Eileen Chords by Bing Crosby

[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


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