Grace (video) (background)

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1. As we gather in the chapel here, in old Kilmainham jail,

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I think about these past few weeks, oh, will they say we failed,

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From our school days they have told us we must yearn for liberty,

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yet all I want in this dark place is to have you here with me.

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Oh, Grace, just hold me in your arms and let this moment linger,

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they take me out at dawn and I will die.

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With all my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger,

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there won’t be time to share our love, for we must say goodbye.

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2. Now, I know it's hard for you, my love, to ever understand,

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the love I bear for these brave men, my love for this dear land.

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But when Padraic called me to his side down in the G.P.O.,

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I had to leave my own sick bed, to him I had to go. (capo 5th here)

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3. Now as the dawn is breaking, my heart is breaking, too,

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on this May morn as I walk out, my thoughts will be of you.

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And I'll write some words upon the wall, so everyone will know,

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I loved so much that I could see his blood upon the rose. + CHORUS

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+ Oh, there won’t be time to share our love, so we must say goodbye.

(orig. = capo 3rd) (The Dubliners)