] give your soul ex[D]pression
[G]Open up your heart I'll[A] sing for you this[D] song.
[Chorus]
Let[D] the people sing their stories and their songs
And the[G] music of their native[D] land
Their lullabies and battle cries and songs of hope and[Bm] joy
So[A] join us hand in[A7] hand
All[D] across this ancient land,thr[G]ought the test of[D] time
It was music that kept our spirits[Bm] free
Those[A] songs of yours and[D] mine
[2]
It was back in ancient times the bard would tell his story
Of the heros of the villain,of the chieftain in the glen
Through Elizabethan times and Cromwellian war and fury
Put our pipers to the sword killed our harpers and our bards
[Repeat Chorus]
[3]
Ireland land of song your music lives forever
In our mountains in our valleys,in our hills and in our glens
Our music has survived through famine and opperession
To the generationg gone I'll sing for you this song
[Repeat Chorus]
