[Start]
[Verse]
D Em7 Em
■ In a town on the sea by the castle Doonee
G A7 G D
The fairest of all was the maiden Eileen
D7 G
The bloom on her cheek ■ was as fresh as the dew
A7 Dmaj7 D
And her heart to a young fisher laddie was true ■
G Asus4 A D
At morn he would sail with the sun and the tide
B G A
That he would return to his promised young bride
D G Em7
And down by the shore she could hear it so plain
Asus4 A7 G D
His voice in the wind ■ singing soft this refrain
G Dmaj7 Bm7 Em7 Em A7 D
Eileen my Eileen oh wait for me ■ wait Eileen
G
They were to be wed on a Sunday in May
A7 D
In faith it was a joy to see Eileen so gay
D7 G
The morning before he set sail with the tide
A7 D Dmaj7 D
■ But he never returned to his promised young bride ■
A D
No no never more was her heart light and warm
B7 Em7 A7
Her lover he died yes he died in a storm
D G A7
And down by the shore she could hear it so plain
D
His voice in the wind singing soft this refrain
Dmaj7 Dmaj7 D Em7 A7 D
Eileen my Eileen oh wait for me wait Eileen
G
They say that her heart it was broken in two
Asus4 A7 G D
The lovely Eileen oh so young and so true
D Dm7 G
And down by the shore they who loved her the best
A7 Dmaj7 D
By the rock where she waited they laid her to rest ■
G A Dmaj7 D
Oh many the years that have past since that day
B7 Em7 A
But maidens who wait for their lovers they say
D G G
That down on the shore they could still hear so plain
[Chorus]
A7 Asus4 A7 D G D
His ghost in the wind ■ singing soft this refrain
D G Dmaj7 D Em7 A7 D
Eileen ■ ■ my Eileen oh wait for me wait Eileen
[End]
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