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"For My Grandfathers" was written by Terry Griffith in 1993 to explain the emotions of
an Irish American
and his love of all things Irish. Terry was a native of West Virginia, and spent decades
playing renaissance
festivals, where he was known as the Irish Troubadour, and throughout Pittsburgh's Irish
pubs.
He passed away in 2022.
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[Intro]
E D A D E
[Verse 1]
E D
A D E
E D
A D E
G D
Many years ago, My grandfathers left
A D C
To make a better life
E D
That doesn't mean I can turn my back
A D E
[Verse 2]
E D
The songs they sang are still alive
A D E
E D
G D D E
G D
I've walked the hills and valleys
A D C
Where in their youth they roamed
E D
I've met the people of today
A D E
That called that land their home
[Chorus]
G D A D E
I sing for my grandfathers, who suffered just like yours
E D A D E
Long before you joined me here, upon these foreign shores
E D
I'm singing for our brothers now
A D E
Whose time it is at hand
G D
I sing for all who have come to be
A D E
Because of Ireland
[Instumental]
D E D E
[Verse 3]
E D
I've stood in fields and felt soft rains
A D E
Where the battle of the Boyne was fought
E D
I remember years of history
A D E
The tragedy and rot
G D
I thought of them who bravely died
A D C
Never hearing freedom's bells
E D
I've thought of lives that have gone to waste
A D E
In lonely H block cells
[Chorus]
G D A D E
I sing for my grandfathers, who suffered just like yours
E D A D E
Long before you joined me here, upon these foreign shores
E D
I'm singing for our brothers now
A D E
Whose time it is at hand
G D
I sing for all who have come to be
A D E
Because of Ireland
[Verse 4]
E D
And now that I am safely home
A D E
I live with memories
E D
Of good friends who taught songs to me
A D E
G D
It's easy to forget my friend
A D C
There's truth in all those songs
E D
So remember what I'm singing for
A D E
And I hope you'll sing along
[Chorus]
G D A D E
I sing for my grandfathers, who suffered just like yours
E D A D E
Long before you joined me here, upon these foreign shores
E D
I'm singing for our brothers now
A D E
Whose time it is at hand
G D
I sing for all who have come to be
A D Em
Because of Ireland