Forty Shades Of Green

G C

I close my eyes and picture the emerald of the sea,

G

From the fishing boats at Dingle,

A7 D

To the shores of Donagha -dea;

G

I miss the River Shannon,

C

And the folks at Skibbereen,

G

The moorlands and the meadows

D G

With their forty shades of green.

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C

But most of all I miss a girl in

G

Tipperary town.

C G

And most of all I miss her lips,

A7 D

As soft as eider-down;

G

Again I want to see and do

C

The things we've done and seen,

G

With the breeze as sweet as shalamar,

D G

And there's forty shades of green.

I wish that I could spend an hour

C

At Dublin's churning surf,

G

I'd love to watch the farmers drain

A7 D

The bogs and spade the turf;

G

To see again the thatches

C

Of the straw the women glean;

G

I'd walk from Cork to Laren to see

D G

The forty shades of green.

Chorus

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