St Brendans Isle
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: CCapotraste:
1st traste
[Verse 1]
C
When I was a lad on the Emerald Isle
C Am
I heard many stories both lovely and wild
C
About the great dragons and monsters that be
C Am
That swallow the ships when they sail on the sea
F
Oh I was an artist with canvas and paints
F C
I sailed with saint Brendan and his jolly saints
F
We told the good people goodbye for a while
C G C F
We sailed for Saint Brendan’s fair isle, fair isle
C G C
We sailed for Saint Brendan’s fair isle
[Verse 2]
C
We’d been on the ocean just ninety four days
C Am
When we came to this place where the sea was ablaze
C
The devils from hades were yelling with glee
C Am
And burning the sailors alive on the seas
F
Then Saint Brendan walked on the blistering waves
F C
And drove all the demons back into their caves
F
And all of the saints had a heavenly smile
C G C F
We sailed for Saint Brendan’s fair isle, fair isle
C G C
We sailed for Saint Brendan’s fair isle
[Verse 3]
C
One night as the brethren were lying asleep
C Am
A great dragon came out from out of the deep
C
He thundered and lightninged and his mighty din
C Am
Awakened Saint Brendan and all of his men
F
The dragon came on with its mouth open wide
F C
We threw in the cross and the great dragon died
F
We skinned him and cooked him and feasted a while
C G C F
We sailed for Saint Brendan’s fair isle, fair isle
C G C
We sailed for Saint Brendan’s fair isle
[Verse 4]
C
And at last we came onto that heavenly land
C Am
We all went ashore and we walked on the sand
C
We took our long bows and killed a zebu
C Am
We roasted its hams and had hot barbecue
F
When after the meal we were singing a song
F C
We noticed our island was moving along
F
We ate and we drank and we rode in our style
C G C F
We sailed on Saint Brendan’s fair isle, fair isle
C G C
We sailed on Saint Brendan’s fair isle
[Verse 5]
C
Saint Brendan said “boys this is much to my wish,
C Am
We ride on the back of the worlds’ biggest fish
C
Hold tight to the rope that is dragging our ship
C Am
We’ll need it some day if the fish takes a dip
F
We sailed every ocean, we sailed every sea
F C
We seen every sight a sailor could see
F
In forty four days we rode ten million miles
C G C F
We sailed on Saint Brendan’s fair isle, fair isle
C G C
We sailed on Saint Brendan’s fair isle
How to play St Brendans Isle
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.