This song is purely piano and vocals, but these are the chords if you'd like to follow along on guitar. C C F C F C G G x2 C C F C Well oh, the green mountainsides over fields where we lay, C C G G Over sun-splashed orange skylines, my (...), they bleed and scream. C C F C And I crush 'em wit' my boot heels, for no shells I can afford. F C G C And I'm off to Dublin city, for I've lost our room and board. F F C G No, I couldn't join the army. If I died, what would we do? F C G C Me wife, she is my sunshine, but she knows not what we do. C C F C F C G G C C F C To my dearest, sweetest Colleen, please forgive me for not calling. C C G G I regret you had to find this, the note that says I'm gone. C C F C Well, I hope you do not shun me, only ask that you forgive me. F C G C It was bound to happen, as we both know. You know it had to be done. C C F C Well, take hold of tiny Kathleen. Take her (...). C C G G Well, there's money in the strongbox, (...) tickets in the car. C C F C I can't stand to see you crying, nor can you to see us dying. F C G C Well, I've gone to set it right. I know you'll think I've gone too far. F F C G I cannot take this pressure on me. No one ever said it was in-store for me. F C G C Well, I pray you do not shun me. I'm coming back, my dear Colleen. C C F C F C G C I'm sorry, but I couldn't make out the lyrics at a few points.