The Foggy Dew Chords by The Chieftains & Sinead O'Connor
- Key: Bm
- BPM: 92
- Capo: no capo
DOWNBEAT
THE FOGGY DEW CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] [Verse] B B7 B ■ ■ ■ As down the glen one Easter morn B To a city fair rode I B7 B ■ There armed lines of marching men B In squadrons passed me by Bm7 B7 No pipe did hum Em Bm7 B No battle drum did sound its loud tattoo [Chorus] A A7 But the Angelus Bells o'er the Liffey swells ■ B7 Rang out in the foggy dew [Verse] Bm Right proudly high in Dublin town Bm Hung they out a flag of war Bm7 Bm G Em D 'twas better to die 'neath that Irish sky Bm7 Em7 Bm7 Than at Sulva or SudElBar ■ D Em7 G D And from the plains of Royal Meath ■ G Bm Bm7 Strong men came hurrying through ■ Bm A While Brittania's Huns with their long range guns Bm Sailed in through the foggy dew Em A D Bm ■ ■ ■ ■ A F#m7 Their bravest fell and the requiem bell Bm7 Em7 Bm7 Bm Rang mournfully and clear ■ Bm7 A For those who died that Eastertide in the Bm Springing of the year [Chorus] D A D While the world did gaze with deep amaze Bm At those fearless men but few Bm7 Who bore the fight that freedom's light Bm Might shine through the foggy dew [Solo] Bm7 Bm Bm7 D G Em Bm Bm7 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Bm Em Bm7 D Em Bm D A ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ D Bm A Bm Gmaj7 Bm ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ G A Em Bm ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] B Bm Em Bm And back through the glen ■ I rode again B7 B Bm ■ And my heart with grief was sore Em For I parted then with valiant men D Bm7 Bm Bm7 Bm Bsus4 Bm Whom ■ ■ I never shall see n'more Bm7 Em Bm7 But to and fro in my dreams I go Bm And I kneel and pray for you [Chorus] N.C. For slavery fled O glorious dead [Outro] N.C. When you fell in the foggy dew