How Can You Buy Killarney
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[Verso 1]
Am Em
An American landed on Erin's green isle
Am Em
He gazed at Killarney with rapturous smile
Am Em F C
"How can I buy it?", he said to his guide
Am7 D7 G7
"I'll tell you how", with a smile he replied
[Refrão]
C C7 F Fm C
How can you buy all the stars in the skies?
F C D7 G7
How can you buy two blue Irish eyes?
C C7 F F#dim
How can you purchase a fond mother's sighs?
C E7 Am Am7 Dm7 G7 C
How can you buy Kil-lar----ney?
F E7 Am Dm Am
Nature be-stowed all her gifts with a smile
Am7 D7 Dm7 G7
The emerald, the shamrock, the Blarney
C C7 F F#dim
When you can buy all these wonderful things
C E7 Am Am7 Dm7 G7 C
Then you can buy Kil-lar---ney
[Verso 2]
Am Em
Such a wonderful landscape you never have seen
Am Em
A jewel so rare 'twould befit any queen
Am Em F C
Pride of old Erin, a joy to behold
Am7 D7 G7
Heaven on earth, far more precious than gold
[Refrão]
C C7 F Fm C
How can you buy all the stars in the skies?
F C D7 G7
How can you buy two blue Irish eyes?
C C7 F F#dim
How can you purchase a fond mother's sighs?
C E7 Am Am7 Dm7 G7 C
How can you buy Kil-lar----ney?
F E7 Am Dm Am
Nature be-stowed all her gifts with a smile
Am7 D7 Dm7 G7
The emerald, the shamrock, the Blarney
C C7 F F#dim
When you can buy all these wonderful things
C E7 Am Am7 Dm7 G7 C
Then you can buy Kil-lar---ney
C E7 Am Am7 Dm7 G7 C
Then you can buy Kil-lar---ney
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